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It like a loss. but the reality is hes the front-runner. hes held a fairly commanding lead for the entirety of this race. so i think expectations will be high. >> its one thing to say that about iowa. its another thing to say it about new hampshire and the other early states. and just back on new hampshire since everybody was there last night, you mentioned you were there that warren got rousing applause. sanders actually won there in 2016. both warren and sanders are from neighboring states. th...

Showed narrowing in the percentage of people who prioritize somebody they know can beat trump versus those policy positions and actually seeing more and more people care about those policy positions. so if that continues that means this electability argument while still bidens strength potentially wont be in a few months, right? >> the word i hear all the time is comfort. comfort, comfort, comfort. biden is the comfort zone. they call him a statesman. with bernie sanders and elizabeth warren the...

Articulate in principles. >> right. well, i think elizabeth warren has an electability argument to make, which is that in addition to having positions that are, you know, in the democratic base, she also has a personality that draws a lot of passion. not just in the democratic base but i think when she gets out around the country and quotes from the bible extensively like she does in her stump speech sometimes and when she ta ublks about her roots in oklahoma, which she can do with a lot of cred...

Neighboring states, so theres a lot of voter familiarity with them because they receive free media. back with us tonight, nbc news correspondent mike memoli whos covering the 2020 campaign for us and tom bevin, cofounder and president of real clear politics. gentlemen, welcome. mike, i want to take you back to the beginning of summer when you first went out on the road. the last time your suitcase had that new suitcase smell. how has the democratic field changed as youve watched them? >> well, b...

State of new hampshire working 24/7 and i wonder as you get to know voters across the state what is one thing that you feel like they really want that may be different from past primaries? >> well, its really interesting to see the divide among voters of who is really going for electability over trump versus interesting message and reform testify ideas for the country. there does seem to be that divide among those who want to beat donald trump and people who are looking for health care and educa...

Correspondent mike memoli whos covering the 2020 campaign for us and tom bevin, cofounder and president of real clear politics. gentlemen, welcome. mike, i want to take you back to the beginning of summer when you first went out on the road. the last time your suitcase had that new suitcase smell. how has the democratic field changed as youve watched them? >> well, brian, its a little bit smaller now. we talk about 19 candidates going to be on stage here in manchester for the convention tomorrow...

Media. back with us tonight, nbc news correspondent mike memoli whos covering the 2020 campaign for us and tom bevin, cofounder and president of real clear politics. gentlemen, welcome. mike, i want to take you back to the beginning of summer when you first went out on the road. the last time your suitcase had that new suitcase smell. how has the democratic field changed as youve watched them? >> well, brian, its a little bit smaller now. we talk about 19 candidates going to be on stage here in ...

>> no. it means that the debate about electability may be shifting a little bit here. >> what do you mean? >> well, electability is the number one question when you talk to the average democrat showing up to these town hall meetings or just on the street. they want someone who can defeat donald trump and as you mentioned before the polling says they are more willing to compromise on pretty much every position as long as that person can defeat trump. where it may be shifting, what i mean by that ...

They want somebody who can defeat donald trump. the campaign is now concerned what if we dont win iowa, we dont want to be written off as not being able to win. we can go through super tuesday states. they started making the argument to the press, dont write joe biden off if he loses iowa or new hampshire. he can go deep into this race. theyre trying to somehow now calibrate that electability argument. so thats what theyre concerned about. losing a contest. then all of a sudden being concerned t...

Lire performing and win the nomination? >> most of voters know his character. thats why hes steady in the polls. but if elizabeth warren or bernie sanders take him on in iowa and new hampshire we have a fight on our hands. we know he may misspeak. but right now its an electability argument saying hes the one who can beat trump. until we can find other candidates who can beat trump. >> there are four or five. but joe bidens steady support is because people know him. he was obamas guy. but they se...