'To embrace or to impeach?': Katy Tur predicts 2018 will hinge on 'how desperate the GOP is to stand with' Trump

MSNBC's Katy Tur, the network's embedded reporter with the 2016 Donald Trump campaign, explained how impeachment will loom over the 2018 political landscape.

"To embrace or to impeach, that is the question," Tur explained, while guest hosting "Meet the Press Daily" for Chuck Todd.

"Guys, when it comes to the big battles facing Congress next year, everything will be viewed through a Trump lens. Whether it's DACA, infrastructure, government funding, Russia or -- you name it," Tur predicted.

"And we end 2017 with Republicans warming to Trump and Democrats warming to the idea of his resignation -- or impeachment," Tur observed.

"As the president touts his agenda, there's a wave building against it from the other side, because if Republicans have learned to stop worrying and embrace Mr. Trump, the evolution in the Democratic Party has dramatically gone the other way, much to the frustration of its leadership," Tur explained.

"Many of the party's rising stars in the Senate want the president to basically self-impeach by resigning, but Democratic leaders don't want to talk about the president's impeachment or his resignation," Tur continued.

"When you think about the enormous to-do list facing Congress in the election year, think of these three questions: How desperate is the GOP to stand with the president? How motivated is the Democratic Party to stand against him? And what do the bases want?" Tur asked. "Because often in politics, if the people lead, the leaders will follow."

Tur asked Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) about seven in ten Democratic Party voters wanting impeachment.

"I agree with leadership we shouldn't be running on [impeachment]," Yarmuth noted.

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