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Hassan, the governor running for the senate seat, until about a week and a half ago, when sud n suddenly, trump just collapsed and hillary clinton is now up, depending on what polls you look at, between eight and 15 points. kelly ayotte cannot survive that kind of a margin. >> heres the thing, again, were two weeks out. its two weeks from today, right? >> mm-hmm. >> two weeks. >> two weeks from today. >> thats number one. number two, its 2016. one of the most tumultuous years yet. and number thr...

Doesnt make a ton of sense for pence to go to utah either. utah is not going to be the difference between 270 or not for trump. they have biggest problems and should focus on the bigger states. but trump has run a horrible particularly dumb campaign. thats just not my opinion, its the opinion of all the most respected republican strategists who looked at it. its been amateur hour. this is another example. >> youve been involved with transition before. campaigns, you worked through the transition...

Massi massive. >> landslide. >> a remarkable win if robby is right, it would be a big win. yesterday, i think i saw something that the congressional black caucus was saying if you want us to get excited, because were not excited right now, but if you want us to get excited, you have to start talking to us. theres just -- i find it hard to believe that theyre going to be able to find the excitement that obama had in 08 and 12. >> to dispel the notion that an electoral college victory is slipping ...

Comments to elise labott, our correspondent important to remind everyone, general powell supported barack obama in 08 and in 12 so -- still, though, its a moment. >> hes a republican. >> its a moment in time, a moment to mark no question about it. >> hes been voting for a democratic president two elections, one president, barack obama, as you mentioned. he has said with regard to the iraq war he and the bush administration made miz stakes but this is donald trumps whole foreign policy argument i...

Fact and fiction with regards to obamacare in just a few minutes. those e-mails released by wikileaks. we have not verified the authenticity of the e-mails. but in one of them its revealed that you wanted to be considered for the imagery secretary post back in 08. was that e-mail accurate and would you be open to becoming energy secretary this time around? or open to another post in a clinton administration? >> i totally do not want to talk about anything beyond the election. thats what i would ...

Everybody. i am very, very concerned about the rhetoric coming out of his mouth. >> i want to bring in doug herman, a democratic strategist who did direct mail and field strategy for the obama campaigns in 08 and 2012. and doug, theres an old saying in hip hop, i aint got to talk it, because i live it. that is certainly the case for you. our viewers may not see you on air all the time, but you sure have worked your way around a lot of winning democratic campaigns. so we wanted your handicapping ...

Its necessary for us to do that. part of what we do is -- part of our role requires -- its not just that were committed to, our sense of duty requires that we explain the financial system and the ramifications of what official action would be and, of course, we engage our political leaders. >> but the implication is that there was a tighter connection. do you -- >> ill give you an example of a tighter part of the connection. in the 08 political cycle, i held a fund-raiser for hillary clinton and...

Come on. dont be sitting on the couch. its time to vote. everybodys got to vote early. thats how we won in 08. thats how we won in 2012. thats how were going to win in 2016. because lets face it, you know, nevada is always close. nevada always makes you a little nervous because you kind of dont know whats going to happen. but thats what makes it exciting. i was here in nevada in the closing days of both my campaigns. both times, you guys came through. i turned over that card. it was an ace. mich...

Back here in the closing days of another hard-fought campaign makes me think about how far weve come together. back in 08, we had gone through two long wars. we were about to enter into the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. nevada was ground zero. you remember the housing market just collapsed. folks were losing jobs, losing homes. on issues like health care, issues like climate change, we werent doing anything about it, just kicking the can down the road. i remember -- you remember, i tol...

To do that. part of what we do is part of our role requires not just that were committed to. our sense of duty requires that we explain the financial system and the ramifications of what official action would be and of course, engage political leaders. >> the implication is there is a tighter connection. >> ill give you an example of a tighter part of the connection. in the 08 political cycle, i held a fundraiser for hillary clinton. and i could tell you throughout our firm and other firms, so d...