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You know, when there was a clear distinct difference in what bernie sanders was saying versus what hillary clinton was saying, and people understood that there were these distinctions. in a field of 24 people, now 22 people, youre necessarily going to have some kinds of replication. and thats also why there are so many people in that 1%, 2%, kind of spread out. >> and were talking about 2016, im talking and i think immediately about the less than 50% of latinas that did not vote, right when they...

Campaign. 9% of the folks who voted for barack obama voted for donald trump. you had 7% of people who voted for barack obama who stayed home. out of those people who stayed home, 51% of them were people of color. the conversation that i think biden is trying to have around why hes electable is him saying, im going to try to get back some of that 9%, if democrats focus on really simulating their actual base of people of color, of young people, of getting that coalition back together, getting that...

Happened there. electability, yeah. im not sure what they really mean by that. >> if youre going with the electability argument youll get rid of every single woman candidate. >> lets see that he is electable. joe biden has run for president two other times and hasnt been able to come out of the primary field. >> reporter: so it is interesting. what the last voter said about joe bidens past runs for president could be considered a knock on the electability argument he is making although right now...

Electability. when im out on the road all i here from voters is i want to beat president trump. for democratic candidates its about pitching themselves as the most electable. theres a few ways you can do that, be joe biden, talking about the person leading in the polls, you can talk about elizabeth warren, being the most energizing but to voters electability means a lot of things. listen what we heard in l.a. >> we said barack obama was not electable and we know what happened there. electability...

Kind of race is developing, warren has been chipping at his lead. the idea warren talking about big ideas, plans. its not by accident that sanders is coming out with a pretty big, bold plan on fighting climate change. so i think there is a distinction in the party, if you will, between the candidates that i think are really putting all the money and cards on big ideas and the ones that maybe make more electability argument. i think sanders is clearly in the camp of im going to try to win with my...

Mean by that. >> if youre going with the electability argument, youre going to get rid of every woman candidate. >> lets see if hes electable. joe biden has run for president two other times and hasnt been able to come out of primary field. >> wow, that is interesting. >> and they say lets see if hes electable when theyre talking about biden? i hear every candidate having to make this pitch of why they are the best person to go up against donald trump. and there are so many ways you can do that....

We will test the realities of this economy with mr. stephen moore. yes, the same, the man the president picked for the fed before withdrawing him over a storm of controversy. and if joe biden is going to go big on his new electability argument, do new poll numbers give him good reason? we got the data. we have the wizard of odds. what do you say? lets get after it. >> the president said there was great appetite for universal background checks. now hes saying he will starve that appetite. the a...

Life-saving gun legislation, senator joe manchin is here. the presidents election fate will depend on how you feel about the economy, so how good is it? how well has this president done and what is he doing now to stave off a recession? we will test the realities of this economy with mr. stephen moore. yes, the same, the man the president picked for the fed before withdrawing him over a storm of controversy. and if joe biden is going to go big on his new electability argument, do new poll number...

Jumped out to me and was a response from new jersey senator cory booker pushing back from joe bidens campaign, making his electability argument. essentially biden saying you should vote with your head because the polls will show i will win, and now is the time to sort of stay safe and beat donald trump booker dismissed that argument and i followed up with him in the press afterwards listen to what he told me. >> we need a candidate not just for the head but for the heart and for the gut. thats t...

The president, sanders up five points. everybody else is either tied with the president or trailing. back with me, former senior adviser to the clinton campaign and bulwark editor chief. is that a sure sign that other candidates know they just have to counter that electability argument? how much is that driving the race right now? >> its driving the race pretty dramatically because joe bidens had a rough summer and he still maintains a substantial lead in this race and i think its because democr...