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With just talking about north korea today, and immigration tomorrow, thats not going to work. i think the question is, and this might be the first time were seeing the dynamic of a multicandidate race, it is possible that kamala harris distinguished herself stylistically and in terms of her presence and her being a prosecutor and had a great moment, and it might not come out of joe bidens hide. polling is too early to see that but its possible. if youre a biden supporter i dont think you listene...

Convention. it is january 1st, 2019. i cannot talk to you about abro its too early. >> democrats changed the rules and exactly the right moment -- >> oh, my gosh. hold on. okay. i cant with you and that. >> there is one other thing. i think theres going to be an overcomparison to 2016. especially in terms of buernie sanders impact on the race. whether its 10, 15, 20, and even if it shakes out pretty fast. the dynamics of a multicandidate race is very, very different. in 2016, if bernie sanders s...

About this mayors race, it is a multicandidate race. the way it works is that if they dont get a certain level of support, then theres a runoff. so, you know, anthony weiner was basically running for the runoff. like all of the candidates are here. i talked to some sort of democratic power brokers here in the city as ive been here. and, you know, they made the case that some of those -- his opponents were actually going easy on him so far. the reason is because they wanted to run against him in ...

out to doctors and pharmacies that supply houstons meds. but so far they say nothing looks criminal. no signs, he says, of, quote, doctor shopping or over prescribing. the information at this point is far from over. and you might not want to take my word for it but under cause on whitney houstons death certificate it says deferred. the toxicology reports could take weeks to come in. her burial space is in westfield, new jersey. we have not been given an official word on whitney houston...

Talk of divisions is overstated. ronald reagan holds the record in new hampshire for margin of victory in the new hampshire primary back in 1980 he won the primary by 27% of the vote. yet he only got just under 50% of the vote. even in 1980, ronald reagan half of the republican voters preferred somebody else. yet he went to be one of the most successful presidents ever. republicans have a desire to defeat barack obama in november. >> they refer mitt romney to the maam who cant get above 25%. doe...

Think? >> well, i dont know whats going on. the one thing predictable about new hampshire is that its unpredictable. my sense is that mitt romney is going to do well here. its a multicandidate race. you have a lot of candidates here who work very hard and committed a lot of time. its not surprising that the numbers would be divided and spread across four or five major candidates. the fact that mitt romney is running as well as he is a plus for him and other candidates seem to be grouped 10 to 13...

Mitt romney has dropped down ten points since iowa. whats going on there, do you think? >> well, i dont know whats going on. the one thing predictable about new hampshire is that its unpredictable. my sense is that mitt romney is going to do well here. its a multicandidate race. you have a lot of candidates here who work very hard and committed a lot of time. its not surprising that the numbers would be divided and spread across four or five major candidates. the fact that mitt romney is running...

Party itself talking about that fracture? >> you know, i think theres talk of divisions is overstated. ronald reagan holds the record in new hampshire for margin of victory in the new hampshire primary back in 1980 he won the primary by 27% of the vote. yet he only got just under 50% of the vote. even in 1980, ronald reagan half of the republican voters preferred somebody else. yet he went to be one of the most successful presidents ever. republicans have a desire to defeat barack obama in novem...

Mama i should say. i dont want to be gender exclusive. you could end up basically just waiting it out. and saying you know what rick santorum was 1% in 2012 and he ended up in second place. why cant i just wait it out and see what happens. so with the weird campaign finance structure we currently have, it allows for a multicandidate race to go on much longer than in the past. jeb bushs $100 million haul was supposed to clear the field. in fact it really didnt. if anything people seem less intimi...