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Point. >> laura: jill biden spoke out tonight and if they were clearly stunned and ill-prepared for this attack. lets watch. >> big a surprise for you so far? >> the biggest surprise, i think, was the debates. i think probably kamala was a little bit of a surprise. i think that is the biggest surprise so far. >> laura: again. how are you not prepared for that? that is disqualifying in and of itself. >> of course it is. if you are not prepared for kamala, are you prepared for -- are you prepared ...

Going to self implode at some point. >> laura: jill biden spoke out tonight and if they were clearly stoned and ill-prepared for this attack. lets watch. >> big a surprise for you so far? >> the biggest surprise, i think, was the debates. i think probably kamala was a little bit of a surprise. i think that is a big surprise of five. >> laura: again. how are you not prepared for that? that is disqualifying in and of itself. >> of course it is. if you are not prepared for kamala, are you prepared ...

The states that matter the most. michigan, wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania and florida. explain that. >> yeah. there are limits to what democrats can say and advocate for and still get elected. generally, i dont think that candidates orientation or identification as a progressive who wants to overhaul i.c.e. for example is disqualifying in the general election but running on a campaign of, you know, no border enforcement or abolishing private health insurance, yeah, thats probably disqualifying in...

All, there is a sense there is a kind of voter that related to biden a bit sees him as a regular person even in his views on race over time. whats going on inside this democratic race right now? where do you see it? >> i have no idea whats going on inside the democratic party. i do think long-term this is problematic for joe biden. the idea youre going to pull out segregationist to talk about, you know, how we should deal with the negro problem and using chains and bullets and guns, the problem ...

What buttigieg has done is tapped into new sources of funding, there is a really active lgbt donor community in the democratic party and obviously a lot of those forces have circled around the buttigieg candidacy, but i think amy makes an important point. the president is not running against a field of 20, so it shouldnt be a surprise, but also i would say none of these numbers have really been disqualifying. i think kamala harriss number came in lower than what a lot of people were expecting. s...

The trump side. first of all, is the president right, the idea that if youre going to give health care to undocumented immigrants, youre never going to be president of the united states? >> i dont think its disqualifying, but its something theyre going to have to explain. look, on a variety of cultural and social issues, as you know someone who has been around this a long time, they have barrelled past the caution of where demps were not only in clinton, bill clintons day, but barack obamas day....

Night was the biggest test so far of bidens candidacy, then i dont think you could have a bit more scheduling here speaking to the rainbow push coalition conference in chicago where he was speaking to a primarily african-american audience in the former presidents hometown. he was able to really i think the most reaction we heard from the audience is when he began talking about president obama, talking about how he wasnt given enough credit for the work that he did for the country, especially res...

To voters at this vent. some are saying this is not a disqualifying moment at all in terms of the what they saw in the back and forth. one voters said, i hope this was a wake-up call for joe biden, that he knows he cant take this for granted. i think what we from the vice president at his event here was somebody who very much did receive a wake-up call. this is a candidate now who recognizes that he does need to be a bit more forceful in speaking to his record. yes, he does think that 30 seconds...

Were not doing what we do best as americans. finding cures for al 1, parkins parkinsons. >> back to the point about, it wouldnt be disqualifying for her, do you think ending private insurance would make it harder to win a general election? >> yes, it is -- just flies in the face of the choices people want to have. you can have a government option. its -- im not going to look a union member in the eye and say, im going to take away your private negotiated health care. >> another big issue that ca...

This policy of separating children from their parents. >> i know youre on the record for supporting medicare for all, keeping a private option. we know how senator elizabeth warren feels, her support of ending it entirely, not having that option. do you think that is disqualifying to win a general election for her? >> what i will tell you is, the american people love choice. its so -- >> congressman, answer the question. do you think its disqualifying for her. >> its not disqualifying, its not w...