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Even monamong democrats because there is a sense that a lot of the issues that their care about are not being spoken to. that is, i think, challenging. as we move into this cycle that if you dont have the turnout among the african-american community that these candidates are going to suffer. >> joe biden still has a strong democratic lead, but pete buttigieg is struggling. 3% in his state, i realize that all focus groups are different. some are flawed, we can get into that, but what came out, wh...

Thats pretty fricking crazy. >> jesse: dana what do you think? "the washington post" says democracy dies in the darkness. >> dana: the arguing for transparency is usually your best argument with the media. we revere the first amendment. right? so the transparency thing is good. the stunt today of -- the president said i want the republicans to get tougher. theyll win the news cycle on that today. theyll drive the news. but when the majority of the house, democrats, have the gavel, theyre not aff...

Hes run against in focus groups and polls against a socialist, he does much better with independents. thats a real danger for the democrats to think about. >> dana: a.b. and jamie, great to have you. >> thank you. >> dana: a fox news alert. breaking news out of the u.k. joining me with the latest on the brexit plan, deidra bolton. this happened as you were sitting down. >> there were two votes this evening. the first vote got the okay. that was prime minister boris johnsons plan. this is really ...

Else will get done. although, by the way, that assumes things would otherwise get one, and mitch mcconnell is here to say hes not letting that happen anyway. >> thats exactly right. theres a long-standing concern among voters ive interviewed over years that nothing happens in congress, and i think the impeachment rising to the level of full, national attention further emphasizes their preconceived notion congress definitely now cant get anything done. >> heres another stunner from your data. as ...

Week. he pretends hes in the middle. not. hey, johnny woods wo, lets rev here. so a professional does focus groups over 21 months of swing voters. goes to mahoning county in ohio where you would think because of the economic despair and loss of manufacturing jobs that havent come back that you would see cracks in the trump armor, and yet among swing voters, when asked a hypothetical, people who voted for obama and then trump. hey, you have have one or the other, which do you want? eight out of e...

We have to just get something down done. >> this is not a purity test. this is a country that loses 40,000 of our fellow americans every year to gun violence. this is a crisis. weve got to do something about it. those challenges you described are not mutually exclusive to the challenges im discussing. to use the analogy of health care, it would be as though we said were for primary care burr lets not talk about mental health care because thats a bridge too far. people need that primary care now ...

Intimidate, that weapon will be taken from them. if they persist, there will be consequences from law enforcement. >> you just made it clear that you dont know how this is going to take weapons off the streets. we cannot wait for purity tests. we have to get something done. >> its not purity test. its a country that loses 40,000 every year to gun violence. listening to my fellow americans, lets follow their inspiration and lead to not be limited by the polls and the consultants on the focus grou...

Americans, to those moms who demand action, to those students who march for lives that call for mandatory buybacks, lets follow their inspiration and lead and not be limited by the polls and focus groups. >> mayor buttigieg. >> the problem isnt in the polls. the problem is the policy. and i dont need lessons from you on courage, political or personal. everyone on this stage is determined to get something done. everyone on this stage recognizes, or at least i thought we did, that the problem is n...

Example, the prescription drug bill actually being, you know, passed in congress. >> dana: there is the trade bill as well. >> usmca. >> dana: let me get lawrence in for last word on ohio focus group. i imagine that is true and ripples across the country. >> yeah. as you know dana, across the country talking every single day talking to voters about issues facing them. people i think they rushed this. i think nancy pelosi was put in a tough position because the caucus was turning, although the vo...

People speech down. they wish that he did not have the tool of this. when i do focus groups, swing voters, even some of the presidents supporters, melissa, they cu echo your sentiments. that is very different than taking a position, which i believe in this case, she is doing to make a big splash because she is fading in the home i clear last. get the president off twitter. >> harris: different topic, but also calling to shut somebody down. joe biden says take him off the air to the networks, to ...