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De facto nominee. what would have happened in america? >> hes trying to illustrate how political assassination can raise political awareness. but do you understand why some voters are concerned about bidens style overall given his propensity for gaffes and misstatements? >> i find this topic a little frustrating, to be candid, because this is the most serious election, i believe, in our country since 1864. in many ways it is an existential election, the one coming up next year. we have a preside...

There. what about the tax cuts? the muscular foreign policy? sure his style is off will sure we dont like him. you need to keep him. be quiet. >> okay, first, im an entrepreneur. what entrepreneurs try to do is curve the reality in the universe toward something they see in the future. george herbert walker bush had a 91% approval rating coming out of the iraq war. lost the election in 1992. this guy is going to lose. he has a 62% disapproval rating according to ap. and the whole thing is fractur...

In fresno at age 89. dolores will join us at the end of this hour to tell us why she got arrested in fresno this week and in that discussion i hope we learn something about what it takes to be truly committed to social progress. truly committed to a cause. most of us limit our commitment to social progress to voting and some of us just give up on owher candidate loses. dolores huerta saw her candidate in 1968 get shot and killed right before her eyes, and she did not give up. we have much to lea...

Suppose the enemy of the enemy is my friend. but, you know, there is a certain, i dont know, don quxote. there is no question about it. we know its not the racism. we know its not the lying. we know its not the crazy. but potentially a donald trump who appears to be unhinged and is tanking the economy might change the dynamic. but i dont see anything in the near term. but i would urge everybody to remember what happened back in 1967, 1968. nobody wanted to go into the primary against lyndon john...

Here is bobby kennedy in 1968 celebrating the greatest victory of his political career in los angeles at the ambassador hotel on the night that he won the california democratic presidential primary. >> i want to thank cesar chavez, who was here a little earlier. [ cheers and applause ] >> and corona, who worked with him and all of those mexican-americans, all supporters of mine. and dolores huerta, an old friend of i mean, who has worked with the union. i appreciate her coming tonight. >> minute...

Dolores will join us at the end of this hour to tell us why she got arrested in fresno this week and in that discussion i hope we learn something about what it takes to be truly committed to social progress. truly committed to a cause. most of us limit our commitment to social progress to voting and some of us just give up when our candidate loses. dolores huerta saw her candidate in 1968 get shot and killed right before her eyes, and she did not give up. we have much to learn from dolores huert...

I imagine that im somebody else talking to somebody who doesnt mean that much to me at all and nothing you say could have any affect on me. i am horrible at it. thats what i try. it doesnt work. >> well, i have never detected that. everything you describe has never actually happened on screen. its only happened in your head. and so maybe we overworry these things. >> maybe we do. well, i wish you luck anyway, and break a leg and all those things. you are going to be fine. just leave your body. >...

Here is bobby kennedy in 1968 celebrating the greatest victory of his political career in los angeles at the ambassador hotel on the night that he won the california democratic presidential primary. >> i want to thank cesar chavez, who was here a little earlier. [ cheers and applause ] >> and corona, who worked with him and all of those merks k mexican-americans, all supporters of mine. and dolores huerta, an old friend of i mean, who has worked with the union. i appreciate her coming tonight. >...

I imagine that im somebody else talking to somebody who doesnt mean that much to me at all and nothing you say could have any affect on me. i am horrible at it. thats what i try. it doesnt work. >> well, i have never detected that. everything you describe has never actually happened on screen. its only happened in your head. and so maybe we overworry these things. >> maybe we do. well, i wish you luck anyway, and break a leg and all those things. you are going to be fine. just leave your body. >...

Is doing has to do with his general election fight. is he worried about a possible strong primary challenge? is that why hes still playing to his core, why hes still playing to his base? >> hes not worried about a primary challenge. even those who are thinking about a primary challenge right now, former illinois congressman joe walsh. john kasich, theres not an expectation that anyone at this point could come close to beating president trump in a republican primary, even in a state like new hamp...