CHAIR TELLING THEM WHAT FOR SAY NEXT.

NEXT. IN FACT STREETSKT FACT IT IS WOR

IN FACT STREETSKT FACT IT IS WOR JOINING ME IS JOY REID AND REV

JOINING ME IS JOY REID AND REV REND

REND EREND SHARP TON.

EREND SHARP TON. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE PASSIONS ON

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE PASSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT AND THEY ARE

THIS SUBJECT AND THEY ARE APPROPRIATELY PLACED.

APPROPRIATELY PLACED. SO WHO IS GOING TO WIN AS THEY

SO WHO IS GOING TO WIN AS THEY SAY IN BASEBALL THE BOUNCE OF

SAY IN BASEBALL THE BOUNCE OF THE BALL?

THE BALL? BECAUSE I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE

BECAUSE I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE CLAIMING NEW ENERGY AS A RESULT

CLAIMING NEW ENERGY AS A RESULT OF THIS WHOLE EPISODE.

OF THIS WHOLE EPISODE. >> TALKING WITH REPUBLICAN

>> TALKING WITH REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST FRIENDS OF MINE, THEY

STRATEGIST FRIENDS OF MINE, THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT THE FIGHT

ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT THE FIGHT OVER KAVANAUGH ENERGIZED THE

OVER KAVANAUGH ENERGIZED THE REPUBLICAN BASE PARTICULARLY

REPUBLICAN BASE PARTICULARLY WHITE MEN AND COLLEGE EDUCATED

WHITE MEN AND COLLEGE EDUCATED WHITE WOMEN.

WHITE WOMEN. NOT SURE THAT CAN LAST THE NEXT

NOT SURE THAT CAN LAST THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

30 DAYS. BUT THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THE ANGER,

BUT THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THE ANGER, THE RAGE, THE PURE UNADULTER

THE RAGE, THE PURE UNADULTER RATED ANNER OF NONREPUBLICAN

RATED ANNER OF NONREPUBLICAN WOMEN I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT

WOMEN I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT CAN CARRY OVER.

CAN CARRY OVER. AND MITCH McCONNELL SAID WE KNOW

AND MITCH McCONNELL SAID WE KNOW THE RECENT WEEKS HAVE FANNED THE

THE RECENT WEEKS HAVE FANNED THE FLAMES OF PARTISAN DISCORDS.

FLAMES OF PARTISAN DISCORDS. MY GOD, WHO HAS DONE THAT MORE

MY GOD, WHO HAS DONE THAT MORE THAN MITCH McCONNELL?

THAN MITCH McCONNELL? MITCH McCONNELL BROKE THE SENATE

MITCH McCONNELL BROKE THE SENATE AND URGED PEOPLE TO COME BACK

AND URGED PEOPLE TO COME BACK FROM THE DARK N.

FROM THE DARK N. HE

HE HE BROUGHT THE DARKNESS.

HE BROUGHT THE DARKNESS. HE DECIDED THAT THE SENATE IS

HE DECIDED THAT THE SENATE IS THE PLACE WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE

THE PLACE WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE ABSOLUTE POWER.

ABSOLUTE POWER. WHERE THEY RULE OVER WOMEN AND

WHERE THEY RULE OVER WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

PEOPLE OF COLOR. ON BEHALF OF DONALD TRUMP AND

ON BEHALF OF DONALD TRUMP AND MITCH McCONNELL’S OWN AIMS.

MITCH McCONNELL’S OWN AIMS. THIS MAN BROUGHT THE DARKNESS.

THIS MAN BROUGHT THE DARKNESS. HE SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING THE

HE SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING THE DARKNESS AND NOW HE CLAIMS HE IS

DARKNESS AND NOW HE CLAIMS HE IS PUTTING THE MAN OF THE HIGHEST

PUTTING THE MAN OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER ON THE COURT.

CHARACTER ON THE COURT. THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS

THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DISAGREE WITH THAT.

DISAGREE WITH THAT. THEY FEEL THAT KAVANAUGH HAS

THEY FEEL THAT KAVANAUGH HAS BEEN IMPOSED, FORCED ON THE

BEEN IMPOSED, FORCED ON THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BY A

MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BY A MINORITY WHO WANTS TO RULE FROM

MINORITY WHO WANTS TO RULE FROM THE PAST.

THE PAST. MITCH McCONNELL WANTS TO RULE

MITCH McCONNELL WANTS TO RULE FROM DECADES AGO.

FROM DECADES AGO. BUT HE IS IMPOSING ORDER AS YOU

BUT HE IS IMPOSING ORDER AS YOU SEES IT ON THE MAJORITY OF

SEES IT ON THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS.

AMERICANS. I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE

I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE OUTRAGE OVER THAT WILL LAST

OUTRAGE OVER THAT WILL LAST LONGER THAN THE SUGAR HIGH OF

LONGER THAN THE SUGAR HIGH OF HAVING GOTTEN THEIR MAN.

HAVING GOTTEN THEIR MAN. >> AND AS WE KNOW IN THE

>> AND AS WE KNOW IN THE CONSTITUTION, THE SENATE IS NOT

CONSTITUTION, THE SENATE IS NOT BASICALLY ELECTED BASED ON

BASICALLY ELECTED BASED ON MAJORITY RULE BY THE COUNTRY.

MAJORITY RULE BY THE COUNTRY. CERTAINLY NOT POPULAR RULE.

CERTAINLY NOT POPULAR RULE. STATES LIKE MONTANA, NORTH

STATES LIKE MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, THEY CAN COLLECT A VERY

DAKOTA, THEY CAN COLLECT A VERY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR FOREVER AND

CONSERVATIVE SENATOR FOREVER AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE

NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NATIONAL PASSIONS AT ALL.

