the senate map is not in favor of republicans like it was last year. it is very hard for republicans going into 2020. there may be primaries, but there s going to be a lot of challenges. and i think mitch mcconnell is also going to bear the wrath of this president when he runs out of people to blame. and that is going to be very difficult for him to keep any type of leadership. so perhaps cutting a deal with the speaker and putting it back on the president is going to be his best recourse. maybe his best recourse and, mika, susan is completely right. you look at susan collins in maine, look at corey gardner in colorado, look at chairman burr in north carolina who has been doing a wonderful job. but those three and many other republicans up in 2020, they feel the sting of donald trump s attacks, personal attacks
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final months of 2018. i think that presidential battle, which is going to start soon here as we are heading into the new year could put pressure on democrats in the house. the interesting thing is whether or not that pressures leaders like nancy pelosi. throughout 2018, the mueller investigation, at times, seemed to be in jeopardy. that is going to be a big change in 2019. adam schiff, as he is coming in on the intel committee for the democrats said protecting the mueller investigation is one of his top priorities. go to the senate side, donald trump doesn t have a lot of friends when he attacks robert mueller. you have chairman burr who has been steadfast saying this investigation must move forward until it comes to a natural
clear that the trump campaign colluded with the russians. he meant not necessarily about conspiracy to effect the election but in a broader sense, having to do with business deals or whatever. do you agree, is there evidence of that? again i m going to continue the same position i ve had since the beginning of this investigation, why we kept it bipartisan. chairman burr and i will reserve that final judgment until we get all our facts. we still need to see people like michael cohen back before our committee. we know this pretty clear. the russians, they hacked into the e-mails, not only had they stolen other information, but they were very forward leaning in terms of offering this information to the trump campaign and it appears that a number of the senior trump officials, campaign officials continued to lie about those kind of contacts. i wonder, though, if there is a narrative here that is different from the one that a lot of americans were thinking it was, which is, for instance
trumped. and i think the other thing when it comes to the senate is when you look at the loud voices that are going to be in the house on the republican side, there will be a fight for leadership which is a frightening thought and there is a good possibly the freedom caucus may even grow and become stronger within the minority. that s going to have a senate with you know, really reacting in strong opposition to going too far off that cliff. and we ve seen that again in the mueller investigation where you have the freedom caucus attacking robert mueller. chairman burr, from another swing state, will go, no, actually, russia interfered in the election. first of all, what s your take away from what we re seeing evolving from tuesday night and also how much tougher is it