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Kristen. actually, i think when you try to do -- the other party does something and you try to do what that party does, it always fails. try to do the exact opposite. where is the boring -- who is the least charismatic boring, lowest crowd guy or gal out there? because i have a theory that thats the person well turn to next. >> i think whoever can give president trump a real run for his money has to be his counterpoint. no doubt about that. what does that look like? does that mean that the perso...

That you laid out, i think the person needs to be authentic, even if theyre a little boring. >> charlie, go ahead. >> i would just say that ralph, doug jones, i can go down the list here. the good democratic candidates this year were boring guys. >> yeah. >> were not offensive. but to your point, our friend mark shields has a theory that lets say youre in a subway car and it stops between stations, its -- you know, the lights go out. panic, chaos, and then a reassuring voice. a firm, reassuring ...

Boring guy or gal out there because i have a theory that thats the person well turn to next. >> i think whoever can give president trump a real run for his money has to be his counterpoint, theres no doubt about that. what does that look like? does it mean the person is unifying though? is that the aspect people are looking for? one thing in addition to all of the charismatic, all of things you laid out, i think the person needs to be authentic, even if theyre a little boring. >> i would just sa...

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Columnist said you could tell the health of party whether its searching for converts or sea h searching for her ticks. in 2016, unfortunately, we were searching for her ticks. the democratic party needs to search for convicts, outside the base for people who can be part of our cause. in four years of donald trump, we will need to rally the support of all americans, as donald trump challenges some of our core values. >> do you think if hockey h-- i hillary clinton had simply showed up, that would...

A cakewalk with evangelic evangelicals, as the president has spoken about in his interview, as hes spoken about as hes reacted to this election, a lot of the time, its simply matter of showing up. >> you thank thats it? you think thats the only reason donald trump succeeded in reaching so many evangelicals? >> its a big reason. evangelicals understood that donald trump was not one of them, they were not cut from the same cloth, but donald trump was the only major presidential candidate in 2016 w...

Think it is about him, e.j. if you look at our new nbc news/wall street journal poll, they asked about the popes popularity. 57% have a positive view. only 5% have a negative view. whats going on with him? >> i wonder who the 5 are in that poll? you know, i think one of the most astonishing things in the world is to run into a christian who actually behaves like a christian. >> imagine that. >> imagine that. and believe me, i direct the criticism there as much to myself as anyone else. i think h...

Health insurance so their kids can be on insurance till theyre 26. its a lot bigger problem than were able to deal with in a five-minute block. >> really quick, bob, and then im going to get to you. just when you think it cant get any worse, heres brokaw. >> there have been several points, but this is certainly a low point at a critical time coming into the 2014 elections, and a lot of democrats beginning to bail on the idea of obama care. i would think, given the importance of obama care or the...

Health insurance. theyll already be addicted to another arm of dependency. so dont -- like, listening to this idea that its the end of the world for liberals, thats just going to kill your ambition. this stuff is still going to go on. its still going on. the republicans may think theyre going to win by a landslide but if they think that way, theyre going to lose big. >> okay, but let me put this out though. lets listen to mark shields on obama care saying its actually a threat to liberalism. tak...

Same thing with, well, a number of republicans have done it that way. on the democratic side joe biden, a guy named joe biden jumped into the race early back in was it, 93 and then got out quickly. getting in early, jim, is not necessarily a guaranty of success. >> no. look, every democrat thought that teddy kennedy would get the nomination, probably in 76. and then in 80 and 84. because he was such a huge name, chappaquiddick notwithstanding. mark shields, veteran democratic pundit likes to jok...