Were here to talk about the president ial race, the Key Senate Races obviously. Lets start with a piece of yours, divided party or big tent. The subhead says while the gop is straining ability to governor, democrats divisions are propping up a big tent for now. Tell us about the democratic side of things first. Joe biden has some key decisions to make here in the coming week or so about who will be his Vice President ial pick. What do you think that comes down to in terms of the important things in his decision . Whats going to count most . Right. I think the number one issue for joe biden is doing no harm. The Vice President ial pick is only going to have so much of an impact on the general election in november. What hes probably most concerned about at this point is making sure hes choosing somebody who is not going to hurt his prospects. Luckily for joe biden, democrats are not in a majority in the senate and they do not have control of the white house. That means that all those dem
And we talk about the future of the Affordable Care act after a three judge panel ruled an individual mandate to be unconstitutional. Host good morning, the front page of the Washington Post says the Senate Impeachment trial is the impeachment trial is in limbo. Washington post says it is a dramatic procedural move that places the chambers at a better standoff. Bitter we want to get your reaction. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. Text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003 or join the conversation on twitter at cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. Do you think it should be a speedy trial . What are your thoughts on the standoff . The speaker of the house terday [video clip] this is a bill made by the rules committee that we can call up at any time in order to send it to the senate and have provisions to pay for the impeachment and then the next is the whatever you want to. All it, the trial thes not prepared to put managers in the
Host Leah Askarinam here with us, the editorinchief of the national journal, hotline, to talk about the core implications of impeachment. Lets talk about the tone, and did it change the tone of campaign 2020, the Impeachment Vote in the house . Guest i dont think it changed the tone, but it added a new vessel for the tone that has already been established. We heard throughout the entire campaign, especially from the republicans, that this is a that 2020 is going to be a referendum on health care, and we heard from democrats that this is going to be a referendum on donald trump. That has not changed. What has changed is now in addition to the republicans using socialism as an attack, they can also now use impeachment. We have seen republicans spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in Congressional Districts, targeting vulnerable democrats hoping that because these voters , supported donald trump in 2016, that they will oust anyone voting to impeach him. Host so they are truly vulnerable
Hotline to talk about the political implications of impeachment so talk about tone and did it change the tone of campaign 2020 . And dont think it change the tone but it added a new vessel for the tone established. From the republican side that 2020 will be a referendum healthcare and socialism and democrat say its a referendum on donald trump but that has not changed but now for republicans using socialist now they can also say we have already seen those congressional districts because the voters supported donald trump for anybody that impeached him. They were true the vulnerable they were before impeachment they will be vulnerable after but that is a calculated risk to decide to support impeachment whether or not that changes their minds i think republicans see that donald trump support is so critical for officials its hard to look at the i in general without supporting donald trump if you are a republican. The democrats are a little more foggy because in 2018 they did not embrace th
That 2020 is going to be a referendum on health care, and we heard from democrats that this is going to be a referendum on donald trump. That has not changed. What has changed is now in addition to the republicans sm as an attack, they can also now use impeachment. We have seen vulnerable democrats attacked, hoping that because these voters supported donald trump in 2016, that they will oust host so they are truly vulnerable . Guest they were vulnerable before impeachment, they will be vulnerable after impeachment. They took a calculated risk in supporting impeachment. Whether or not that changes voters minds remains to be seen. I think republicans are betting that Donald Trumps support is so critical for most republican elected officials. It is hard to win a primary and even a general election without supporting donald trump if you are a republican. With democrats, it is a little bit more foggy because what we found in 20 is that democrats, not embracing donald trump, but not really c