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In the popular vote so the ability for a woman to beat trump is already been proven. and, look, this is the message shes got to convey right now. because the whole challenge in this primary is head over heart. people want to be inspired but they want to win. and in their minds they keep going back to who can win, who can win. so all of the other candidates besides biden have to keep making that case. i thought it was interesting that she chose to do anti-corruption and citizens united had a numb...

Electability argument. then he takes 4,000 selfies. he says latino voters are horrible. but he insists he can stretch the map in 2020 and win new mexico. >> were going to win the state of new mexico and ill be so surprised if we dont. >> that was a long drive, but all the way in, we had people and they were waving. i didnt see any negative head gesture. right? no, i think were going to do great here. >> back to politics in a bit, but we begin with new tough words from the vice president, reite...

Office, to get elected and men tend to be -- white men, african-american men, latino men that is still a hurdle for women, period. >> let me say i know the headlines are focusing on the fact that warren is making the electability argument against biden but the meat of her speech, she is stealing the bernie mantle how corporations are to blame for the gun violence and climb change and you name it and that is exactly the kind of message that bill is turning out that will turn off people that might...

Crowds i guess my point is can she pull a crowd, show momentum in places that might not typically be receptive to her more progressive politics i think thats half of the game theyre playing. shes going to the early primary states, friendly turf like new york and seattle shes also bringing her campaign to kermit, west virginia and ft. wayne, indiana, both places i went with her. getting crowds of sometimes skeptical trump voters, frankly, in west virginia i met a few of those. theyre trying to sh...

Walk part of crawling is winning the democratic presidential primary. in the crowds that look like the crowds shes putting together, even when she came to south carolina where i live, it did not reflect what i think the modern day democratic party looked like. thats a challenge i think shes trying to use her crowd size to show her electability argument. again, im not sure talking about corruption will answer the question of people who are trying to figure out how to feed their family i think tha...

Theres a lot of evidence to show that people are ready for this kind of change that senator warren is running on thats why bernie sanders did as well as he did in 2016 a lot will be how candidates presented themselves, present their ideas. if whom ever is the democratic nominee can persuade the broader electorate that theyre the person who will represent those populist views but also protect, as you were saying, the bread and butter issues that fundamentally most people vote on. >> i think peopl...

Their support. thats kind of where we are right now. and steve just did a great job talking about iowa and the history of iowa and the importance of iowa. if you look at the caucus electorate in 2016, it was 70% liberal. so yeah, someone like elizabeth warren, someone like bernie sanders who ran four years ago. if one of them win that state, i mean, that electability argument that joe biden has, that is gone. and what happens in new hampshire? and do the african american, the older african ameri...

Of voters are willing to switch their support. thats kind of where we are right now. and steve just did a great job talking about iowa and the history of iowa and the importance of iowa. if you look at the caucus electorate in 2016, it was 70% liberal. so yeah, someone like elizabeth warren, someone like bernie sanders who ran four years ago. if one of them win that state, i mean, that electability argument that joe biden has, that is gone. and what happens in new hampshire? and do the african a...

But it is the fact of the matter is a question in that hillary advisers, hillary clinton advisors were saying especially after the 2016 election, which is in their view, we treated hillary clinton as the president and donald trump as sort of a novelty. joe biden is getting that same treatment now. were treating him as if he is the president, or at least the likely president, and that may be an unfair standard to them. but its certainly something that when they make the electability argument, and...

Strength among plaqblack voters is technology with the power to change your life. group he leads by 42%. warren and biden will beside by side for the first time. warrens candidacy is rising. her signature plans facing a new test. >> well, i think that we start with a plan and then we get out there and fight for it. new tonight. to me, thats what being ten democratic candidates for president is all about. 2020, getting ready to take the >> above all, biden is still stage in houston, but there i...