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To the point i was making earlier, its like he was preparing this for the entire time. hes been tearing up the credibility so he can pull from this group of voters. to shermichaels point, i think when democrats are kind of thinking about who they want their nominee to be this time, they have an ultimate choice do we want someone to pull people from the middle and pull in mod rats or someone who can super charge the base. i think democrats were initially at we need to expand our base. it feels li...

Republican support. >> telling congressman joe cunningham to stop impeachment now. >> reporter: did that register with you? >> no. >> reporter: donna and andrew both oppose impeachment. but that hasnt impacted their support for cunningham >> no. because hes real. we need real. we have to get away from all of this theres influences from everywhere else that are guiding our politicians in making decisions. >> reporter: for now mod rats and independents we talked to are sticking with cunningham, es...

>> theres something else going on here. >> sure. >> in my brief history of this life of mine, when you have these conversions, when you switch parties for political survival, they tend not to work. if you look at arlen "spectrsp . you represent this district or what have you, hes in no mans land. he has three republican challengers who have been life long republicans, as dana said. he has to find a place. i dont know if he has a place on the democratic side. maybe he should convert to the indepe...

>> we dont even know! we dont know! >> so were not even back where to where we were. >> you know what, jared is on it. >> scott, you brought up the mod rats a moment ago. this was, in a way, good news for the moderate democrats, as i said at the top. they have something, the usmca agreement, something they can go back to their constituents with. >> they can say we worked with the president and blah, blah, blah. >> emphasis on that. >> and i voted to impeach the same week. but at the same time it...

The all-important state of iowa to find out. >> i identify as a democratic socialist, progressive policies speak to me. thats what i prefer >> reporter: maggie willems is in a moderate move. >> i understand i am not representative of the whole electorate. we need to be sure to be select the candidate that can defeat donald trump. >> reporter: here in mt. vernon and towns across iowa, willems and other democrats are thinking about electability as they search for the best candidate to beat preside...

Midterms was a moderate. the progressive energy last fall was overwhelmingly in the service of left leaning moderate democrats in the house to governorships. >> and also the fight with trump. >> the way last year at least it came out was left leaning moderate democrats, especially to the house. the 40 freshmen are largely mod rats. that he wants what the folks are banking on. biden challenges his performance of late has not been as somebody who is seen as the safe pick. the moment he isnt the sa...

Somebody who could beat donald trump, i think he would vindicate and be a formidable candidate. if he makes mistakes, shows weakness and other candidates outshine him there will be questions raised whether he can be donald trump. he is leading right now with very little competition. >> we have a graphic here that shows that. thank you. 43% mod rats, 11% conservatives. 42% are liberals. this is part of the reason wipe you see joe biden doing so well. but you hear the other candidates in this race...

Embraced the idea of a rate cut. so hes put so much explicit pressure on and thats a problem for powell, but he does have some cover there. i just wanted to add add to one point felix was saying. it is true that some voters want high ideal proposal. joe biden is leading this race, not elizabeth warren or bernie sanders. and i do think the mod rats, as you suggested, made some headway last night in terms of softening up the liberal bloc in this electorate with the idea that, hey, maybe youre goin...

Mouth. >> he said donald trump wouldnt walk behind me the way he walked behind hillary clinton. >> two thoughts. the first one being if he wasnt ready for that attack. thats absolutely foolish. hes the front-runner. hes the top target. and hes not prepared for that, his polls will continue to drop. there will be other instances where they will go after him. and talking about trump and pivoting going after the president. hes talking about his electability. that is his strength right now. when you...

Shortsighted. its never going to pass the senate. your statement they want to go back to the district and say they repealedbamacare is not something theyll be able to say because the senators are going to look at this and say, are you kidding me? whats wrong with your people? >> unless the senate changes the bill in a way that house members feel compelled to vote for with a different coalition, maybe lose some freedom caucus people and get more mod rats, they have to try to fulfill this promise....