Claire McCaskill: “In the grand scheme of things, I can't imagine that that is not just a tiny, infinitesimal number of these that are…”

This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.

I think the filibuster is on life support. And I think if the Democrats pick up more seats, I think it will probably go away.

I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.

I think more importantly, what we're going to see, and this is what I really do believe, is that will we defy history by having the kind of turnout with the party who holds power and holds the presidency, will we have the kind of turnout…