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Tweeting. i dont think theyre eager to have him at their house for the most part. they dont love the way he talks. they dont love how much conflict he causes. i think they do worry that the country is changing a way they dont like too quickly. the way they spoke about it is, if you had a cockroach infestation and the exterminator came over and was crude but got the job done, you would put up with him. they see this as a crisis and took me a week to understand that. part of the crisis is people l...

Nodding in republican intelligence on twitter about everybody knows the administration is stacked with a bunch of never trumpers since day one but back to elitism framing it is interesting and may help mister stein sell his book. it is unnecessary to come to the obvious political conclusion that this is a loser for democrats, a loser politically, why nancy pelosi is not holding a vote but having this sham proceeding in the basement, but at the end of the day the polls you are talking about are b...

In the right direction. most everyone said right track, theyre seeing little progress in their jobs and other parts os of life, but they are moving back home. right track, slow train. >> joel you travelled around the country. >> i got my own room, i rarely see them, we have different hours. >> yeah, i found that people, for this book, in defense of elitism, i travelled to the county in america that had the highest percentage of trump voters and what i found is that people there werent really vot...

Would have thought there would have been a natural disaster or unforced error. but were throwing everyone out with any expertise and allowing people to operate with their gut. people who know more than the generals and think the constitution is phony. he use the word phony more than coughfield. we know someone who appreciates the constitution and appreciates that we dont have a direct democracy. >> no one has quoted catcher in the rye on this set, i dont think. >> thats old school. >> thats old ...

Members. and hes also here -- >> youre crazy to say the word. >> eleek. >> joel stein is the author of the new book "in defense of elitism" im glad youre here. >> the var sis ifsity blues thi bad look. >> met forric arms had the type of arms that will be useless against the pop liulist arms wh are real parms. but here in print none of them will know about it. >> this might be more dangerous right here. i love when you read my book. >> i enjoin it. youre a very witty writer. >> tell me, the eliti...

Want to misrepresent their lives and i know thats done all the time but they liked it. >> i know you called me an elitist but i went to a state school. >> im sorry. >> joel stein, the book is "in defense of elitism" if you need a break from the daily news cycle or just a little exit ramp thats not quite too far from the daily news cycle, read it. >> but its not satire, im really worried. >> all right. well then i -- okay. >> yeah. >> in defense of elitism. joel stein. well be right back. underst...

>> yeah. i think this is a really interesting debate because if you talk to the other campaigns, the thing you hear about over and over again is, oh, those biden voters, they are just supporting him because hes the most famous guy in the race. its all about name i.d. when they actually pay attention, theyll realize they dont support him, and then theyll come running over to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders or whoever. and, first of all, a lot of the polling does not show that. the people who ...

The nominee is going to have to do some measure of both of those things, and, you know, until and unless that happens, i think its going to be much more difficult for democrats to just say to their own party, you know, dont even worry about electability. dont worry about whether or not joe biden -- you think joe biden can beat trump. we can all beat trump. theyre going to have to actually meet a lot of other criteria too, which is why this has been a lot more difficult than many of them have exp...

Theyre supporting him. >> yeah. i think this is a really interesting debate because if you talk to the other campaigns, the thing you hear about over and over again is, oh, those biden voters, they are just supporting him because hes the most famous guy in the race. its all about name i.d. when they actually pay attention, theyll realize they dont support him, and then theyll come running over to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders or whoever. and first of all, a lot of the polling does not show...

The democratic party. so any person who is going to be the nominee is going to have to do some measure of both of those things, and, you know, until and unless that happens, i think its going to be much more difficult for democrats to just say to their own party, you know, dont even worry about electability. dont worry about whether or not joe biden -- you think joe biden can beat trump. we can all beat trump. theyre going to have to actually meet a lot of other criteria too, which is why this h...