notes beneath the inscriptions were judge moore s. does the matter what is a grown man writing in a teenager s year book, that is what the other side will say. where is this going, you think? yeah, it s unclear. i think until we learn more about exactly when she added the date next to the signature. we don t really know. i do think though that the political fallout is real. you know, democrats can now say with the resignation of senator franken, with conyers gone, that they re cleaning house. republicans seem to be dealing with a sewage backup at this point. democrats are going to use this against republicans if moore does in fact win. neil: you can also argue that trent franks, the arizona congressman indicating he was going to leave in january with his scandal and the issue where he apparently raised with some
elizabeth s point, are also coming out suggesting that democrats went too far. the former press secretary to president bush said franken should not have resigned. his fate should have been left to the people. moore who had sexual contact with a 141-year-old should drop out. conyers who hit on his employees here is more reaction from republican senator bill cassidy and other conservative voices. it s sad the way it s all played out. the due process for them, but you re a little nervous when people are brought down by in some cases anonymous, on the other hand, obviously there s credibility on their side, and they pressure them out. not much more to say beyond that. all of these nice people, none of them have given back the
they said, you know, conyers is going, they said the rest have to go. and now we re seeing it happen. and the trickle down effect is going to be enormous and it s leading to the white house. then when we go to the issue of women. i m thinking of my conversation with gloria steinem this week. she talked about how she s seen a sea change when it comes to women, women being believed. think about years ago, anita hill, how she was treated when she was testifying about clarence thomas in this hearing for him to be confirmed as supreme court justice. now, look, women are being taken seriously. but i m thinking about what you said about women. look at the women who voted overwhelmingly for trump, 51% were married women. married women. white, married women. and gloria steinem said something very interesting, i m thinking about this with alabama. how married women 51% of
pressure on him to resign. the idea that this was just done for political reasons. if people want to keep repeating that, they need to report that out and get some real evidence this happened. this grew out of a belief that he did this. is it easier for democrats to do this with franken and conyers. where as the roy moore seat could go to a democrat? it could be a state where a republican governor is. it s a democratic state. it s not unheard of for independents to win there. it s an insult to governor ventura. before we came on. it s more important for the democrats morally and politically. democrats are the backer of women. democrats won the women s vote every single time, 7 out of 7 for 25 years, they never lost
which we believe will happen in the next few weeks, he would continue to carry out his senatorial duties. thanks very much. joining me on the panel tonight, kir step powers, margaret hoover. democrats certainly now would like to think they re winning the moral high ground because of al franken and conyers stepping down. can they claim that? yeah, i think they can. the immediate talking point when the senators came out and started demanding that franken resign, and it started with ben shapiro saying, the democrats are doing this to get the moral high ground so they can attack roy moore. i hear a lot of people repeating this, there hasn t been reporting to show that. it s shown something different. including my conversations with people that were involved, this grew out of women senators being very frustrated with these accusations and believing they were credible they were putting