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Only 31% say to share my issue positions. we also tested some other candidate qualities. we provided a longer list. and this is really interesting, and i think is going to be part of the conversation about what the democrats are trying to sell to iowans as theyre campaigned here. integrity is the top candidate quality, 56% looking for that. 40% looking for intelligence. 34%, leadership. and 25%, theres that electability factor again. i also want to note, since the conversation in washington has ...

This is popular wisdom pushed by many, modern democrats are more electable. here is what nate silver had to say on thursday. quote, i dont know, but they seem to be polling better with general election voters. and we got a new national poll and joe biden is leading the pack of 20 plus candidates. according to the late either monmouth poll, he is at 33% with a sizable lead over bernie sanders. there is also by the way good news in the data for kamala harris and baelizabeth warren, they both saw g...

Beloved in the party whether you are a moderate or progressive, obama is beloved. and he also has the electability factor. joe biden brings with him the ability to talk to white working-class voters, the voters that we lost in 2016 specifically in the states of pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan. so hes got some strong things going for him, but he is also going to face some criticism right out of the gate. one of those criticisms is he is an old white guy that is born and raised in washington,...

>> people want to see a race. thats part of why we were not surprised that this would tighten up at some point. certainly in new hampshire, i believe no border state person who has run for the presidency has ever lost in new hampshire with the exception of howard dean who lost to john kerry. so its not surprising that bernie sanders has done so well in new hampshire. and in iowa, hes been working hard. weve been work hard. and the main thing we have to do over these next few weeks is to keep mak...

Youre a republican. whats your response to the criticism of the romney campaign? look, hes in a really tough position. the party is very divided. we all know hes not winning on the electability factor, the relate ta built factor. where he does have room to grow is the substance. hes going to have to win the substance debate and that means he needs to win on the economy and national security. right now hes losing both of those and that -- >> why do you think hes losing? why has he not been able t...

Look at that and say, whos done better in the swing states? its romney. the electability factor is an overriding factor and i think even at a birther, theyre not going to get there. >> and electability and thats why theyre going with romney, not thrilled with him. not elated, not overjoyed. basically he resigned, but at least hes got a chance to beat obama. >> yeah, well, lets discover once and more all what republican voters think and want. if the election in november is the final we need to ge...

gas pump and casts a big shadow over obamas hopes for re-election. just a day after dismissing what he called loose talk of war with iran, he sat down with benjamin netanyahu. at the top of their agenda, talk that israel may soon attack irans nuclear sites. jessica yellin working sources all day. take us inside three hours of talks and a working lunch later, what do we know? >> reporter: were told the prime minister and the president within their three hours had 30 minutes when they we...

A blue state twice. >> and then got -- >> lost by a point. >> yes. it was a very bad year for republicans. kelly, i want to get background on rick santorum, especially in terms of how people on the hill view him. youve been covering the hill for years. what do republicans on capitol hill think of rick santorum as their potential nominee? >> well, one of the things we saw is that mitt romney really racked up endorsements from people who had been on the hill for a long time. and he was way out fro...

im candidate crowley, and youre in "the situation room." just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnns chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think mayb...

Obama, santorum 44-44. after this hat trick by rick santorum the other night has rick santorum can he take this from romney? >> i believe he can. the reason is first of all ive been saying the candidate who presents the strongest con trat tras to obama conservatives will get behind. conservatives have been waiting to see, there an electability factor and lot are jumping on the bandwagon. >> and i have a deep opinion. >> clearly the narrative republican voters are not real enthusiastic or warm ri...