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Anybody whos campaigned in places like iowa sees how strong our campaign is on the ground. we are number two or three i think in that favorability in a state where people havent made their choices, but at the top of the field endorsements. weve got another county chair person endorsing our campaign. our campaign is strong. and remember john kerry, john edwards were polling at 4%, 2%, 6 and 7 in the field and one month later they went onto finish one and two in the caucuses. its the kind of thing...

Have had on that stage. and right up to that moment its his most solid debate yet. and i hate to do this. we need to catch a break here. when we come back guess whos standing by to talk to chris matthews. one cory booker of the great state of new jersey. >> when i was mayor of the largest city in my state, this is where i agree with mayor pete. mayoral experience is very important. and i happen to be the other rhodes scholar mayor on this stage.

Substantive debate for cory booker. if the debates move poll numbers, then cory bookers poll numbers should move tonight. if this doesnt move the poll numbers for cory booker, i dont know what can. and kamala harris also, who had her poll numbers really pop because of a debate, because of that debate where she went after joe biden, she also had her most solid debate since that one. and then theres the biden debate, which was scored as a kind of flawlessly solid debate for him until -- >> yeah. >...

Im not the only one -- >> $200,000 coming to our -- we just need help sxwlp we just dont have time. cory booker. you inspired us tonight. back to you, brian. >> thank you, senator. thank you, chris. and over to steve kornacki at the board. steve, its as if we planned it this way. look at where you have numbers from tonight. >> all this talk about black support in south carolina in particular. lets take a look at what the numbers say. this is the latest south carolina poll. came out just this wee...

Together. please go to corybooker.com. >> senator booker, thank you very much. >> mr. steyer, your closing statement. >> last time i was on this stage, i started by saying everybody here is more patriot and more competent than the criminal in the white house, and i stand by that statement. but im different from everybody else on this stage. i know that the government in washington, d.c. is broken. i know that its been purchased by corporations, and ive spent a decade putting together coalitions ...

Myself because they cant afford it. so i think we have to change the whole concept when we talk about working class and brand it out. i thought it was important the debate was in a city like atlanta where you have a lot of african-americans, latinos, people who are that other working class. what they heard tonight number one was the first debate i heard kamela harris have. >> i agree. look, the democratic party comes knocking at the church door six weeks out, they want the black people to vote. ...

Of different fronts. i think he got better as the debate went on. i think that tulsi gabbard was just awful, spectacularly bad. in fact, in a week between prince andrew, jim jordan, and devin nunes, she made a legitimate run for the medal podium and just dishonest at a pretty large level. but i think all the candidates have reason to feel good coming out of this tonight. >> to my good friend the senator from south boston, lawrence odonnell. >> i think all the senators actually did very well. tha...

That i thought cory booker had a really, really good night. hopefully it will change the dynamic, because up until now, we havent been centering these voters and hopefully -- >> rhodes scholar cory booker. >> i thought kamala also did a really good job tonight in articulating women in this country that are having children in their late 20s and 30s and are trying to manage taking care of their parents -- >> yes, absolutely. >> taking care of their children. the costs associated with all of that -...

If you give me a chance to lead, i will cause what john lewis says is good trouble. i will challenge us. i will ask more from you than any other president has ever asked before because we -- >> thank you, senator. >> -- need to mobilize a new american movement. keep me on this stage. keep me on this race. it is time we fight and fight together. please go to corybooker.com. >> senator booker, thank you very much. mr. steyer, your closing statement. >> last time i was not this stage i started by s...

>> thank you very much. it is time -- at this point it is well past time if im honest to start closing statements, and we are going to start tonight with senator booker. >> thank you, rachel. its an honor to be here tonight. i have not yet qualified for the december stage and need your help to do that. if you believe in my voice and that i should be up here, please go to corybooker.com. please help. i had a closing statement prepared but i saw in the audience during the break a man named john le...