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Years, when it rains it pours, obviously when you have an official finding, official investigations, the findings are damning. but it really shows, if you are going to come to the king you best not miss, and if you are going to do it, you better do together. >> absolutely. thats definitely what is going on here. i think everyone has decided that it was time. and if you think, look, there is an aggregate of things about cuomo that i think folks have been waiting instituting about, four years. and...

Up and then its the presidential election. it starts to get to a worn path. >> one thing jonathan martin, my colleague, and i had reported on, there was a lack of plank about -- planning r. they were just beginning this at this point. they would say weve devoted a lot of our political resources to the policy to work the hill. you have to be able to work both tracks in any white house, but especially in this climate. and theyre going into a year where all the forces appear to be against them with...

Handle that. hes been through three presidential elections. two as vice president. hes been raked over the coals for other things, controversies with the plagiarism and different things. to maggies point, that is small potatoes compared to things weve seen and compared to the flaws of our current president. biden, i think hed have a shot. wheres sumatra? good question. this is win. and thats wins goat, adi. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. making the coffee erupt...

Operation it seems. the idea of him going out and doing rallies. >> absolutely. if you think of the most successful chief of staff, that person has a lot of political moxie, james baker who ran two campaigns against reagan and the day after reagan was elected he asked jim breaker to be chief of staff. it was really important that he had baker there. where everything is integrated, politics, policy, on the hill thats in the chief of staffs office. same with john podesta who was a good chief of st...

Segment of the population in alabama to help reject that kind of history and that divisive rhetoric, i think thats a good thing. >> maggie haber man from the "times" is back. and josh green. you werent there last night with us. what did you see in the victory of doug jones? how do you interpret it? >> i think somebody made this point to me on twitter and it was a fair one. i was talking about turnout among african-americans pivotal. it was pivotal. write-in was a factor and a lot of people stayi...

Democratic base -- there was a small window at the beginning of his term. by very beginning i mean like day one through three where there was some feeling he could make inroads with democrats, hold onto gains he made with independents if he capitulate a little bit. he has done none of that. so democrats are not in the mood o. >> not just intransigents. they are saying how will we know what will benefit the trump administration. why would we vote for something thats going to make you richer. >> i...

Politician. have everything by sight and by sound at these rallies. hes up to once a month at this point so he has to rely on a seeing eye dog in the form of steve bannon. bill stepian whos the political director has a lot -- hes basia field guy. hes a certain kind of operative. there isnt a depth of the rnc to bolster them in data and money. in terms of what theyre doing for strategic terms, theres not much in operation there. >> there would be a bigger, a more complex or experienced