some folks existentialism there. how do you react to that, the role he will have and his colleagues will have in the trial? well, i think the senator, by pointing out that the constitution with respect to the process and rules regarding a trial, that doesn t mean it s not really a trial. that doesn t mean they re not really jurors, as well as ultimate deciders. and what he fails to mention in that interview is he takes an oath, a second oath. it s the only time when you are a senator you ever take a second oath. that oath is to be an impartial juror. so clearly it s a lot more than what i think the senator described. i think he s down playing the gravity and the serious role, each one of those senators must play. and they have to take that seriously. and they have to approach the evidence the house is providing them in voting for the two articles of impeachment with
are being a drill like this, you heard the remarkable exchange about this christmas gift from north korea. to what degree is congress able to do anything about it. here you have two leaders that the president has tried very hard to improve his own personal relationships with in xi and putin. working with the regime that the president has been a traditional foreign policy policy hawk on iran. it may come from john bolton, other places. how does he respond to this and how do republicans in the u.s. senate respond to it? republicans in the senate traditional foreign policy hawks, tom cotton, mitch mcconnells to a lesser degree, these are three serious geo political rivals working in
outlier, how states vote on presidential races and senate races. four people who may be in purple-y states there s less of a risk in imposing impeachment because the parties are so strident in how they look at impeachment. republicans are strong on one side. independents lean against it. if i were the democrats i would be more worried about the democratic side than the republican side. simply by virtue of the fact that things are so partisan already and this is such a partisan issue. what are you listening for from that point, lynette? dug jones talked about impeachment and their willingness to engage wholly with the issue of impeachment as they look ahead to re-election campaign. i m also kind of monitoring what this caucus and what nancy pelosi are saying to the american people. how they are trying to manage how we feel about impeachment and kind of watch polling. it is a political process. it does stay inside the chamber.
clearly that was done with the hopes that some republicans would say this is interfering with our power as a body. lastly, phillip, i asked if the investigations continue. they have to keep doing that in effect because this has to play out, to michael s point, in order for courts to weigh in on all of this. that is exactly right. there are boundless reasons to move forward. one of the fascinating things, this doesn t really answer your questions. i have to say it is fascinating to say these do-nothing democrats. yes. if we go back and look, the house did far more. they passed usmca and they said we can t focus that. we have this impeachment. 20 seconds here. the senate is a graveyard. when you talk to them for background for reporting, we re here. we don t know how to pass legislation. it s stymied. this used to be the greatest
lines. there s no way they can do it objectively and without a political goal in mind. each side it s only getting worse, right? one side will do it worse. the other side will feel when i get in there, i m going to finally draw in my favor, in the favor of my party or in the favor of my community. it doesn t do anyone justice. i m of a similar mind to you. an ideal system is where you have an equal group. i think a multiparty system would be better, but we don t have to go into that right now. there have been problems about states propose, haven t caught wind, caught legs the way you thought they might have. ohio is one of those places where people thought they were going to get an independent commission, but that s not happening. because partisan politics continues to enter into the theme. so we will have to be vigil. voters will have to get out