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Marco rubio going after christie. looking at people appealing to donald trump or ted cruz as well. christie is saying we have to come together to defeat hillary clinton. i think a tall order for republicans. i wonder if the electability argument is really going to boost christie as well in the primary. there will be a lot of back and forth these next three weeks. a lot of candidates will be making the argument, dont think about what will make you happy in the next couple weeks but what will make...

This year. katy tur in massachusetts, thanks so much. chris christie spent the day campaigning in new hampshire, where hes in a dog fight with other establishment candidates in manchester. he made an electability argument, saying hes the best positions to take the fight to hillary clinton. >> these times and challenges demand a grown-up to be our candidate. they demand someone whos been fighting todays battles in the arena, not someone whos been sidelined for years. if were to turn our anger o...

Voters about how they would feel about these two choices. if youre hillary clinton and youre looking at that in ub, its not ideal. its also a third, a third, a third. donald trump is half the country. thats the problem. the problem for donald trump is always the electability argument. were at a moment where voters dont trust. they are angry and they dont trust their political leaders they dont trust their candidates. theres been a psychic break since the fiscal crash of voters with the people wh...

>> rubio was chiasson by the immigration reform fallout and the backlash he got from conservatives, i think hes a little bit afraid to expand out. and to take this wide open space you were talking about that somebody else, maybe chris christie could occupy. >> these are interesting polls that are out. the monmouth university, the one at midnight that came out from abc, the first ones taking from the controversial muslim comments made by donald trump. let me show you a piece of this. it asked you...

Those who do not have college degrees. a much more muddled picture with the half of the party that does have college degrees. finally, there is this, the party establishment, the people on the republican side who say they dont want donald trumps their nominee, they are making an electability argument, warning republicans if you nominate donald trump, we lose seats in the house, we lose to hillary clinton. but if you ask republicans which of all these candidates running, which is the most electab...

Immigration, who would deal best with the federal budget, trump, trump, trump. look at this, foreign policy its a little tighter, but isis obviously in the news in the wake of paris, dominating numbers there for donald trump. then theres this. republicans who dont want donald trump to be the nominee often talk about electability. oh, if we nominate trump, its going to be a disaster for our party, were going to lose. but look at this. in this poll, 52% of republicans say that donald trump is thei...

Exactly right where you have a debate where republicans are continuing to alienate themselves, remember that 2012 campaign where they said we have to change things? and specifically we have to change our policy on immigration reform. we havent seen that in congress and the republican primary. i think that is a big problem for them in the general election and something that you know hillary clinton is going to be able to really draw that contrast, really with any of them. >> yeah, and just on the...

Isnt interested in the electability argument. they are passionate. they are moving with their emotions. they dont want anything that sounds like politics, that sounds like politics as usualle or politicians as usualle. its why they dont care that they dont know about ben carson and hes leading.. its why they dont care that they dont know about ben carson and hes leading. they dont care that donald trump is a buffoon who cant be elected. they dont care about the logical arguments. the political d...

>> first of all, i think the management argument, that horse has left the barn at least for now. the big question to me going into tonight is do we see folks looking for someone they think can beat hillary clinton? that has to factor in. one of the interesting things is the republican -- the conservative media bubble has convinced themselves that hillary clinton is a terrible candidate who will be defeated easily. so it is not a priority to imagine someone who will be the most formidable against...

So you know looking at the level of preparation that we saw from marco rubio in the last debate, hes going to be ready on a number of different fronts from a predictable line of attacks that are going to compos bli from trump, jeb bush or others in the field. >> you know, it was interesting to me in the article that the notion of electability. just watching the under card debate which should be wrapping up and chris christie focused the entire time on electability. i can beat hillary clinton. th...