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Impeachment on this race will be it could stall candidates like klobuchar and booker and warn w warren who will be stuck in washington, d.c. at an impeachment style. >> and on turnout, highest was 08. pretty big turnout in 16 even. that got to about 170. will this top 08, will it get it 250,000? >> it is hard to say that right now. ive been trying to pay attention to the voter registration numberings in iowa, and i dont see an up stick in voter registration yet. my suspicion is campaigns likes w...

Has started to kind of move their power center to whoever the front-runner is. in this case, like a biden or a warren or sanders. really the most powerful democrat in the country is nancy pelosi. she is still the potential leader of the democratic party and i think a lot of democrats, frankly, still see her as almost a spiritual leader of the party and the person whos pushing the agenda. a lot of democrats circled around her as opposed to circling around any of these candidates with any critical...

Not the fundamental divides in the democratic field. what is the theory in the case of how you beat donald trump? theres one theory that says you have to find the nominee who will max out turn outin minorities and young people, especially younger minorities. theres one that says under donald trump there are younger pieces of the republican coalition that have been loosened. there are voters, even some blue collar white women who ordinarily vote republican who are open to voting democrat if you d...

With the people, its just not diverse and doesnt represent the party. also that the ticket has to be diverse. you made that point. >> it is really strange to me -- >> we have to have a diverse ticket. have to. >> people think the safe bet is the bet that looks like 2004 instead of -- a ticket that looks like 04 instead of 08. >> there is going to be a diverse ticket. joe biden will pick stacey abrams or kamala harris. thats a given 0or maybe. julian castro will have a diverse ticket. elizabeth w...

Looks like 04 instead of 08. >> there is going to be a diverse ticket. joe biden will pick stacey abrams or kamala harris. thats a given or maybe. julian castro will have a diverse ticket. elizabeth warren will pick andrew gillum or somebody else. youre not going to have an all-white ticket this year. they get it enough to prevent -- >> will tom perez still be the dnc chair? will he get to be dnc chair again? >> after the convention, the nominee -- as for the primaries, you dont want to give up ...

Back in 08, he talked about it in relation to the impressive new speaker of the house, nancy pelosi of california. >> nancy pelosi, the speaker? >> well, you know, when she first got in and was named speaker, i met her, and im very impressed by her. i think shes a very impressive person. i like her a lot. but i was surprised that she didnt do more in terms of bush and going after bush. it was almost -- it just seemed like she was going to really look to impeach bush and get him out of office, wh...

Impeachment-lite. its impeachment-lite. thats why, with richard nixon, i just see it as a very dark era, very dark, very -- oh, you dont even like to think. i dont know about you, but im having a good time, its crazy. so, im not worried. im not worried. because its always good when you dont do anything wrong, you get impeached, that may be a record that will last forever. >> he has talked about impeachment before. a lot. back in 08, he talked about it in relation to the impressive new speaker of...

I just see it as a very dark era, very dark, very -- oh, you dont even like to think. i dont know about you, but im having a good time, its crazy. so, im not worried. im not worried. because its always good when you dont do anything wrong, you get impeached, that may be a record that will last forever. >> he has talked about impeachment before. a lot. back in 08, he talked about it in relation to the impressive new speaker of the house, nancy pelosi of california. >> nancy pelosi, the speaker? >...

Resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for america. [ cheers and applause ] >> its been just five days since democrats took control of both houses of congress, but already the focus is shifting to the next big political prize, the white house. >> when the election season begins in 2007, the climate is not very good if you were a republican. the war in iraq is very unpopular, and many democrats think they can win the presidency. >> senator biden now joining a growing list...

>> yes. whether you think thats a good thing or a bad thing depends on which side of the aisle youre standing on of lets think about it in terms of raw power. this is a man, senator mcconnell, i think he was out talking about the book he wrote. as a kid he had polio and was basically told he would never walk again and forced himself forward. and he continues to do that in this steely way. if you are a republican who approves of the mcconnell agenda, thats a great thing. if youre a democrat or in...