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So far its working for him. >> so we say it was not just sanders who alluded to biden with comments over the weekend. lets take a listen to a couple of the other ones. >> some democrats in washington believe the only changes we can get are tweaks and nudges. some say if we all just calm down, the republicans will come to their senses. but our country is in a time of crisis. the time for small ideas is over. >> this president really could win again. he wins if we look like more of the same. he wi...

Lives in danger. >> four tours in iraq. he has a right to make that argument. what do you make of it? >> yes, he does. and its a replay of 2007/8. wuf a front-runner making the electability argument, but a core question that the democrats really arent with you on, then your long record, the very thing that gives you that strong platform and electability start to look like a very weak thing. and hillary clinton suffered from having that voting record. remember, that president clinton said that ba...

We talked about this before. every week that goes by where joe biden remains number one at the top of democratic polling, by 20 plus points, which is where he is right now, and number two, constantly being attacked by the president of the united states by name is a good week for joe biden. his entire campaign hinges on this electability argument which you can argue both ways on, but his argument is im the best democrat to beat donald trump, donald trump is afraid of me, ex fixated on me. donald ...

That the trump campaign recently completed a 17-state polling project that concluded the president trails joe biden in pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan according to two people briefed on those results. kristen is our pollster here at the table. what do you make of that? >> well, joe biden has been a formidable candidate. hes somebody who was ahead even before he sort of jumped into the democratic race. and since announcing, hes really surged to the front of the pack there. and part of his a...

Electability argument for joe biden because he will say the same thing look, donald trump won because he won pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. look at the polls. who are democrats more likely to unify behind? joe biden. remember, the theme of bidens roll-out address over the weekend in philadelphia was that he could unify not only democrats but the whole country. he set himself apart from fighting democrats and said he wanted to bring people together. so those good poll numbers fit in with ...

Star and mo elleithee, from the institute of politics and public ser visms thank you all for coming up here to claremont to keep me company and answer my questions. joe biden officially opened his campaign today, although it seemed that hes been campaigning for a few weeks. he really has done remarkably well. lets put up the latest average of national polls, biden up up to 39%, sanders down to 16%, and everyone else in the single digits. mo, why do you think that biden has had such a good rollou...

Star and mo elleithee, from the institute of politics and public ser visms thank you all for coming up here to claremont to keep me company and answer my questions. joe biden officially opened his campaign today, although it seemed that hes been campaigning for a few weeks. he really has done remarkably well. lets put up the latest average of national polls, biden up up to 39%, sanders down to 16%, and everyone else in the single digits. mo, why do you think that biden has had such a good rollou...

51% say democrats have a chance of winning than 36% say without. so right now joe biden is winning the electability argument and thats key in a primary in which voters are purting a high number on them in the general election. i do expect a lot of people will be tuning in and a of productivity will be lost in the cnn office. 40 to 50 plus americans are probably going to fill out a bracket and look at this. cost employers well over a billion dollars in lot of productivity. >> you didnt answer the...

Rising. but shes rising with the people who dont favor biden. shes rising with women, voters of color, liberals. so thats important for her, for race, but doesnt make the electability argument that she would need eventually to win the nomination. >> dana: its announced that shes not going to the apac meeting. is that something -- do you think that is in her heart she doesnt want to go or -- >> elizabeth warren is going to turn it down. they risk caring the population in the middle that will deci...

In is going to transform the race. what he is going to do is cut into kamala harriss momentum. she is undoubtedly probably of the declared candidates the front-runner. biden changes that. he cuts into that electability argument she can make. >> there are three democrats the trump campaign believes most viable, kamala harris, cory booker, bernie sanders. they have compiled information on them. do you agree they pose the biggest threat? or the president is personally most concerned about joe biden...