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The ted cruz, glenn becks, dick cheney of the world at rallies, writing op eds in the "wall street journal," i think all of that contributes to a number of democrats thinking, maybe this is not where we want to go. and i think the persuasive powers of the president, one-on-one. this was not an lbj arm twisting. this was the president of the united states and the secretary of state very koeg endly making sober minded arguments about why there isnt a good choice here. the other side, the opponents...

This right, this will keep nuclear weapons out of their hands for years and years, instead of right now, iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state. theyre not that far from a nuclear women now. this pulls back in a way that works for safety for a much better middle east and keeps the nuclear weapons out of the hands of the iranians. >> you mentioned something interesting. you said this was an lbj arm twisting. in the past two months, the president has had two big heavily contested battles. o...

Virtually all of corporate america were on one side is a pretty powerful bloc. conversations in persuasiveness or lack of persuasiveness notwithstandi notwithstanding. i dont quite see that. i do believe the president, it is not lbj arm twisting. ive watched him in small meekts on this issue. ive watched him speaking to a larger group of senators. and ive seen he is persuasive. democrats, and i think most of the public, i wont talk about republican members of the house and senate, but democrats ...

Hands for years and years, instead of right now, iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state. theyre not that far from a nuclear women now. this pulls back in a way that works for safety for a much better middle east and keeps the nuclear weapons out of the hands of the iranians. >> you mentioned something interesting. you said this was an lbj arm twisting. in the past two months, the president has had two big heavily contested battles. one on tpp and one on the iran deal. you were on differen...

Guy who is 72 years old and he grew up immersed in politics and all the democratic vice presidents he watched and then later got to know, they were able to inherit the party apparatus of the president they served. lbj, hubert humphrey, walter mondale, al gore. i think it really must sting biden that this hasnt happened to him, that the party elites, the members of congress, the donors, the networks of grassroots activists, all that infrastructure that was obamas has been inherited by hillary cli...

Hillary clinton or joe biden, he would support. but are you getting any sense hes getting closer and closer to a final decision one way or the other? >> if you look at what he said this week, what was reported that he said, the comments he made about his heart and his soul sort of being pretty banged up because of the death of his son, he seemed to be pouring a little bit of cold water. it must sting a little bit for joe biden. this guys 72 years old. every democratic vice president that he grew...

Lbj. carter was able to use the outsider campaign and win. he said the democratic party is around my neck. he acts like it is around his neck. >> i remember hearing that at home growing up. jimmy carter was governor of georgia, obviously. that makes you a qualified outsider. you are a politician. these guys are a very different cut. ben carson is a brain surgeon and never had a political inclination and you have trump and we know what he is and is not. this is a more dramatic version. >> absolut...

It will take money and focus. >> i was up in new hampshire doing a little waters world on monday with bernie sanders. there are a lot of them in new hampshire. they are not always coherent but theres some excitement up there. what do you think? >> heres the example everyone talks about which is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection he wins the primary but jean mccarthy gets so close lbj a couple weeks later has to announce he will not seek nomination to run for reelection. therefore he is knock...

Organization. james, i was just in new hampshire doing a little "waters world" and i have to tell you there are a lot of them up there in new hampshire. theyre fired up. theyre not always co herent but there is some excitement up there. what do you think? >> the example is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection. he wins the new hampshire primary but gene mccarthy gets so close that, lbj has to announce he will not seek, nor accept, the nomination to run for reelection and therefore, hes knocked ...

Organization. james, i was just in new hampshire doing a little "waters world" and i have to tell you there are a lot of them up there in new hampshire. theyre fired up. theyre not always co herent but there is some excitement up there. what do you think? >> the example is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection. he wins the new hampshire primary but gene mccarthy gets so close that, lbj has to announce he will not seek, nor accept, the nomination to run for reelection and therefore, hes knocked ...