right by a trumpest candidate. that s the epidemic of cowardice we see. there s no one literally willing to lay down a political career to stand up for principles that they cherished and held dear until i guess say 18 months ago and since that time, everything that these republican members as a jen proposition once believed in they no longer believe in or still believe in or just too scared to say it out loud for risk of offending trump. the die is cast on this one for sure. that s former republican still a strategist, steve schmidt. thank you for staying up with us facebook is not naming names but somebody on the social network is acting a lot like the russians did during the 2016 campaign. more on that story ahead. (vo) why are subaru outback owners always smiling?
matter as i ve been saying for weeks now. this is critical, critical matter for the president and michael cohen. my personal belief is he could spend all the time in the world reviewing these documents and he s not going to be able to put the horseback in the barn. whatever metaphor you want to use, i think the die is cast. i think that there s no question that michael cohen is going to be indicted, and i think there s no question that he s going to rollover on the president and provide very damaging information about the president. you said when michael was saying when he talked about, i think the cake is baked when it comes to that, you were agreeing with a lot of what the panel said. he also said that the judge would stay the case and halt discovery. well, i disagree with that because i was at the hearing last friday and actually argued against the motion for stay last friday. and i heard judge otarot s comments in connection with our arguments.
our client will make himself available. what s your reaction to this? it s smartoon the president s part because this a very serious matter as i ve been saying for weeks now. this is critical, critical matter for the president and michael cohen. my personal belief is he could spend all the time in the world reviewing these documents and he s not going to be able to put the horseback in the barn. whatever metaphor you want to use, i think the die is cast. i think that there s no question that michael cohen is going to be indicted, and i think there s no question that he s going to rollover on the president and provide very damaging information about the president. you said when michael was saying when he talked about, i think the cake is baked when it comes to that, you were agreeing with a lot of what the panel said. he also said that the judge would stay the case and halt discovery.
given the democrats and the gerrymandering of the districts. but democrats are contesting in way more races than republicans are. and so that right there sets up a time and an off-cycle election where democrats really stand a good opportunity in both the house and the senate. charlie, i don t know if you share that view, but what does this do to republicans who on one hand are going to have to fight off primary challenges from the right and on the other hand fight off potentially resurgent democratic candidates? well, the die is cast. the republican party has been thoroughly trumpified. and they re going to go into this election lashed to donald trump. one of the most amazing things about this political moment is with the economy looking good and we ve been talking about the stock market, unemployment rate being down, donald trump is still historically unpopular even with this, what looks like
yeah, i think they can potentially take both houses. i mean i think the house is obviously a little trick yr given the democrats and the gerrymandering of the districts. but democrats are contesting in way more races than republicans are. and so that right there sets up a time and an off-cycle election where democrats really stand a good opportunity in both the house and the senate. charlie, i don t know if you share that view, but what does this do to republicans who on one hand are going to have to fight off primary challenges from the right and on the other hand fight off potentially resurgent democratic candidates? well, the die is cast. the republican party has been thoroughly trumpified. and they re going to go into this election lashed to donald trump. one of the most amazing things about this political moment is with the economy looking good and we ve been talking about the stock market, unemployment rate being down, donald trump is