Patrick in a newsweek op-ed. democrats would be better to stop whining and engage directly with voerts. the case for voting with democrats in the mid-terms is not to reward them to what they accomplish and help them finish the job. here is what president obama said just last week. what do you say to democrats worried about the mid-terms? what do you tell democrats worried about the mid-terms? dana: is it the message, brenda? well, i agree with patrick the election can t come fast enough for republicans. i wish it was tomorrow. i don t think it will be the message. they are off message. their message has been scatter shots. i don t have confidence they can get together on a unified message. the rank and file have reason to be upset with them. it is easy for barack obama to parachute in saying we need to have a message.
Secretary of state, of course the acting director of office of management and budget, all the members of the state department all involved in this quid pro quo. and i think where the democrats have an advantage is the medium we re on right now. because these opening statements are so well written. they re so well written for television. they have the key moment in them where he said it was basically a quid pro quo and it was all directed by the president. all this is going to be video evidence going into the judiciary committee and then for the house floor and then for the senate trial. all this video supporting the charge that would be the basis of the first article of impeachment which is abuse of power. and all the republicans can do is do scatter shots. they can do some skirmishing, but they can t get rid of those videos of what the democrats are able to get in the first hour or
Are looking at with that discrete component. shepard: you mentioned a man named nader that mueller has been focusing on. he s an individual, a reporter just went through, who has connections with uae and russia and had very relevant conversations with the trump transition team. trump s son and others, kushner. so all of these things that we ve had scatter shots the last few months, they re starting to come together. that s not surprising what seemed to be just different disparate points were going down the same track. influence over elections, specifically russian influence. we re seeing it with the indictments handed down and the funds that have gone through organizations in the u.s. whether or not it assists the trump campaign, that s where the rubber hits the road and there may or may not be an indictment. shepard: before we go, how important is would