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So much noise out there. i dont care if it is 24/7 media, a lot is useless, does not really affect the lives of the american people. there are a lot of things that are crucially important that dont draw the attention of the american public. what to we do to make this a top issue on floor of u.s. senate. during the democrat party debates and media round tables, is there something. >> we have to brick i it -- brig it to the public eye. one thing to discuss it in secret groups and focus groups, but...

Practice restraint in a situation like this. this is a political problem for the president. if you look at polls and listen to focus groups, one of the biggest things, even people who support him or like his policies will tell you is that they wish he could not always put himself in the center of things. they wish everything didnt have to be a fight, a battle, an insult, a controversy. and one of the questions that i think is really going to haunt him particularly next year as he seeks reelectio...

Trump, they were asked should there be a federal ban on assault weapons. 12 people, unanimity, every single person raised their hand. why does this matter? this is the 6th of these focus groups that we have done. there has not been a single other question that everyone agreed on. >> pretty stark, pretty incredible to think about it like that. what were some of the other big take aways from the focus group. that was the only question everyone agreed upon. what are the questions no one agreed upon...

This isnt anything were surprised by. ever since he announced his campaign back in june of 2015, weve seen an up tick in concern amongst latino communities, audiences in our focus groups. our polling. folks have been concerned about this since then. just a couple weeks ago when the president uttered those famous words send her back, we had just came out with a poll that said 86% of latinos feel that racism amongst latinos is a problem. thats just among registered voters. i can only imagine what ...

Republicans using democrats words against them. i mean to this question of what is the -- what is the thing that these voters in the middle who are frustrated and exhausted what are they looking for? when i do focus groups the first question is what is a word about describing about whats going on in the country, people feel unsure, confuse and uncertain. and i feel the problem sr. to democrats up on the debate stages hay they had the fellow partisans saying your policies are too extreme and wont...

Because she did well. i do expect after this debate well see booker having a spike as well. focus groups of undecided voters last night were saying they thought that he won the debate and are taking a second look at him. so if he has that spike in the numbers -- >> castro maybe? >> i thought did he incredibly well after the first debate and equally well in this one. hes kind of my dark horse here. but if he has that moment i think theres a real opportunity for it, especially given people with th...

>> why did you announce on the first day a zero tolerance policy of stop and frisk and hire rudy giulianis guy in 2007 when i was trying to get rid of the crack cocaine industry. >> mr. vice president theres a saying in my community youre dipping into the kool-aid and you dont know the flavor. youre trying though shift the view from what you created. >> aside from the kool-aid product placement last night, booker had those two moments. the minor gaffe from joe biden who said future cory booker, ...

Still isnt sure. >> is that what were hear tomorrow night from the debate stage? will all 10 say this is exhausting or be more specific. the question always is for democrats how much to dive into all this stuff. >> i think so. if you listen to anything bannon said about identity politics, race and racism, they squarely feel like it basically benefits donald trump. some of the data actually show it has two benefits. one of which is it riles up and engages trumps base but in some ways around the e...

Talked about with congressman look radcliffe is the right standard to apply here. your thoughts? >> i agree with byron and look, i dont think any of us knew that bob mueller was so fragile. this was a slow-motion train wreck anyone could have seen from the day the mueller report came out. it was clear for most americans this was about a conspiracy with russia to undermine our democracy and once it was established by the mueller report that that did not happen then the democrats should have said ...

A citizen, to boot, and a member of the u.s. congress. does that matter in this conversation? >> it matters tremendously from a moral perspective i would argue. i have not focused grouped on those comments because i havent been in the field since those comments were made. but when i go back into the field in august, in suburban minneapolis, im certainly going to be asking about it. >> then comes this analysis phone the front page of the "times" today, richard which youve read by nate cohen where...