the president in this process is going to be a very difficult task. and what ita comes down to is just straight partisan loyalty for these republicanai senators phil rucker, there s no gentle or dignified way to ask this. does the white house feel that they have republicans in the senate willing to be as nakedly aggressive and sometimes fact-neutral as some of the republicans onso the house have provenan to be? the answer, brian, is a little bit complicated. the vote in the senate seems pretty much pre-ordained at this point. it appears that all the republican senators are likely to vote to acquit president trump. his removal from office does not appear to be in the offing, and the white house is very confident about that assessment. but what you re hearing from president trump is that he wants there to be a big trial, a big show of force in defending him. he s thinking much more about the public relations aspect of this. how will it frame the