strange and the course of american history would be if x happened and then x happens and you figure out what to do the next day. is this just sort of the way it goes and we don t know what happens next? or do you feel like we have a sort of tale foretold? i think this happens now forever. i think something fundamental broke and you put it perfectly. what we learned and we learned when mitch mcconnell said that obstructing merrick garland was one of the proudest moments of his career, that this is about power now and not about putting up mainstream or centrist judge that senate can agree on. it is not about senate norms that suggest that supreme court justices are different. it is about power and winning elections and putting the most extreme person you can put up knowing that you just need 51 votes to confirm them. i don t see this unrolling. i think the other thing i add is
sort of tale foretold in terms of what happens now. i think this happens forever. something fundamental broke, and you put it perfectly. what we learned when mitch mcconnell said that obstructing merrick garland was one of the proudest moments of his career, that this is about power now. it s not about putting up a mainstream or centrist judge that they can agree on. it s not about senate norms that suggest that supreme court justices are different. now it s just about power. it s about winning elections. it s about putting the most extreme person you can put up knowing that you just need 51 votes to confirm them. i don t see this unrolling and i think the other thing i d add is 84, 80 anthony kennedy, 78 steve breyer, this is not a theoretical question either. if you could wave a magic wand that was not retroactive,
would be if x happened, then x happens and we have to figure out what you do the next day. this is the way it goes and we don t know what happens next? or do you feel like we have a sort of tale foretold in terms of what happens now. i think this happens forever. something fundamental and you put it perfectly. what we learned with mitch mcconnell says that obstructing merrick garland was one of the proudest moments of his career, that this is about power now. it s not about senate norms that suggest that supreme court justices are different. now it s just about power. it s about winning elections. it s about putting the most extreme person you can put up knowing that you need 51 votes to confirm them. i don t see this unrolling and i think the other thing i d add is 84, anthony kennedy, 78 steve breyer, this is not a theoretical question either. if you could wave magic wand, you could just determine what
happened, then x happens and we have to figure out what you do the next day. this is the way it goes and we don t know what happens next? or do you feel like we have a sort of tale foretold in terms of what happens now. i think this happens forever. something fundamental broke you and pit perfectly. what we and learned we learned with mitch mcconnell says that obstructing maker garland was one of the proudest moments of his career, that this is about power now. it s not about senate norms that suggest that supreme court justices are different. now it s just about power. it s about winning elections. it s about putting the most extreme person you can put up knowing thank you need 51 votes to confirm them. dot see this unrolling and i think the other thing i d add is
the night and said what s this about closing off the border at the brandenburg gate? at 2:00 a.m., the communist regime issued a new case. no east german going to west berlin without special dispensation. the sound of jackhammers erupts in the night. suddenly east german police appear, tear up the sidewalk and street. a small crowd gathered and the east germans were unrolling barbed wire and starting fences. they were sealing off the border. i thought, my, god, this is, you know, unbelievable. a president kennedy was in hyannisport for the weekend. a telephone call from washington that sunday morning told him that the communists had finally begun to seal the berlin sector border against the east germans and east berliners. across streets, all along the 25-mile border between east and west berlin. telephone lines to west germany are cut. the flood of refugees is dammed up.