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Happy thursday, everyone. So is it really so great to have president ial debates. Yeah its time to review the futile rally in simi valley. Yeah well as you can sees yo in the lower right hand corner of your screen, its been 23 hours since the second gop president ial debate, and no ones ever done that befor one and much like the vegas hair line, my migraine is finally receding. The debate was held at the Ronald Reagan president ial library. A reminder, an era whena a President Leaving Office at ...

Turnout for the republican party . Anything close to 150,000 would be a record turnout. I think republicans are energized, ive seen this today and have been in the ground in des moines, its frigid cold but the democrats abandon i will, they walked away so republicans have two things, they are tough which they are, they will come out and caucus because they care about this country, they care about i love being the first in the nation and they want to prove democrats wrong walking away from the st...

Turnout for the republican party? >> anything close to 150,000 would be a record turnout. i think republicans are energized, ive seen this today and have been in the ground in des moines, its frigid cold but the democrats abandon i will, they walked away so republicans have two things, they are tough which they are, they will come out and caucus because they care about this country, they care about i love being the first in the nation and they want to prove democrats wrong walking away from the ...

Donees. >> theres been a lot of hammering over the debate process and what it takes to meet or not meet it. how do you feel about how theyve handled this? >> its mission impossible to set up a debate structure that everybody can agree on and be happy with. each debate represents an opportunity for our campaign to present our vision and for me to explain why my presidency would be different, why my approach on health care makes sense and why what i will do the right way forward and were going to ...

>> kamala harris tried to walk certain details, basically she signed onto bernies medicare for all and in favor of doing away with private insurance. elizabeth warren same thing, moderators didnt follow up. isnt this the kind of thing maybe the press isnt focused on now but -- >> kamala harris has had to answer this question repeatedly, multiple media on this issue and shes caught flak from the media. the challenge with the debate structure especially this, my hats off to the dnc for *turing in ...

For the democratic party. >> kamala harris tried to walk certain details, basically she signed onto bernies medicare for all and in favor of doing away with private insurance. elizabeth warren same thing, moderators didnt follow up. isnt this the kind of thing maybe the press isnt focused on now but -- >> kamala harris has had to answer this question repeatedly, multiple media on this issue and shes caught flak from the media. the challenge with the debate structure especially this, my hats off ...

Heard from the former vice president. what did you think of how he was trying to defend himself, clean up his comments on bussing from last night. >> i think every candidate is going to talk about their vision for america. and every voter is going to make a judgment, looking at the totality of what the candidate has done throughout their career. theyre going to ask themselves, does that candidate based on the work theyve done, do they share my values, do they have my back? and can they win? that...

The road with you and you are vigorous in campaigning, and how do you get the issues in front of the american people if you have two-tiered debate structure with 20 or 30 people dividing the democratic party and not sign ing t signing the one or two or five people who are best capable of challenging? >> well, we will do it, andrea, by asking people like yourself, and msnbc, and nbc and abc to talk about the burning issues facing the american people so that the american people can then determine ...

>> i will play devils advocate for a second here. so in order to get on this bill, there is something called a motion to proceed which is a simple majority. 51 votes to get back to restart debate that kind of fell apart last time. the question is, if republicans, if john mccain votes for that, if they get 51 republicans to vote for that, can they resolve some of these differences, some of the senators problems in an amendment, a debate format, a debate structure. i would say no. my inclination i...

Cnn, graham is criticizing the party two-tier debate structure. those numbers kept him on the under card stage. >> people like what i say, but not many people hear it. this process started in a strange way. you could not get on the main stage unless you polled at a certain level. if you never run before, that is hard. if you dont come from a political family, that is hard. if you come from a small state, that is hard. here is what i would advise the republican party to do in the future. never do...