danger that impeachment the impeachment decision will be regulated more by the comparative strengths of parties than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. pete: judge, how dangerous is it? the precedent has been set. it would be dangerous to remove him from office without a substantial and broad national consensus to do so. we all know that that cob census does not exist. at best 5050. probably slightly favoring him now. i haven t seen any polls this morning. steve: is that why it takes a super majority in the senate to get rid of somebody. yes. and of course we know that has never happened. the clinton trial wasn t a real trial. senator graham, then congressman graham was one of the house prosecutors. and they basically read for the senators transcripts of the testimony from the house judiciary committee. so it could be that. it could be a trial with people testifying. the president of the united states could testify. or could be this, mr. chief
fulfilling a campaign promise. ing that is what lindsey graham said last night to sean hannity on his show. watch this. the reason they are doing it is nancy pelosi would lose their job if they did not move toward impeachment. in march we need ton thoughtful and bipartisan. impeachment should be a grave decision made in a bipartisan manner. what happened? the mob took over the house. if she did not move to impeach this president, she would not be speaker. so she picked her job over what s good for the country. and i hope at the end of the day it cost the democrats the house. and it s going to do a lot to reelect the president. pete: that s the irony everyone is talking about the newspapers as well. the stain on the presidency asterisk. steve: permanent mark. pete: in the history books. wait until he is the first president impeached by house democrats very important distinction to be reelected by the people at the ballot box. and that s the unintended
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phillip bump knows. i really don t know. i m in the dark here. thank you all. appreciate it. senator graham introduces this resolution blasting democrats for the handling of the impeachment inquiry. he wants to have a vote. it s all about process. it s not about facts in this case. is this news or not? certainly news when a senator stands up and introduces big news or not. a lot are by necessity big news. it s an impeachment. in this case it is important to context it as being lindsey graham a ally of the president echoing the rhetoric he s hearing from the white house and at the same time making a case. not particularly robust case. the fact to the constitution. all the arguments about due process which only apply in the senate. it is clearly a political argument being made. it s a political process. you look like you re at the kids table. your chair is so low.
everybody has to be taken down to my level. all tv. katherine, put this up. cnn dug up an old clip of congressman graham. during clintons impeachment in 1998. he defends republicans for conducting depositions like the ones that democrats are holding now. i think it s a very smart thing to do. depose the people. and find out what they have to say and not drag this out unnecessarily. it s a smart thing to do. but only when the shoe is on the other foot. can we point to this. is this hypocrisy. obviously. how could it not be. to get to your initial question about are these kinds of stories news or distractions. the answer is yes. it s like if your house is