I think it's interesting that he's chosen to spend the day before the Iowa caucuses in the hearing in Washington over whether he has immunity or not.

I think if you are going to beat Donald Trump, you are going to have to do it at the polls.

I do think it would rip the country apart if he were actually prevented from running because tens of millions of people want to vote for him.

Without question. Listen, there is a loud minority in this country that believe the -- Trump has told them, again and again, and supporters have backed him on this, that there was something untoward about the last election, that it was…

Well, there's no question about it, Erin. And one thing that has not been mentioned is that three other states have gone the other way in terms of the state courts handle these challenges. So, of course, the Supreme Court is going to have…

But, look, I don't think it's any secret how the Trump campaign is going to handle it. They're going to handle it the way they've handled everything else. They are going to say this is a judicial fiat to the people of their choice.

I think this is an ordered hit from Donald Trump, who wants to portray equivalence. They went after me, we're going after him.

If they throw out major pieces of the indictment, that is a huge thing for him, but just the delay is useful to him.

I think a lot of people who voted for it today who are in competitive districts don't want to call the question.

I think Joe Manchin is a Democrat, he's been a Democrat all his life. I think it'll be very troublesome for the president if he were there.

If this is a referendum on Joe Biden, I think that it is a perilous situation for him.

A general election for president of the United States is a different kettle of fish and Trump will bring out a large turnout of people who aren't going to participate in these elections.

Oh, look I think we're a closely divided country, so people should take this seriously under any circumstance, but obviously, there are special circumstances here. And, you know, the country is in a sour mood, he's the incumbent.

Yes, look, I think the one thing we haven't seen is, if in the coming months, there are criminal convictions, and he is a convicted felon. Does that change people's view?

Adam's right, this is what our politics has become. And I do think that there are a lot of Americans who are hungry for something different.

this isn't the plot that he -- but he is running in Trump's tracks here, and Trump has laid these tracks and he's been very effective.

This Republican Party is not the party that Mitt Romney ran in, even in 2012. This is Donald Trump's party.

Look, the bottom line is, half the Republican electorate or more want Donald Trump; half the Republican electorate or more, despite what Adam just said, and I agree with him believe that Trump would be the strongest candidate.

They don't want the new and improved product.

I don't think they're going to indict him for provoking the riot and the insurrection at the Capitol. They're going to indict him for months and months of scheming and plotting to overturn an election.

This is serious. This is not frivolous. These are national secrets. Our national security was jeopardized.

Now he will then use that as a political cudgel against Joe Biden. There's no question about it.

He may not be a great leader, but he has a great weather vane. And this is the way the winds are blowing.

If I'm a prosecutor, I don't want to try this case consistent with DOJ policy, but also as a strategic matter in let's say, August, September 2024.

Donald Trump's whole political project has been to disqualify rules, laws, norms and institutions.