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>> reporter: now the 2020 race is still remarkably unsettled here, erin, with less than two months before the iowa caucuses. every democratic voter we talked to said of course theyre looking for the strongest candidate to take on the president. of course, who is that? a moderate or a progressive? one thing also became clear talking to so many voters here this week. they say the fact that donald trump is an incumbent changes their calculation. back when obama was running for example in 08, that w...

>> when he is quoted indirectly in this magazine piece, it is not the most complementary. >> lets call it for what it is. president obama is right to call it out. it goes back to the iowa state fair. hes just not raising the money that its going to take. these got less than $10 million in his campaign coffers. president trump is almost 100 million. if theres a problem. >> i will show some polling numbers that might counter that in the nets. the context for what were talking about. they dont say ...

The t-rex cant fit in a hole. >> i think what is interesting, though, is that even when pete buttigieg did a lot of his comebacks, he also rose to the occasion but he didnt directly attack them, either. >> he didnt. >> he stayed above the fray, and thats remarkable. >> thats where he reminds me of obama, on that score, and the candidates reactions of him reminded me of how in 07 and 08 republicans attacked him. >> it doesnt work against donald trump. >> look, the argument -- >> we dont know what...

Shooting this weekend, but no one is going to quarrel that we still have our second amendment right. but voting, it appears republicans think if you dont vote for a while, they have every right to wipe you off the rolls. and that when you show up to vote, you no longer have an opportunity to have a say in this democracy. talk about these voter roll purgings that are going on, mainly driven by republican secretaries of state across the country. >> theyre referred to use it or lose it laws. the un...

And so you really do want to be a more national candidate, which is a big advantage to candidates like joe biden and elizabeth warren. >> do you see -- i mean, less than three months after iowa, do you see the -- do you see it changing dramatically? i was looking back at obama -- we were looking back at obama in 08, and it was a steady trend up, right? it was a steady rise and he was doing that last poll, he was up in iowa. and thats the trend that youre seeing with pete buttigieg. i mean, do yo...

Improve policing in communities of collar, to give opportunities for some of those very young black and hispanic men that were targeted during his administration as mayor so they have opportunities instead of being targeted by police. thats something that would have far more impact on versus bloomberg jumping into this contest. >> i want to get to some other issues b, but lets talk about pete buttigieg and his surge in iowa. in the last four presidential elections when no democratic incumbent wa...

Ran, like what was that? like deval patrick, i felt like 16 was his year or even 08. >> thought he would have been the better candidate. >> right. it does feel like -- it does feel like four years too late for deval. >> well, it does. now, look, hes what, 63 years old. exactly. hes a spring chicken compared to the leaders of the democratic race right now. so he has that going for him. but he hasnt held office for a while. >> second term believe it or not. >> works on -- worked for bain capital. ...

Unite both liberal and moderate voters. american conservative union chairman matt schlapp weighing in on the last-minute moves. >> i do think this is an sos. this is a cry for help. theres a clear division amongst -- between democrats who think that the socialists just cant get it done and what win and the general election, and then these kind of traditional democrats. haller clinton-type people. i think she is still looking at this race. >> melissa: the quinnipiac poll, joe biden is still in th...

Skeptical about the idea of new entrants managing to put together the organization, the money, and so forth. but well see what happens. >> steve, youve been through this presidential primary rodeo a few times yourself what do you see in these polls yourself right now? >> i look at that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders number combined up to 28% of the total and you see the -- you see the lane, the progressive lane inside the democratic primaries is a significant one. and i think that its diffe...

And i couldnt say a word. >> fight for whats right in our country. fight for the ideals and characters of a free people. >> the 08 race was certainly a different race. you had -- you had the 24-hour news cycle that was kind of, as you know, kind of dominates the whole thing and it was different. the tone was different, although, and i know you know this, i thought that our two guy did the best race they could and it was an honorable race and that was the most important part of all of that was th...