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Running scared is the only smart way to run a campaign. >> thats why i said earlier. if were not worried, were not working. thats very important for this campaign. ronald reagan was down ten points to mondale at this point before the 1984 election when he had a historic route. so things can change very quickly in the world of politics. we need to work hard. thankfully, we have an economy thats a tail wind that will allow us to turn a lot of polls around in a major way and i believe we will. i wo...

Steve, you can say what you want here, but im going to misquote paul begala, he said, there are two ways to run, you can run scared or run stupid. running scared is the only smart way to run a campaign. >> thats why i said earlier. if were not worried, were not working. so, thats very important for this campaign. ronald reagan was down ten points to mondale at this point before the 1984 election when he had an absolutely historic rout. so things can change very quickly in the world of politics. ...

Outsell on the record we have, which is the economy. >> i will only note that bakari literally did the opposite of what you suggested. i think he was saying that democrats need to be very scared and not count -- >> right, im saying he made that point -- >> -- not celebrate at you. >> he made that point but there is tremendous celebration going on right now in trump skeptic circles and media and politics and im saying their complacency or their early celebration to me is actually a positive sign ...

I think he said democrats need to be very scared and not count. >> right, im saying he made that point -- >> celebrate it all. >> he made that point but there is tremendous celebration going on right now in trump skeptic circles and media and politics and im saying their complacency or celebration is a positive sign for us. >> i think people are just watching and reporting. steve, bacari, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. speaking of the 2020 election, which democratic opponent is former...

Wake up people around president trump and president trump himself, who have kind of lulled into this sense of complacency about his poll numbers and, well, its so far out, we dont need to worry about that when it comes down to trump and another -- a single democratic nominee to run against, things will kind of equalize. the problem is right now the message is -- and this is coming from republicans ive been talking to. wake up. if you were to run this race today, you would lose all of these state...

This was a middle ground for him. but the debate over abortion has become very polarized on both sides. i think in talking to pro-choice leaders, there was a certain complacency within that movement that has now been exploded by trump and the move towards judicial, conservative judicial appointments, the supreme court, roe v. wade being overturned. and whats going on in the states. so when you have a state like missouri that is trying to close down the last remaining place where people either wi...

Country, asylum seekers, what he does is put his finger on the scale five times before robert mueller delivers his report or opens his mouth. what he does looks like it doesnt comport history. are democrats not correct to be on more of a war footing than they have been in the past with barr? >> i called him a principled institutionalist. >> i know you did. you lulled me into nine minutes of complacency. but i woke up. >> entirely my fault nirks coal. i apologize. i have woken up, too. particular...

That she just didnt gain anything, and she lost her core constituents. >> the big message, the big lesson to me, ellen, is that at the end of the day, the tory party is now dominated by people who really do want to leave europe. in other words, mays strategy was to confront them with the bitter medicine that we might just have to jump off this cliff. and essentially theyre saying fine, lets jump off. lets have a hard brexit. thats better than any of these softer variations. >> right. but its imp...

That she just didnt gain anything and she lost her core constituents. >> the big message, the big lesson to me, ellen, is that at the end of the day, the torry party is not dominated by people who really do want to leave europe. in other words, whenever -- mays strategy was to confront them with the bitter medicine that we might have to just jump off this cliff. and essentially theyre saying, fine, lets jump off. lets have a hard brexit. thats better than any of these softer variations. >> right...

Needs to be addressed in so many sectors that white folks an black folks interact in america. >> and what a great point you made that the historic election of barack obama actually brought about a complacency that has been now wiped away. i wanted to ask you, weve talked over the phone about this, about mayor pete. he did very well at your national convention. hes doing very well among white americans, but he is not moving black americans in the democratic party right now. he comes in at 0% if y...