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Democrats, right? we have this debate over should democrats go way left or should they faik foclk focus entirely n african american turnout? but bringing in the suburban people who are saying i am sick of this president, i want something different, i took a chance on him and i was wrong. >> lets look at whats going on in iowa, because mayor pete is experiencing quite a surge in the polls. hes up 16 points looking at, my goodness, the first in the nation caucus elizabeth warren is in second. but ...

About barack obama and celebrating his general greatness, talking about how he inspired people in iowa. and in inspiring people, he got them to go out knock on doors, make phone calls, pull people from their churches, pull people from their synagogues, pull people from their neighborhoods and get them to go caucus. thats the important thing if mayor pete is -- proves to be this feel-good candidate that inspired voters. it will have a pretty significant impact in iowa. it looks like thats whats h...

So my question, and we dont know the answer yet, is will people begin to react in that sort of visceral way to mayor pete or to any of the candidates? will they be inspired the way they were by barack obama? im -- you know, im not sure. im not sure that any of the candidates is going to -- or even has to this year, actually. thats a theory. obama was kind of a unique -- hes kind of a one off in a lot of ways. but, you know, are those numbers great for mayor pete? absolutely. theyre great numbers...

What happened once they get past that first round and say the sanders people havent hit the threshold and then where do they go, right? i think that mechanic changes things in iowa. with mayor pete, what happens with block voters in the democratic party? he has extremely low numbers consistently among african-american voters and thats a big problem for him moving outside of iowa and new hampshire which is largely white as well. thats what joe biden is banking on, his strong numbers with african-...

That they were doing that. and were starting to hear some of the same things about mayor pete. theyre not only voting for him and caulk cussing for him, theyre excited about doing it. >> well, if we start getting that same feeling that we had before the iowa caucuses in 2008, you know, i remember being out in iowa and going to obama rallies and people would almost float out at the end of the rally. just -- just with this incredible -- he made people believe and he gave them, you know, yes, hope ...

A sharper contrast than george w. bush to barack obama until -- >> we did. >> -- than obama to trump. so a mayor of south bend whos 37 years old and gay and thoughtful may, in fact, be the other guardrail to who we have. ive been joking for three years this -- the next person we get would be aristotle, so maybe this is good. >> south bends aristotle. >> so, phil, you look at those polls. a lot of different stories here, a lot of questions that are being asked, for joe biden, has the political bl...