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Excited in iowa they are for joe biden. every time i tried to talk to them about hillary i have so many people say im waiting to see what joe does. when i talk to people out there just as random as the folks in the focus group im hearing experienced, sincere, a man of the people. sure, there are some folks saying he doesnt have the back bone to be president. >> might have been a random group but werent around randy. what do you think of focus groups? >> you can learn things from them. >> majorit...

Talk about and alex, forgive me. this is an a-block story too. you guys saw it wherever you went. at what point do jeb bushs people start panicking? its time to panic. these poles at 4% and chris christie ahead of him in pennsylvania. he does poorly in all these states. you guys in new hampshire and iowa, the one thing i was told when i first started running by an old campaign consultant, he said son, you can take any emotion from voters but the second you get pity, its over. once they feel sorr...

Hes not up to being in the arena. >> my response buzz just -- >> focus groups are not poles. if you listen to the voices, much different than the poles. these were not people who thought he should be in the race. >> harold will tell you the same thing. i get a lot more by knocking on ten doors and taking what those ten people randomly said and reeding the ver baits in poles than i ever did for numbers. if you have that many people over that, theyre saying this about joe biden or jeb bush on the ...

Will get it to you. signed hanks. as you would imagine, that got a lot of responses from people who were not lauren. a person named renee tweeted i never wanted to be another person so much till now. jonathan, im sure lauren has probably gotten the message by now. its pretty cool, though. >> yeah, that is pretty cool. pity she cant meet him, actually, just his office. >> thats right. i guess so. still pretty nice -- pretty nice of him to do. >> all right, louis. that does it for me and "way too ...

Florida their home state. and as much as democrats in iowa and new hampshire may like vice president biden personally, it doesnt seem they are too hot on seeming him launch a third bid for the presidency. more from the fascinating new focus groups. and later, jay leno back on "the tonight show"? well talk to him about the surprise return to late night last night and his other favorite place to be under the hood in his garage. well be right back with much more "morning joe." nfident your compan...

Crazy comment. >> what was that? >> he accused the people gunned down and killed of being too passive. >> what was that? is there something missing? >> i dont know. >> i think there might be. okay. ill be careful with what i say. when you see it, maybe youll feel the same way. if not, let us know. here are the new focus groups mark and john conducted in iowa and new hampshire. john set down the iowas democrats and mark talked the democrats in new hampshire getting their views toward hillary clin...

Cashier -- he might be listening -- and the entire republican base is disgusted with whats going on. people like mccarthy are listening to that. i wrote a column making the point that the congress should shut the government down and finally use their bully pulpit to go after obama and point out that its he who is insisting on the government shutdown over planned parenthood which is a vicious abortion factory and killing machine. surely we can win that battle and surely we shouldnt be afraid of l...

Cashier -- he might be listening -- and the entire republican base is disgusted with whats going on. people like mccarthy are listening to that. i wrote a column making the point that the congress should shut the government down and finally use their bully pulpit to go after obama and point out that its he who is insisting on the government shutdown over planned parenthood which is a vicious abortion factory and killing machine. surely we can win that battle and surely we shouldnt be afraid of l...

Followed, not forged public opinion. you seem to be suggested hillary clinton has her finger in the wind. >> i believe the sort of leadership that moves a nation, moves a state, moves a city forward, a leadership that states principles and doesnt wait for focus groups. i came out on the keystone pipeline other a year ago. why? because i believe its contrary to our nations best interest. thats the sort of new leadership people are looking for, not the sort of leadership that waits for poll number...

And i know when i knock on 1,000 doors i know what they believe. im not spending $10,000 on your stupid poll. i dont need a poll. i got 62% of the vote in a race i wasnt supposed to even compete in. you dont need all these focus groups. its literally strange technology life out of hillary and jeb. >> you know what happens when you have 100% courage in your beliefs, liberty university calls yeah ill thereabout. >> everyone loves you. >> bernie sanders -- >> still ahead he wrote the book on reagan...