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while senate republicans are hoping for smooth sailing on the confirmation of the president s next supreme court pick before the election. well democrats hope to complicate the matter as best they can, given that they are the senate minority. steve kornacki, msnbc national political correspondent is here with a look at the state of play in the senate. let s get to it. good morning, steve. good morning, alex. let s take a quick look at the math here, democrats want to stop this their activists want them to. the problem for democrats on paper, they don t have the votes. there s no more filibuster in the senate on these things. remember that so 49 is what democrats have, 49 is not enough. so a couple of things for democrats, they got to stay united and they got to pick off some republican, let s take a look here at how that breaks down. in terms of the critical question there of can democrats pick off republicans? potentially these are the two folks they re talking about right now. coll