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Attack thing. i do think that this is telegraphing what a general election attack would look like on joe biden should he be the democratic nominee. we know that hes electable, according to the polls. but democrats understand that the second that this electable candidate wins the nomination, people will be questioning his age and his fitness. >> bret: here you go. >> try getting job care. were talking 20 grand a year for someone to do that. why couldnt we provide an $8,000 tax credit for everybod...

Have the progressive lane. shes gotten a lot of women, and theres people who are on the liberal spectrum who are -- they dont want to vote for sanders, they dont think that hes electable, but they like senator warren. theres a lot of obama supporters who have kind of switched, who have not switched but basically they were big obama fans, and they think that warren has gotten to be a much better candidate with serious ideas, and they are giving her some support. i think the issue is whether they ...

Ten-point favorable. 49 favorable, 39 unfavorable. you see sanders falling under water in this poll, 41, 48. warren is under water. harris is under water. booker is under water. youre getting down to the lesser known candidates. on election day, in 2016 when she narrowly lost to donald trump, hillary clintons number was 43-55. 43, favorable. 55, unfavorable. when you look at donald trumps approval rating, look at his struggles politically, one of the ingredients he needs in any winning recipe in...

You see biden with that ten point spread. ten-point favorable. you see sanders falling under water in this poll, 41, 48. warren is under water. harris is under water. booker is under water. youre getting down to thelesser known candidates. on election day, in 2016 when she narrowly lost to donald trump, hillary clintons number was 43-55. 43, favorable. 55, unfavorable. when you look at donald trumps approval rating, look at his struggles politically, one of the ingredients he needs in any recipe...

Unfavorable. when biden and his campaign play up that idea of electability, if, if, if this number can sustain itself, thats what they will point to and say thats why hes electable. thats the number, that unfavrable numbunfavr unfavorable that they have to drive up. >> i want to ask you about new york city mayor bill de blasio who is the one candidate who most people say dont run. hes in the race today. he is polling at 45 but its not a good kind of 45. >> 45 is the number as in unfavorable. we ...

Stand out? i didnt say when. i said stand out. >> there are the wildcards. so anything could happen with those folks. with webb or chafee. they could stand out just by being outrageous and getting noticed, right? >> right. >> i think bernie sanders is the one here who really has to stand out, though. because bernie sanders is doing very well, but he has to prove that hes a president. that hes electable. that somebody who calls himself a democratic socialist can actually win an election and appea...

Few miles away, hes getting all the attention. this is going to be in the news for the next few days. this is the headline, trump and bush have competing rallies. so trump is doing this in a calculated way to get all the attention and to take the air out of the tires of jeb bush. even though the air might not be so inflated at the moment, hes taking it for the long run, for the primaries for months from now, its a long time. chris? >> i love your metaphors there. ron, it seems to me, that the sh...

So trump is doing this in a calculated way to get all the attention and to take the air out of the tires of jeb bush. even though the air might not be so inflated at the moment, hes taking it for the long run, for the primaries for months from now, its a long time. chris? >> i love your metaphors there. ron, it seems to me, that the shot at bush was right almost to his solar plex us, if not to his groin. hes unelectable. that is the one thing bush has been selling, that hes electable. it seems t...