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Boringer and jennifer and cnn political commentator and senior staffer of the 2016 clinton campaign jess mcintosh. what do you make -- again, these are national numbers and of course, what matters initially are the early states, the early voting, but what do you see in these numbers? >> all of that but you see from the numbers about one-third of democrats say hes the top choice. if you look at other numbers included in this poll, more than 50% of democrats say he is the most electable democratic...

President, are they nice or do they have sharp elbows toward one another? >> i would be surprised in the sabders versus warren matchup if we see a ton of sharp attacks. they agree on alet of issues. how do they make an electability argument that they are the one that can best take it to donald trump? that wont necessarily be ewliz beth warren. its not you gurney, you cant do it. they are center stage, theyre the leaders of this field tonight. how do they make the case to democratic voters, even ...

Trying to devied tivide the cou. youll hear candidates trying to use that to frame their electability argument. they will try to use this as energy to fuel their on campaign. >> thank you both very much appreciate it. in order to even qualify for the next round of debates and that will be in september about six weeks away, candidates must have 130,000 individual donors and reach 2% in at least four qualifying dnc approved polls which means as nbc political unit is writing, quote this debate is a...

Having been vice president for eight years. >> he has the name recognition. bernie sanders has name recognition. >> and good support. the other point i dont want to forget is that hillary clinton was the most electable candidate in american history. she lived in the white house for eight years. she had been a senator. she had been secretary of state. nobody was better prepared. this electability argument that says that joe biden is the one doesnt make sense because the reason he appears so far r...

Will shift after the second debate. >> joining me now, former clinton campaign national press secretary brian fallon, and republican strategist rena shaw. brian, thank you for joining us. i want to stay on those poll numbers for just a moment because the biden campaign fired off a tweet mocking the presidents response to the fox poll. and he tweeted, donald trump, we know you love the polls. were glad you saw the latest from fox. biden 49%, trump 39%. youre losing by ten. have a nice day. well, ...

And that happened on the watch of mayor cory booker. so hes got some explaining to do. these are issue debates and discussions of the records of the various candidates that the voters need to hear. and so joe biden owes that to the public. its not simply a matter of advancing his own political goals. >> lets talk about the brand new pole. it shows that biden is the only democratic candidate beating trump in a hypothetical ohio matchup. the other candidates are in a dead heat with the president. ...

>> julie: peter doocy is in indianapolis. hey, peter. >> reporter: many joe biden backers argue he should be the nominee because they think he is the most electable. but cory booker came here to indianapolis today to argue that just because someone seems electable doesnt mean theyve been doing everything they can to earn every primary vote. >> it is not enough to show up in our communities today with a promise of a better tomorrow. what were you doing five, ten, 15 or 20 years ago to fight for r...

Moving down a bit. they are largely aligned on policies. so those issues that are most important to him, theres not a lot of daylight to go after her so hed have to make a choice to go after her more personally. hes not that comfortable doing that, we saw that in 2016 a bit but i think the elizabeth warren strategy will be fascinating. if she does she herself moving forward and as the inheritor of the sanders movement and legacy, she has to make that seem like a safe space for those very loyal s...

His campaign? >> yeah, steve, i was in new hampshire with the vice president last week, and the thing i think we see the most from him is really digging in deeper in terms of these differences with his opponents, especially his more progressive opponents on policy, trying to make clear that electability argument. he was asked about his climate policy over the weekend, and he said, i have the most far-reaching policy thats within reach. i thought that was sort of an a perfect imkaps lake for how ...

Segregationist senators talking about how he could work with folks he still had political disagreements with. you still here hey, i can work with republicans and across party lines. >> if you cant work with your chairs can respectively, youre not an effective senator. that might aggravate the twitter left but that is the case. i really dont think that joe biden is in a pad bogs. hes opening the aperture for liberal policy pro appearance introducing a public policies. hes not promising to remake ...