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who think they might be having a good night. easy, easy. right. easy but but but. a court leaving the ballot open, diane, saying there are lines there in this race that we know is unusually competitive. it means you keep watching it. now lets come back to where we are as we wait. we still have no votes in in mississippi. we do here for another one. again, in this tough national climate for democrats, you have an incumbent democratic governor in a very red state, 56% of the vote in now....

And enter once he, former senior advisor to hunter clinton campaigns of carolina and founder of blueprint strategy. >> quite the intro! [laughter] s be what it was wednesday that bidens camp was saying they were supporting it. now theyre saying they dont. i understand he is pro-choice. that is not what this is about. nonetheless, the flip-flopping at this stage, when it comes to democratic voters and women. >> i think it breaks his credit ability on the authenticity factor. that was who he could...

Is your and you awe then t-- authenticity factor. like gayle king is the same person. ive known her for 30 years and she is the same person everywhere she is. a lot of these candidates are women. i think its a challenge that hillary clinton struggled with, being overprepared instead of confidently present. >> kamala harris brings some of her personal life into her twitter feeds, her husband has tweets all about her events, hes super supportive. you get a sense theres a whole life beyond just the...

Mcelderry s mcsally. she had to try to shift which she ended up and went too far but right now shes really struggling. i think that the authenticity factor behind the pose really matters. >> steve kornacki, thank you for being here and taking the time. youll be busy. cant wait to watch you on tuesday. just ahead, my conversation on the rocky path to flipping a tennessee senate seat red and as we go to break, president obama back on the trail. >> what we have not seen before, at least not in my...

Independents. its the progressive voters. i think its this issue weve been talking about, this authenticity factor. bernie sanders has it. he has excited a number of voters, not only in the democratic base but the independents. its also the fact that you have senator sanders who has gone up with ads in november. here in iowa. essentially he wasnt on the air, now hes on the air. thats why you see the race tighten here in iowa and see him surge ahead when it comes to going after donald trump. its ...

Neck quality within the margin of error. sanders outperforms in hypothetical general election matchups in iowa and new hampshire. in iowa clinton beats out donald trump by eight points. sanders leads by 13. in new hampshire state, clinton rubs out by one point while sanders beats him by 19. for more on the battle over the heart and soul of the democratic party, lets bring in kristin welker on the trail in des moines. people tell me its the independents, that senator sanders is doing better again...

Success and they say, gee if i could only be more like them. the answer is no. you need to be more like you. the reason governor christie is successful is because he is what he is, and what he does is, ive got toll you that there are people who will go up to him and say, you know, governor, i didnt vote for you, and i probably wont next time but i really respect you, and i always know where youre coming from, and i just want to thank you for that. and, you know, there is something to that. ronal...

Wrote a story last year how this was his version of hillary clintons iraq. and we sort of fleshed that out a little bit today in our story, about how his options on health care are basically the hillary, which is to try to find a middle ground, the john edwards, which is a full walk back and the apology, or the joe lieberman, the full embrace. now, the easiest thing to do is do the edwards or the lieberman, which is you either run from it or embrace it, but the harder thing to do is that middle ...

Editor jean cummings and nbcs kristen welker at the white house. well, kristen, we are all looking for signals and theres a lot of reporting that we have all been doing, you more than most, but boy, joe biden saying did hes the guy. >> reporter: thats right. it was this robust defense of his work here and how closely aligned he is with president obama. it was really fascinating and i think it was more than a lot of folks were expecting to hear. the other point he made which signaled to a lot of ...

So good for manchin. i think that he went back strong. i think this will turn the tide for him. put him back on top and hell -- this is --, ed, heres what i say, one more reason why republicans are not going to get control of the u.s. senate. >> well, this would have -- is going to be a very key senate race, no question about it. >> yep. >> this is one that the democrats definitely need. but i think the authenticity factor plays here. you know, when somebody tells you something as a politician, ...