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Up. >> he tested out his 2020 pitch in dozens of states in 2018 as a top midterm surrogate and polls show he would be the front runner the day he enters the race. president obama says he thinks the party needs new blood and that likely doesnt apply to his former vp. >> bret: peter, thanks. the republican who was ahead in the nations last undetermined congressional race is dropping out. mark harris says he will not run in the special election, its essentially a do over for the voting. >> republic...

Cohens testimony. >> absolutely. whether the president timingwise is able to watch direct himself or briefed as you suggested, what do you think he most fears about michael cohens testimony? >> its hard to say. i mean, omarosa said to you this weekend, alex, michael cohen could speak a little bit about the trump children. and inner workings of the trump organization and finances. as we all know, the president has been reluctant to say the least of getting his tax information out in the public. a...

Writing of the lengthy report that it would come out before the mid term or after the mid term. maybe there is something coming as early as not next week when trump is abroad, but beyond that, the week after that but maybe not. i think we in the media have got to stop saying that we know what is going to happen when we dont. >> you make a good point. bob, you heard schiff talking about the pressure on the a.g. william barr to release the mueller report. during the confirmation hearing did you ge...

>> joel, are you worried about the s word defining the democratic party? >> not particularly, the republicans try everything they can do to paint the democratic party as the party of the left. they tried to do it in the midte midterms, they got their clocks cleaned. they got their clocks cleaned because theyre not talking to the majority of the americans any more. they lost favor with women, they got clobbered in the -- they lost 12 points in the suburban vote last midterms, compared to the prev...

Hes very popular with the base. a lot of them, 22 senate republicans are up again in 2020. and if they go against the president, theres a fear of either getting primaried or getting blow back from the far right that will hurt them in their midterm -- or in their elections. so theyre in this impossible position. i tend to agree with mark, i think a lot of them are not saying anything because they dont want to come out against it and will ultimately fall in line although begrudgingly so. well have...

Midterm. they won a shutdown fight with the president. why not go for it here, this guy is toast in 2020 and why leave anything in the locker room. were going to grab everything off the shelf, a green new deal, medicaid for all, and well ram it down the throats of the republican party and we think we can win. paul: is she more electable than some of the others in the race? >> no. shes got an issue -- no one knows her outside of minnesota. shes got a question of where shes going to get money. its...

Pennsylvania. he won all of those. if he loses any combination of two in another state, he becomes vulnerable. those were all close races in the last go-around. >> yeah, in fact, he won wisconsin by less than 1 percentage point. hillary clinton never went there to campaign. chris, it was, however, the first stop for amy klobuchar. >> thats exactly right. to piggyback on ricks point, when you look at the states that donald trump picked up in 2016, michigan, minnesota -- michigan, wisconsin, penns...

Contributor, he joins us now, robert. >> thanks for having me on. griff: you had a big conversation with joe biden, what happened? >> i spoke to him wednesday, we have known each other for 10 or 15 years, its not surprising, i met with most of the candidates but he really told me, you know, hes going to be incredibly excited and enthusiastic to enter the race and i think its about a 90% chance, its never certain until he announces. i mean, i met with him a lot in 2015 when he was truly agonizing...

Correct, paul. i think democrats are feeling heady right now. they picked up 40 seats in the midterm. they won a shutdown fight with the president. why not go for it here, this guy is toast in 2020 and why leave anything in the locker room. were going to grab everything off the shelf, a green new deal, medicaid for all, and well ram it down the throats of the republican party and we think we can win. paul: is she more electable than some of the others in the race? >> no. shes got an issue -- no ...

An amendment moving forward. i just dont think the numbers are there to get something like that through the senate. >> dana: andrew, gun control advocates that want to see more action are not just waiting around for washington, d.c. theyre working in all of these state capitols across the country. having more success there? >> well, theyre having more success in some of the states. theyre also registering voters. the big story of the 2018 midterm was white women in suburban districts where gun c...