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The inevitability argument, that didnt work really well for her. for joe biden right now, because donald trump is the republican nominee, that electability argument worked very well with democrats, more than half of whom think its the most important thing a democrat can be, which is a winner, theyre looking for someone who can beat donald trump above all else. >> i want to ask you about that, and play the sound from dr. biden when she was talking to those teachers in new hampshire. well ask you ...

Is also interesting is hes tied with bernie sanders and elizabeth warren when it comes to liberal democrats. which is not as if hes bleeding support from liberals but he has more support elsewhere and most importantly he has support -- a strong support from democrats who want to defeat donald trump. >> that is exactly right. so 54% of democratic voters say it is more important that a candidate have a strong chance of beating trump than shares their position on the issues. however, gloria, that i...

Hes running on a lot of different things. and his campaign is going to be something that divides individuals and turns us against each other. because he still has that ability to turn this country against each other and turn us on our heads, he has the ability, if were not -- if we dont have a strong candidate who helps us point in the better angels of our nature, he has the ability to win again. >> listen, youre right about the culture anxiety. thats what every single study shows. its not econo...

>> 54% say the importance is who could beat trump. >> the fact that it is down is significant. clearly, this is intentional. joe biden is trying to make this electability argument. for a lot of democrats, its more important that the president is beat trump. but with that number going down over time, the question is how long can they make that argument. hillary clinton tried to make this argument in 2016 and it helped her in the primary, but it didnt turn out. people didnt fall in love with her, ...

56% of younger voters want someone who shares their positions. 41% say they want somebody who can beat trump. what you see here of course is this is biden territory, the 45 plus. this is more warren territory, sanders territory, the young voters. so you can see the difference of the electability argument youre saying that is clearly present in joe bidens new ad in iowa, guys. >> very interesting, david. stay with us. we want to bring in alex burns and kiersten powers, cnn political analyst and u...

Consolidate the rest of the party, he might have the best chance of edging out the more liberal candidates in warren and bernie sanders that have been giving him, i think, the biggest race up until this point. >> and then when you talk about the electability argument, david, not only do you have the new ad going up in iowa, in august, which is significant, that the biden campaign is choosing to spend, shows the importance of iowa in their mind, saying you can feel it in your bones. you know that...

While she campaigned in new hampshire. shes acknowledging not everyone is necessarily all-in for her husband. but she said the electability argument, saying if the polls are consistent in showing biden at the top, that cant be dismissed. is jill biden right? >> well, i think she does make an important point. i also think that joe biden has the strongest message at its core, which is this election is about the soul of this country, and he makes the point that if donald trump gets another four yea...

Away from joe biden. the electability argument is so strong. we want to get breaking news were just getting into cnn coming out of brazil. i think we have some pictures were going to show you. these are live aerials of a bus hijacking on a bridge in rio. an armed man is holding an undetermined number of passengers hostage. police are trying to negotiate with the hijacker. we were just told that at least one, maybe more of the hostages has been released. theres video right there. t the bridge i...

Is usually motivate primary voters. it might motivate you in a general election if youre like one of the other but a primaries like you want your person. youre going to got there and support them. shes basically saying hes the most electable so vote for him. in his aunt, it is something different. hes trying to push out a character contrast. the other thing is hes the most electable now until warren and sanders, one of them has to go. when that coalesces, then they will also be able to make the ...

-- there is no recession yet but what if there was one? the big rhetorical. its been on our hypotheticals for three years. out at any moment, unstable trump could lead us somewhere really bad as he leads us to someplace good. as you scan the choices for president, you have to feel bad for the dems. they are playing pin the tail on the donkey in a room full of asses. >> dana: that will hurt. [laughter] >> greg: i dont even know it it means. >> dana: youve never played that western mark pin the ta...