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Seem tied to joe bidens. do you feel it? you defend -- you have similar medicare for all ideas. >> right. >> meaning you have medicare x. its similar. in some ways i would argue you defended his proposal better than he did a couple of debates ago. >> i would say its my proposal, although im happy to have him join me. >> fair enough. what do you make of his resiliency? >> i think people -- the number one issue for democratic voters is finding somebody who can beat donald trump. and as long as joe...

Here, you have not been up there with biden and warren and sanders as a top-tier candidate, but you have been been steady and as ive talked to you about this before, you have said, basically, youre on track that this is the way that you had planned to do. its sort of slow and steady wins the race. >> yes. >> can you put some detail on that and explain to me how this works? >> yes. i knew i wasnt the one that was going to start out with all of the name identification. and i also knew that i would...

The name identification. and i also knew that i would slowly but surely gain. thats what were doing. part of this is that i believe in politics the way i think you should do it. which is, meeting people, getting people onboard, and getting that kind of support thats going to last you until the end. it might not be a viral moment, but thats just a moment. what really matters is can you build the coalition? and for me, that is our fired up base, but its also bringing in independents, who are more ...

Are their messages too close? whats going on? >> hardly. what is happening, bernie sanders is not changing, hes the same as he once was and same as he ever was. in fact, its a cruel irony for bernie sanders. he has a better chance to win the democratic nomination in 2020 than he did against hillary clinton in 2016 except -- that remains true. he was never going to get there against hillary clinton. it was a binary choice. democrats that dont like him, democrats were not going to let that happen....

That poll. bernie sanders, supreme name recognition. he had so much backing the last time he went against hillary clinton. biden, of course, has been vice president. beyond that, how do you explain it? what happened? >> its all about name i.d., harris. youre absolutely right. its an early part of the primates. remember, weve got a year to go before people get to vote. in these early parts of the cycle, its all about name identification. biden and bernie sanders have that recognition, have the na...

>> it does back up the name identification, and media coverage. what happened to the talk of a fresh face. you go to rallies, voters say i love joe biden. if they want a fresh face, why arent they telling that po tolls terse? >> that was interesting numb be i found fascinating. to mollys point earlier, theres a lot in bidens background that will surface whether he becomes a candidate. we wrote in the past week about comments he made in the 1970s that argued against desegregation, i think those w...

The debates. and also to the point about candidates trying to raise money by making bold statements. in order to qualify for the debate stage in the democratic primary, you have to raise $65,000 -- 65,000 unique donors. >> the big question about somebody like joe biden, somebody that some have argued could appeal to voters in the midwest and some other states, does he have the advantage going in if he decides to run, that he has instant appeal to demographics? >> i think he does if you get to a ...

Timing matter? does it help you to get out first? >> well, you know, theres been a lot of back and forth about this. listen, for the big names, and some of us were surprised about elizabeth warren jumping out. for the big names, you want a shorter contest. for the bidens, the elizabeth warrens. so, you might want to get in later. but for some of the candidates with less name identification, they want a longer primary process, because they have to build name identification. they get better on the...

Governor. both races are close. i would tell everybody this. as you get closer to the end, undecided voters lie. some people flatter themselves and say i might change my mind. name identification for the candidates go up and people return to their partisan roots. whether or not james has enough mojo. he is a very good candidate. a dynamic candidate. in a different year he might be in a better condition. >> shannon: next time we expect to see you with a crown and a robe. chris, thank you. a manhu...

So i think that going after her looks is a smart tactic for the very, very wealthy and very, very smart donald trump. >> and she is on the main stage, kev kevin, for this debate, and this is a huge development for her, and she was really able to shine in the secondary stage of the last debate, and what does she need to do on wednesday? >> well, this is a fantastic opportunity for carly fiorina to build on the momentum that she has in the campaign right now, and one of the very interesting things...