NATIONAL PASSIONS AT ALL. >> AND I THINK THAT SPEAKING OF

>> AND I THINK THAT SPEAKING OF THE SO-CALLED KAVANAUGH BUMP

THE SO-CALLED KAVANAUGH BUMP THAT STRATEGISTS I’VE BEEN

THAT STRATEGISTS I’VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH ARE EXCITED ABOUT,

SPEAKING WITH ARE EXCITED ABOUT, WHERE YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO

WHERE YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO SEE IMPACT ARE IN THESE RED

SEE IMPACT ARE IN THESE RED STATES WHERE YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC

STATES WHERE YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WHO WERE IN TIGHT

CANDIDATES WHO WERE IN TIGHT RACES WITH REPUBLICANS,

RACES WITH REPUBLICANS, SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE

SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE OF TENNESSEE AND HOW FORMER

OF TENNESSEE AND HOW FORMER GOVERNOR’S NUMBERS HAVE SUFFERED

GOVERNOR’S NUMBERS HAVE SUFFERED SINCE THE START OF THIS

SINCE THE START OF THIS CONFIRMATION PROCESS.

CONFIRMATION PROCESS. SO IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS

SO IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS THAT ARE -- THE HOUSE RACES THAT

THAT ARE -- THE HOUSE RACES THAT ARE UNDER TOUGH CONTESTS, YOU

ARE UNDER TOUGH CONTESTS, YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY SEE ANY

MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY SEE ANY MOVEMENT, BUT I’M LOOKING AT

MOVEMENT, BUT I’M LOOKING AT SENATE RACES AND HOW THAT

SENATE RACES AND HOW THAT BALANCE OF POWER IS GOING TO

BALANCE OF POWER IS GOING TO PROBABLY BE SOLIDIFIED AGAIN BY

PROBABLY BE SOLIDIFIED AGAIN BY REPUBLICANS.

REPUBLICANS. >> AND WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN

>> AND WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN NOW THAT -- OR HAS A BETTER

NOW THAT -- OR HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF WIN POSITION NOW THAN

CHANCE OF WIN POSITION NOW THAN THEY HAD SAY TWO WEEKS AGO?

THEY HAD SAY TWO WEEKS AGO? >> I THINK CLAIRE McCASKILL HAS

>> I THINK CLAIRE McCASKILL HAS A TOUGH RACE.

A TOUGH RACE. I THINK MARSHA BLACKBURN, THIS

I THINK MARSHA BLACKBURN, THIS IS A GOD SEND FOR HER.

IS A GOD SEND FOR HER. THIS PLAYS VERY DIFFERENTLY IN

THIS PLAYS VERY DIFFERENTLY IN TENNESSEE THAN IT DOES IN COAST

TENNESSEE THAN IT DOES IN COAST COASTAL AMERICA.

COASTAL AMERICA. BUT SPEAKING OF FLORIDA, I THINK

BUT SPEAKING OF FLORIDA, I THINK THAT BILL NELSON ACTUALLY HIS

THAT BILL NELSON ACTUALLY HIS CHANCES ARE A LITTLE BIT

CHANCES ARE A LITTLE BIT STRENGTHENED THERE AND YOU ARE

STRENGTHENED THERE AND YOU ARE THINKING OF HOW THAT RACE HAS

THINKING OF HOW THAT RACE HAS TURNED A BIRTHT SINCE THE

TURNED A BIRTHT SINCE THE PRIMARIESPRIMARIES

PRIMARIESPRIMARIES AND THE GOVERNOR’S RACE.

AND THE GOVERNOR’S RACE. >> I ACCEPT THAT.

>> I ACCEPT THAT. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE SOME SMART

I THINK THAT YOU HAVE SOME SMART -- I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.

-- I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD. NELSON HAS AMAZING LIFE IN HIM

NELSON HAS AMAZING LIFE IN HIM COMING BACK THERE.

COMING BACK THERE. I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT BLACKBURN

I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT BLACKBURN WAS A VOERNG CANDIDATE.

WAS A VOERNG CANDIDATE. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY

I DON’T THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT BRINGING BACK

THRILLED ABOUT BRINGING BACK SOMEBODY FROM THE PAST IN

SOMEBODY FROM THE PAST IN POLITICS.

POLITICS. I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING THE

I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING THE IDEA OF SOMEBODY IN THEIR LATER

IDEA OF SOMEBODY IN THEIR LATER 70s WHO WAS OUT OF THE BUSINESS

70s WHO WAS OUT OF THE BUSINESS FOR A WHILE.

FOR A WHILE. BOB KERRY TRIED TO COME BACK.

BOB KERRY TRIED TO COME BACK. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE WANT TO

I DON’T THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE BACK.

BRING PEOPLE BACK. >> I ACTUALLY -- I WOULD HAVE

>> I ACTUALLY -- I WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH YOU PRIOR TO --

AGREED WITH YOU PRIOR TO -- >> I THOUGHT I WAS AGREEING WITH

>> I THOUGHT I WAS AGREEING WITH YOU.

YOU. SORRY.

SORRY. >> I WAS SHOCKED THAT IT WAS THE

>> I WAS SHOCKED THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE’VE HAD FOCUS

FIRST TIME THAT WE’VE HAD FOCUS GROUPS WHERE STRONG TRUMP

GROUPS WHERE STRONG TRUMP SUPPORTERS WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY

SUPPORTERS WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TRYING TO JUSTIFY VOTING FOR

TRYING TO JUSTIFY VOTING FOR PHIL IN TENNESSEE.

PHIL IN TENNESSEE. AND AS OF LOWERING TAXES AND

AND AS OF LOWERING TAXES AND GETTING HEALTH CARE UNDER

GETTING HEALTH CARE UNDER CONTROL.

CONTROL. >> BEING GOVERNOR IS AN