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>> not since john mccain 08 have we seen a turnaround literally from where you thought the candidacy is not recovering to frontrunner status. not saying joe biden is a frontrunner yet, took john mccain a few -- he had to win march. it is a similar period. it was new hampshire that rescued him, then south carolina reinforced it. south carolina rescues joe, lets see if this reinforces it. look, i think your over, under number for bernie sanders is 600. if he has 600 or more tonight, thats a big de...

Pierre. if the obama race in 08 showed a narrow lead is something you can hold on to and win, what would a biden version of this argument look like? if they finish on super tuesday still behind -- and you just explained why they might -- what does that look like to overtake? first to you, david. >> ohio and florida and arizona and missouri where theres been polling having him in the lead already before tonight. those midlantic states, that hes got the ability to net delegates to close that gap. ...

Now. you know, wondering if theyve made their number. >> yeah. governor mcauliffe, especially given the lateness of the votes. i can remember in 08 when i was chairing hilarys campaign. agonizing is an under statement. >> i thought it was exhilarating. >> we have been told the night before she was going to win and ill never forget it. i went back into the hotel and got a call, president clinton was look frg me. results werent in. i went up and just had been told before i went into the suite that...

Undertaking, right? if you can do that in these circumstances, that at least shows a proof of concept. if you cant, the whole thing that youre kind of electoral viability rests on as an argument comes up short. i think for him there is this sort of extra lash tri quality to the iowa caucuses. that was true of barack obama in 2008 as well who in a different way had a similar theory of the case about organizing and mobilization. >> every single person -- i think these voters in a way that is reall...

Mar-a-lago. we call it the southern white house because i really pretty much work -- thats what i like to do is work. >> oh, youre spending christmas in a war zone, im in a place called mar-a-lago. but the real head scratcher from that christmas eve phone call is that the presidents claim that he really just likes to work while hes at mar-a-lago. take the presidents christmas week schedule. sunday morning 10:08 a.m. the presidential motorcade arrived at trumps golf club and did not leave until n...

Take the presidents christmas week schedule. sunday morning 10:08 a.m. the presidential motorcade arrived at trump international golf club and did not leave until nearly 2:30. tuesday christmas eve the president arrived at his golf club until 10:13 a.m. and stayed until just after 4:00 p.m. the president was back at trump international golf club again today arriving just after 10:00 a.m. leaving right around 2:30. im sensing a pattern. now, we should say we dont know for sure whether he was actu...

Of traveling the state. still with us, juanita, shermichael, and anne. juanita, looking at this real clear politics average, biden and sanders still on top a year later. my insiesive question to you is whats up with that? >> first and foremost, names and lists. they have two of the most recognizable names and they have definitely got war chests behind them. they have lists from 2016 and in bidens case, obama in 08 and 2012. thats something that has allowed them staying power. while you have also...

Donation amount this quarter. funny stuff." you know why? because they are jealous, think about it. i will give $0.05, i will give $0.08, whatever. >> carley: you give a penny and you win. >> julie: what if the campaign pays you? >> julie: griff, this is smart, the more they get those donations rolling in, these small donations do add up. >> griff: remember, the debate rules to qualify only get more stringent. 4% for january, 5% for national and state polls in a iowa, new hampshire, south caroli...

Primaries are. this is the tenth one ive covered and think of it like billiards. each shot resets the table for whatever comes next. in the last four democratic contested democratic races, winner of iowa has won the nomination, even when new hampshire went a different way. and 2000, obama 08 and clinton 16. different this time and why iowa may not be quite as significant as weve seen in the past, all of those earlier winners were able to go on and run well with african-american voters. we have t...

So i expect record turnout. there could be as many as 300,000 voters next february. >> 08, we had two. so you expect it higher? >> yeah, on the democratic side. around 300,000. so there is a lot of voters who are going to show up who are just tuning in right now. and they could be eager to vote for the new kid on the block. and if pete buttigieg succeeds in iowa, he comes here with momentum, he could very well go 2 for 2 for the first two contests. >> so there is a fifth candidate that lot of us...