He prides himself on being a moderate and an independent.

I believe that, you know, Neera Tanden's nomination is in jeopardy largely because of her tweets.

Senator Murkowski was asked today about the final vote, and she's thought to be one who would vote for conviction, and she said I don't believe that Donald Trump can ever get elected president of the United States again.

There is a tremendous amount of fear among these Republicans that if they oppose the president on this, if they vote to convict him and disqualify him from public office that they will face a backlash among Republican primary voters in…

There needs to be accountability, most Democrats believe that. A lot of the country believes that. A lot of Republicans don't.

unity does not mean unanimity. And what Biden wants to get to is a place where you can disagree on some things, even big things and work together on other things.

Joe Biden understands with a raging virus, and all the problems facing the country right now, he doesn't have a lot of time to spare here.

I would be stunned if Joe Biden picked up the phone and made calls to senators on impeachment.

They're going to try and find safe harbor in this argument of unconstitutionality and they're going to try and sidestep the President's actions.

there's so much pressure to move forward on this particularly among Democrats, but also for the country to hold President Trump accountable

I think that's an apt way to put it. It is the genius of American democracy. We tend to produce the leaders we need in times of crisis.

this is the worst set of circumstances any president has faced since Franklin Roosevelt.

the time consumed on impeachment is going to be difficult, because it's time that's not focused on dealing with his agenda.

It would be incredibly important for the President to do that.

I think it's interesting that this story surfaced. And that coupled with Liz Cheney's decision, does create a permission structure for those members of the House and Senate who want to break with the President.

This President is fundamentally antithetical to democratic institutions, norms, rules, laws, he doesn't believe in them.

He said, let us build a house on a rock that can never be washed away. But you know, Lincoln said a house divided against itself cannot stand. We're a divided country tonight and Donald Trump has done everything he can to continue those…

I expect there's going to be a number of them and they're going to be quite controversial.

He cannot tolerate being a loser. That's the worst thing in his parlance.

He develops his own alternative set of facts. That was the line we heard in the first days of his administration, and it's been true -- it's been true throughout.

This is just shambles. It's amazing that this is what the President wants his legacy to be.

He does not respect the rule of law, laws, you know, rules, norms, institutions, he hasn't from the beginning, that is an old story.

I think he'll probably end up probing his ability to pardon himself by the time this is done.

this is the end of the fighting. This is when the work finally begins.

This is an administration that is going to have to take office in the midst of a national crisis, a national pandemic, an economic crisis that's resulted from it. It is a very, very subversive act on the part of this President.