maybe in other countries and the elections, and that sort of thing, so very much a back and forth between these two sides right now but it has very much influenced the selection. and the, this election and the main way i would say it has made it a two-man race in the democratic primary. what potential could infighting among republicans have on trump s base as the house impeachment inquiry moves forward, do you think? i think there could definitely be a potential for that, for there to be some damage done. however, if we look back throughout the trump presidency, you ve seen that republicans have very much fallen in line, and he has a very high approval rating, among his own party. so i think that is going to play very much in favor for him. we ve seen some republicans come out against him, mitt romney, susan colin, ben sasse, criticize him, if you will, in this ukraine phone call. however, i think they are a minority. within the party, i think republicans are going to eventually co
impeachment process, and the votes just simply aren t there. even if he had a couple of moderate republican senator, susan colin, a few others, who might be on the fence, it is simply not going to be enough to remove donald trump, knowing what we know today and given the political climate that we have today. so donald trump, hey, even if he does get impeached, the notion of a big red wall for donald trump in the u.s. senate is alive and well, and she take great solace in that, at that. but these impeachment inquiries, these trials, the whole process can take a very long time. dave, do you think there is any possibility that republicans or a republican or two who could be critical to the impeachment vote, on either side, would turn on the president? there s definitely a possibility that you could have a couple of republicans peel away, but you re going to need a whole lot of republicans to peel away, and go against the president, to turn on the president, in order for the president
terminate the president s efforts as far as a national emergency is declared. they want to roll that back. potentially the president said he d be happy to veto if things go through. there are few republicans that have signed on for this. susan colin, lisa murkowski. tend to be rather an independent voice among republicans. what does this mean as far as wind of calling republicans out, making them put a foot down as far as where they stand on this emergency declaration. this is a very tough vote for republicans, molly. not on conservatives in safe red districts who have always pledged their allegiance to the constitution. the small government, powers of our checks and balances in our constitution, congress s article i mandated power over the purse. this is a tough vote for them. all the members in swing districts where they re vulnerable next year. they don t want to be on the record setting this precedent.
emergency even though he may never get far with that either? fred, i think it is a plausible strategy that the president may potentially execute. simply by placating, or to placate, i should say, rush limbaugh and ann coulter and some of the extremist radicals of his right wing base. that being said, i do think that there is a potential plan moving forward that is bipartisan. you re seeing a splintering within the senate. let s not forget that ron johnson is now a sort of moderate wisconsin-based senator, came out to skewer the leadership, right, corey gardner from colorado, susan colin, lisa murkowski, a number of republicans fracturing themselves p themselves from the president, and the question now become is, there a deal to be caught that is bipartisan that is veto proof, that comes out of the senate, and then passes the house, and then potentially ties the hands of the president? i think that is a plausible pathway. that has to be worrisome for the president, don t you think,
republican nominees to the supreme court, especially such high-wire nominees like judge kavanaugh, they might just stay home on election day. but that being said, it should be pointed out that after susan colin, the republicans, have 50 votes, joe manchin s vote really was ideological in either direction, it didn t have an effect on the outcome, so i think their 30 days, and i think it might cool down, and i think what you are going to see is senator manchin try to drift the conversation away from this and things like health care where he has more of a sweet spot on on. joe manchin is one of the politicians to a certain extent transcends party because he has been known for so long in west virginia, and i remember walking through the airport terminal and he shaking and knowing the names of so many people inside the airport terminal. is he able to reach out to voters and kind of step aside the fact that he is a democrat, despite it being such a heavily republican state?