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Its time for them to jump into the game, and call out bad behavior when it occurs. its time for them to stand up and be counted. >> and whats the risk to you speaking out publicly, sir. >> the risk to me is minimal, and we dont have a caucus system in nebraska. and i term out in three years, so i think, you know, i wont pay a big political price. >> so weve known senator sasse on this show, we found him to be a very smart and decent guy, the reason hes not speaking out is pretty simple, hes got ...

Traditional in-person caucus process. 10% will be divvied up based on results of a new virtual caucus system that allows iowa democrats to participate online. your overall leader combining both in virtual and in person is front-runner joe biden. thats a smaller lead than he has in national polls. he tends to be above 30%. in iowa at 24. bernie sanders in second place, elizabeth warren at 15. this is your overall iowa state of play today. those who will be there at a caucus site or those who want...

Sanders. it will be interesting to see, it turns out that a month from today the first voters were actually go and in the caucus system here and i will, eight months from today, on a snowy night, nearly february and there only be a few tickets out of iowa and even fewer out of new hampshire. so the process will begin first with the debates then with money raising and grading into the second round of the debates. there will still be well over a dozen by the time we get taiwan here in early februa...

Of them. i really feel like the momentum and the energy is going to be around kamala harris. theres just, you know -- shes managed to kind of capture an audience that i think that could represent more of the democratic party versus the other candidates at hand. thats not to say that theres not a place for booker for gillibrand, for warren. there is a place. im just wondering who could put up the best fight, you know, with donald trump, who could rally minorities, who can rally one of the biggest...

Eating the rnc. >> shannon: there is going to be a combination of -- >> they are fighting. he is trying to bring state parties under control, try to get a data operation up and running in time, and the clock is against them. by the trump campaign, they are eating the rnc like a bonbon. if you are a republican who wants to oppose a donald trump through the primary caucus system, this is the rnc thing, you are shut out, you are an extension of the trump campaign, and you can forget about appear to...

Utah. >> i started with the story of david and goliath but not for the reason you might think. in this battle come you are firm in your for liberty. goliath is washington d.c. intimidating but beatable. i am your stone ready flown at the foes who seek to impress us. working together,. >> romney was the only candidate to secure a spot by gathering signatures but admitted yesterday that was hardly to blame for his loss is batted an eye sore spot for many conservatives if you saw who want to preser...

Change their party label would they not be the critical caucus that nothing would move without their support? and that would then force compromise? >> possibly. but when you look at the independents and you mentioned them, angus king, bernie sanders and the democratic side, they caucus with the democrats. when theres han independent on the republican side, they caucus with the republicans. its because of the structural imperatives i mentioned, if you want to be effective inside the system. its v...

Then force compromise? >> possibly. but when you look at the independents and you mentioned then, angus king, bernie sandsers and the democratic side, they caucus where the democrats. when theres an independent on the republican side, they caucus with the republicans. its because of the structural imperatives that i mentioned, if you want to be effective inside the system, its difficult to be independent. everything forces you from one side to the other. we probably should do away with the caucu...

Disruption. people were seriously looking for disruption. ive got to wonder personally about the empty coffee can they chose to shake things up in. they were looking to shake things up. there was no way that hillary, master of every detail in the universe. i was at her campaign events she would explain and explain and explain and explain and explain. and trump just showed up. you know, with a lot of noisy rolling stone tapes and flag e waving and hugs and promise of greatness. >> all right. in y...

Of probably the situation on the ground there. why? its of likely voters. in iowa that means something different than a lot of other states because of their unique caucus system. you have to be committed and come out and spend the entire night on a cold winter night in a fire station or wherever else. a lot of times that means you are talking about the core supporters of each party. the core aggressive supporters who support bernie sanders. i think theyll probably still -- hillary will still pro...