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About keith ellisons fight against former dnc chair howard dean to lead the dnc, both speaking in denver to be the running to be the next chairman of the party. lots to talk about with our national political reporter for politico. hi, eli. >> how are you? >> living the dream. especially fresh off the plane from cincinnati for the president-elects kick off to the thank you tour. you have a piece out. you said it was more to you an i told you so tour. interesting distinction. can donald trump affo...

And eli say it. but there is such disparity between the internal polls of each campaign. >> also interesting kirsten, donald trump has been very much on message the last couple of days and we heard him giving himself, you know, id guess a pep talk or whatever it would be. or just speaking out loud but hes been doing that and now saying hillary clinton is the one inhinged. hes the one attacking his character. hes staying, trying not to make any mistakes. >> yeah. john laid out a path and i think ...

Thing purple voters or blue voters in these states but in a red state i think it helps a lot. >> states that are a must-win for donald trump. florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, and ohio. patrick, i want to come to you on this because those down ballot races particular eli important in ohio and florida. hes ticked up in florida, very close in ohio. you have senate races there where at least in the case of florida, mark rubio has been very hard to find, seems not to want to come out of his hom...

Five points amangst women, now shes up 15 points amongst women. women take up 53% of the eli electora electorate, so donald trump needs to try and make up ground in the last three weeks and has his work cut out for him. its a difficult road ahead. its never impossible. never rule out donald trump. hes been counted down and out before but its going to be a difficult road. >> alice speaking the truth tonight. go ahead here. >> he insulted -- >> duo you think its a miracle -- >> do you think its a ...

As well. and were saying where is katy tur, were used to seeing you at these places. >> ill let you have fun at the rally, peter, thank you for joining us. i want to turn now to the national political reporter at politico. eli, thank you for joining us. >> of course. good to be with you. >> talking about this idea of a rigged election, its intensified over the weekend. can the trump campaign gain any ground with this? >> no, i mean, he is still talking to the converted, preaching to his own ba...

Colorado, so when he isedelinge is unprecedented, but very important to people who remain this politics that americans dont give up on the idea that our elections are free and fair. >> eli, thank you for joining us. im going to bring in now david from, a senior writer. david, i know youre not voting for donald trump, but what do you make of this idea that he is going out and saying that the election is going to be rigged, essentially, if i dont win. what sort of foundation is he laying for novem...

Because we dont wan this election stolen from us. >> eli, certain areas, what exactly does he mean by that? >> he is talking about inner cities and talking about philadelphia. cleveland, places where he is not doing very well at all because there is a far less white electorate there, and he is telling folks in the suburbs to go down there and watch these places. a lot of people called for voter suppression and intimidation at the polls. and theyre nervous about that. you hear a lot of different ...

Stories he doesnt like. >> the president going after donald trump in this way we have seen him do since really last month or so. how effective could it be? or is this just something that will rally clintons base more? >> it could do both. in terms of effective anti-trump speeches the michelle obama speech yesterday, i think, may have hit harder. one thing to note with president obamas speech is that unlike hillary clinton hes really tying donald trump to the other republicans whereas hillary cli...

Protection making their way to the bus. there is a fear about the consequences of this behavior and rhetoric are and will be. i think in terms of motivating supporters, his supporters are already with him. what this is doing at least looking at the early turnout. early voting returns in florida and north carolina, it is motivating democratic voters to get out and vote early. the candidate at the top of the ticket may not have been doing that herself. >> rosy gray and eli, thanks for hanging out ...

Were back with the hardball roundtable. eli, tell me something i dont know. >> the private polling shows that republican senate candidates may as well be finished. the senate majority is gone and they are looking at missouri as a race that they may be about to lose as well as pennsylvania and a lot of other ones. >> i agree with you. every close race could go democrats. yours? >> the strong of the wind of the pound, brexit, trump is ruining their economy and future. maybe that will be brought to...