Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein What should frighten Republicans more at this moment: what President Donald Trump can't control, or what he can? Trump can't control how his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is perceived. The White House's best shot at shaping that before Thursday's hearing came on Fox Monday night, with Kavanaugh giving a rare pre-confirmation interview to make an emotional declaration: "I'm not going anywhere." The president can control whether or how he fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. He can't control what that means for Robert Mueller's investigation. Trump can control whether the week winds down with one last bang of a partial government shutdown. He can't control how the world reacts to his speech Tuesday at the United Nations. A whole lot of meaning has been crammed into a few tense days this week. It's turning into a distillation of the hopes and fears of Trump era politics – where what the president can do might be just as dangerous for his party as what he can't. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Debate season is here, along with a reminder that men and women who want to get to the U.S. Senate -- or stay there -- must talk to voters right now about the complicated judicial nomination before the chamber this week. Texas senatorial candidates kicked off debates last week, and the two candidates competing for Tennessee's open Senate seat go head-to-head Tuesday night. If the Texas debate was any indicator, ... Link to the full article to read more