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Think there are a democrats that joe bidens electability argument is falling apart a little bit, and her electability argument is getting stronger because she is running against corruption.

Bidens. that was exactly like was happening in 2016 where he is like russia, are you listening? at her emails. >> dana: she has all these lieutenants. schiff has this issue. i wanted to ask, the appearance of impropriety in the fact that its out there in the water, does it undercut joe bidens electability argument because hed been riding high in the polls on the electability question. is that now something that the dnc should worry about? >> the dnc is not worried. the voters will ultimately dec...

Elizabeth warren, lets just dig deeper on the rise that were talking about in this poll. if you look back to march, she was at 9%. june, 15%, and now she is at 20%. joe biden, hes lost 7% which isnt that much considering the fact he came in with a huge name and now people are getting to know him, and thats why were at this statistical tie. >> this is a huge danger, though, for joe biden. his numbers have just been going in the wrong direction since he got into the race. his problem is if you bas...

With joe biden we will see. he has got to win something. the electability argument is his strongest argument he needs to win something. and finally president trump and indias prime minister drawing a very large crowd at a rally in houston, texas. trump playing an unusual role. he was the warm-up act when speaking to thousands of indian americans. >> prime minister modi is doing a truly exceptional job for india. i can tell you have never had a better friend as president than president donald tru...

Conversation, the debate performances and other issues. >> yeah. democrats love joe biden. hes a revered figure in the democratic world. hes been a player in that world for so long, first in the senate and then eight years as barack obamas loyal vice president. he hasnt closed the deal yet. for him to say i should be the nominee because im the most electable, if he doesnt do well in iowa, if he doesnt place first or at least second, his whole electability argument goes out the window. hes really...

He did get one respondent to vote for him. he was an older gentleman or so i hear. he has at least one guy behind him in new york state. it is 0%. >> okay. matchups. >> just going to point this out. so basically fox news this week matched up in the general election biden versus trump and all of them were leading him. biden by 14 points. thats an electability argument. but whats really interesting is if you look back over time and see all this where incumbents were polling at this point in genera...

>> he steals my lines all the time. >> can we not waste -- quickly on the new polling from fox news. biden still in but they also have a head to head with the president. they do these head to heads with the president, and if anybody listened to our podcast recently, you know how i feel about head to heads. is to how much stock should people actually be putting in the matchups and president trump at this point. >> i think its still very early, but two things from that poll. number one, if joe bid...

>> im not buying it. >> you are looking at this based on who you like most. most voters say in deciding democratic primary vote, more important to support a candidate that can beat donald trump 56%. you like most, 31%. >> yes. joe bidens electability argument is important. people lose sight of the fact that his policies poll better with democrats. were not a far left party. in 2018, we elected moderates. joe biden is a moderate. >> this is interesting, too. we want to bring this up from the poll...

Scared and looking backward. >> so really there shes making the electability argument, right? essentially saying i know there are some of you out there who think my ideas are too much to the left or too big, but that it can be done and also asking voters to vote with their hearts, not their heads. and then the four words weve heard her use a lot more lately which are, i am not afraid. clearly this is an appeal to voters and also just the message to the joe bidens of the world and donald trumps o...

>> reporter: tonight democratic hopefuls making their pitch to one of the most powerful labor organizations promising to empower unions. >> if were going to grow the middle class in this country its absolutely imperative that we grow the trade union movement. >> reporter: and accusing president trump of offering false promises to their members. >> we can do a whole bunch of things. on day one if im president of the united states youre going to see the end of trumps tax cut. >> reporter: this as ...