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Announcement with media stages if you werent running for president. so, yeah. talking to senior adviser of the senators, shes planning to stress electability. as you know, she has a strong record of over three wins in minnesota. shes going to stress sort of a down to earth appeal in minnesota, nice, if you will. shes going to talk about her record of accomplishments in congress. she has passed a lot of bills, sort of broad appeal, a lot of consumer related issues. that sort of things. she will m...

Would have said stacey abrams, i dont know if you can win statewide. and there was this sense that oh, no you have got to try to appease the middle here. there seems to be a new argument, progressive versus electability argument, that its not being received the same way as it used to. what do you think changed with voters when it comes to the question of electability versus progressive values? >> i dont think it is an either or. i think what people are looking for is people who lid their lives, ...

If the democrats decide to take a jeremy corbin route as labor did in england, it will have a similar outcome. thats the reality there, too. the clinton campaign is making essentially an electability argument. the danger is, the flip side of that can be the inevitable. >> in terms of the eleblctabili argument, in head-to-head matchups shes not going as good as bernie sanders against trump, cruz and rubio. >> thats sillinessilliness. the idea that bernie sanders is a better general election nomin...

His weaknesses. she talked about how he hadnt released a tax plan, she had. basically saying hes a one-trick pony. is that what voters respond to, that muscular attack? >> certainly she has to show some fight, she has to show she wants this. she cant pretend that hes not there anymore. hes in her face. so that she has to be -- she cant be divorced from reality like she might have been a few years ago, that theres nobody else in the field. theres a whole bunch of people polling in the low teens. ...

They are taking him serious now because they have to. >> they are taking him seriously and leading to hillary clinton taking positions thats further to the left than she had hoped to get through this primary season having to take. coming out last night with statements on things like immigration, the hyde amendment about whether or not the government can provide funding for things like abortion. shes taking position on issues that i dont know she was planning to wade into. shes got this real figh...

To stop them, stand with her. >> is there a problem with those comments? joining us with reaction, tucker carlson and with the national review rich lowry. i dont have any problem with those comments. its the highlight reel of the republican primary so far. >> look, this is her making the electability argument against bernie sanders. the problem she has is twofold. one, you look at the general election matchup in the polls, bernie is running much better against his republican candidates than hi...

Hillary clinton. tested and tough. to stop them, stand with her. >> is there a problem with those comments? joining us with reaction, tucker carlson and with the national review rich lowry. i dont have any problem with those comments. >> thats the highlight video of the republican primary so far. this is her making the electability argument against bernie sanders. one, you look at the general election matchup in the polls, bernie is running much better against his republican candidates than hi...

Bernie sanders has a popular appeal so many people are drawn to. i have an equal question on the ground game for bernie sanders. he is attracting new people. the party regulars, a lot of them are going to support her although the iowa caucuses scke liberal. i think the electability argument is a big question. will hillary clinton entice people saying im the only democrat to win or turn them off by saying that and say wait just a minute and voters have an interesting way of sometimes slowing down...

The numbers, especially in new hampshire where bernie sanders is doing about 12, 13 points better than hillary clinton against donald trump, suddenly the electability argument swings against clinton and towards sanders. >> weve been saying here for months hes got to win in iowa and new hampshire has to be in play. the electability argument is something shes pushing back on. you look at the messaging from the clinton campaign, she says shes the one that can stop trump from winning and going after...

Realize cruz was born in canada. trump is succeeded on that front. cruz is campaigning in baton rouge, louisiana. well see if he continues to respond to the issue. on the democratic side, you mentioned the top line numbers. question, a clinton is slightly ahead of sanders in iowa. sanders is leading clinton in new hampshire. whats interesting is these hypothetical general election matchup numbers. were a long way out from the actual general election. no nominee has been selected. clintons main a...