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It worked. >> is it clear in hindsight what she should have done. >> i dont think she had a chance of beating barack obama. >> nobody would say she had no chance of beating bernie sanders from day one in this campaign. >> tho. >> how do you apply those lessons. >> no one could saber knee sanders had a chance of beating hillary clinton. no one predicted. >> thats what im saying. from the beginning it wasnt baked in that bernie sanders was going to win. hes been the surprise here. now thats hes ti...

Like, you know what, first-term senator, barack obama, first-term senator. what you just described about marco rubio being a quick study, a lot of people said the same thing about barack obama. but a lot of republicans said, hey, he wasnt ready. why is marco rubio more ready now than barack obama was in 08? >> like i said, for the last years, he has been actually working on foreign relations and on the intelligence committee. we spent hundreds, literally, hundreds of hours through briefings, mee...

Behind, going into what was then just five days before the primary, and the work that was done on my behalf, the people who came out to support me, the incredible excitement, i saw that today in nashua. i got here, it was amazing, chris, the level of enthusiasm. people who were with me before, people who were with president obama in 08, everybody working so hard, to support me, to get to that primary, to do everything we possibly can. were not leaving anything on the ground. were moving forward....

Bernie sanders. and brian, that is evident for the new voters that came out last night, the pundits said that the young voters wouldnt show up, but they showed up. it is evident also in the young women who showed up, who are overwhelmingly trending towards senator bernie sanders. theres a message coming from young adults in this country about what the future should look like, and they believe that future is president bernie sanders. >> but the other side of that, i could argue, were talking abou...

Hampshire. look at the map, its vermont next to new hampshire right there. between 6 and 33 points hes got a lead on you up there, and i wonder how much ground you can make in a week, because we really have a week now. >> i feel really good about my campaign in new hampshire. and i remember getting off the plane in new hampshire after the iowa caucuses last time where i did not win, and i was way behind going into what was then just five days before the primary. and the work that was done on my ...

The work that was done on my bhachl -- clock, it was amazing, chris, the level of enthusiasm. people who were with me before, people who were with president obama in 08, everyone working so hard to support me to get to that primary, to do everything we possibly can. were not leaving anything on the ground. were moving forward. >> reporter: and i heard a similar sentiment from former president bill clinton. i had a chance to ask him a few questions at the rope line, brian. i asked him if this ver...

Quite a tradition, people are, you know, standing in one corner, moving to another corner, so well just wait till the music stops and see where everybody is. >> let me ask you about one very specific iowa policy issue where senator sanders has taken the stand, hes running ads on it. hes campaigned on it and i just dont know your position on it and thats this planned back-in crude oil pipeline thats been proposed for running through iowa. its got a lot of people on the democratic side of the aisl...

To maximize delegates at each precinct, in a way its not clear that the sanders people are able to do. >> they have an app for caucus night to do the math inside to figure these things out. >> tell me this, is -- can bernie sanders win tomorrow night? >> he could, if theres a huge turnout. >> youre skeptical. >> im not sure theres going to be a huge turnout. look at des moines register poll, it doesnt seem as if things are lining for him in the same way they were lining for obama in 08. >> it be...

Break. thats thats theyre concentrating on college campuses. they rented every van to try to get students home but thats a huge lift. >> the other thing, i noticed at clinton events, im finding a lot of obama 08 people that are now clinton. >> yeah. >> bad for bernie. >> one of the big questions for the hillary clinton campaign, can she convert obama. but largely she has. i think particularly because she has wrapped her campaign around the obama legacy. so if you are an obama democrat and want l...

Correspondent, joy reid, correspondent chris jansing, kerry dan, and alex seitz. welcome all. you were here for a couple of cycles in iowa, everybody turn out, turn out, turn out. democratic side, put up 08 and 04, gives you the high and the low, here it is, 124. look at barack obama victory, 239. that tells -- we think the numbers somewhere in between. if its closer to 04 its hillary clinton night. >> absolutely. when you look at especially at the new "des moines register" poll that came out la...