joining with the paper statement, we know those rule changes votes will fail. i think the question now is whether or when that vote occurs, whether the senate democrats decide it is important enough to kind of have a historical vote on changing the rules so that we know where everybody stands, even though they know it will fail, or whether it s better to stay united as a party in favor of those voting rights bills as they press forward and try to figure out what, if anything, can be accomplished on this issue with a reminder that the midterms start in a few months. the first primary s coming up in march in texas. let me ask you also about what mitt romney had to say on meet the press the will to rewrite the electoral college law, the rewrite to stop future vice president from invalidating legitimate votes as former president trump was pressing mike pence to do. this is what romney had to say. the group of about 12 senators, republicans and
not falling. this town is still theres and donetsk is still theirs. they are still fighting issue but it could get worse. if the government does become decapitated, if people are paying the price, are we going to stay on the outside? look at the rest of the world, it is clear where everybody stands. look at refugees, 500,000 left, they expect four million to leave. this is a dangerous path, i get it, poland is getting the most and ue pledged money. in terms of giving back, a lot sanctions if russian had any doubt it was them against the civilized world, look what is happening to people helping ukrainians?
in any moment here and will lay out his concerns. but earlier today, i asked him about all of this. he said we re going to give clarity, give clarity, he said. i ty i will clear up a lot of things sometime today. i think there needs to be clarity on where everybody stands. so the senator is about ready to come in here. he s not come in yet. but we do expect him he s standing right there. but once he comes in here, we ll hopefully get a better stance. we re watching with you. the suspense is killing us. it is futile to talk about senator sinema. let s talk about senator manchin, because last week he said things look good but that isn t a yes. i wonder, do you book the senate press room if you re not at yes. reporter: it would be surprising to hear him come out and say that explicitly. because he has had concerns about a number of provisions and
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our momentum says we re doing pretty damn well in iowa. she ll at least be in the top five. this is from her iowa campaign chair. it is interesting to have these candidates now. it is hard. it drains your life. it stresses your family. it stresses you personally. they re at a phase now where this is about to matter. i think one thing that everybody should pay attention to in iowa is operationally where everybody stands. elizabeth warren s team on the ground is as good as it gets. pete buttigieg carpet bombed the state with ads. he had the money to do that. other people may be in position to do that over the course of the next 9 weeks as well. we ll see how these four fight it out. to that point, we want to show you national numbers versus iowa numbers. so far this has been a national