hostage. that s extremely frustrating and i think at this moment that s what we are dealing with. joe, you are exactly right, we really unfortunately right now the country has to kind of get a sense for, what do you want. what democrats need to do is speed through this process to get a win to hold onto their majority and they can secure vote rights which is the other major priority that s following by the waist side. everything that progressives want or anybody in the united states is going to slide off the cliff real fast if republicans in the state they are in right now is the party that sees power in washington. i want to pick up joe s point a moment ago.
of staff, there isn t anyone who has more face time with a president than his own national security adviser. we did some research on friday in the history of this country sort of short but sorted impeachments there has never been a national security adviser who has testified either in a closed door deposition or in a public hearing if that s the phase we are entering, before. it s another example of what an extraordinary moment this is for the american presidency that we are in uncharted territory. they are trying to limit this. they are trying to do what they can in terms of damage control. they ve had some success to this point. but to bob s point a moment ago, this is a new phase here. this is the speaker i think has largely been lauded for how they proceeded with this so far. they have certainly received the testimony that has been reported, the opening statements that we ve all read, some very damaging information about the president and his conduct. and not one word of that d
of journalists take things to extreme, i don t think it s smart to cast all of the journalists with the same broad brush because you can t hold up the ones that do do a good job and there are several, if you look back to mollie s point a moment ago with respect to syria, you have a lot of journalists even with respect to syria policy decision who are coming out and giving their own opinion, richard angle example was spot on, he s talking about it being a stain, that s not reporting, that s commentary, you re seeing the same thing with impeachment, they are shielding hunter biden and joe biden from their past while going after the president and there s a fair question to ask why did hunter biden get $50,000 a month from ukrainian energy company when he had no experience in the energy field whatsoever, the only experience he had was being son of sitting vladimir putin that was leading in ukrainian issues. howie: absolutely fair question to ask. absolutely, i agree with you. howie, here
of journalists take things to extreme, i don t think it s smart to cast all of the journalists with the same broad brush because you can t hold up the ones that do do a good job and there are several, if you look back to mollie s point a moment ago with respect to syria, you have a lot of journalists even with respect to syria policy decision who are coming out and giving their own opinion, richard angle example was spot on, he s talking about it being a stain, that s not reporting, that s commentary, you re seeing the same thing with impeachment, they are shielding hunter biden and joe biden from their past while going after the president and there s a fair question to ask why did hunter biden get $50,000 a month from ukrainian energy company when he had no experience in the energy field whatsoever, the only experience he had was being son of sitting vladimir putin that was leading in ukrainian issues. howie: absolutely fair question to ask. absolutely, i agree with you.
candidates. he said, quote, before our party promises health care coverage to undocumented immigrants, let s help the 30 million americans that are a single illness from financial ruin. is he right, jen? this reflects a concern within the party that he s not the only one that has raised it, about going too quickly progressive. a lot of the candidates have similar goals, they want to expand access to health care and make it more affordable. it s the pace you go. his concern is reflecting what a lot of people are talking about, at least people that i talk to. you ve been talking to voters in a key michigan county. what are they telling you? it s so interesting, to chris s point a moment ago, i was talking to a lot of reagan democrats in the precincts that went for obama but flipped to