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But it is, im sorry, i just think it is a formula for electoral disaster. its exactly what donald trump is counting on in 2020. >> in fact, one of his advisers, rick pierce, has been saying focus more on sanders and warren because they dont care whether they are the nominee but want trump to frame the democratic party as the party of democratic socialism. >> absolutely. even one of these flip seats i talked about in the suburbs in illinois. every reframe coming from an announced republican conte...

Primary process. karine, thank you for doing it. >> thank you so much. >> im sure its been a weird 4 hours since then. that instinctive behavior that you modeled is inspirational. >> chief public affairs officer at move on many org. good evening, lawrence. >> i could have listened to ten more minutes of that. weve all been woching that vidvi -- watching that video. im so glad you were able to be have ta discussion. >> thank you,al. >> the only republican member of congress who says he has read t...

This is his audience. these are union firefighters largely male, largely white audience. these are the kind of voters who love joe biden. i think there are real questions about whether he could appeal to the larger democratic primary electorate as it is now. and one comment that he made at that event that, you know, we didnt play on air was he talked about how hes being criticized for working with republicans and kind of dismiss that as something ridiculous. of course you should work with republ...

Presidential field growing more and more crowded. another 15 expected. are we seeing the democratic party cannibalize itself? >> were not seeing that yet. most are focused on their own messageing, not attacking each other. but the question is how long is that sustainable in such a crowded and competitive field. i would predict by the time we get to the first debates in june and july of this year, it is going to be a much different story, we could see these democrats starting to go after each oth...

Go. year going to go someplace that isnt america anymore. >> are you ready to look at something and see that might lead to a truly great presidency with all these 32 people talk about running in 2020? >> any presidency would be better. i want the it democrats to find the best candidate available. i want them to go through a rigorous primary process. and thats a good thing. people are asking all the time, what do you think of beto? i dont know. its like a band. i just 3rd one song so far. i want ...

Currently 20-plus people. but is he the strongest? look, i think we have a very strong field. we have former mayors, senators, former governors, and it is going to be a very rigorous energetic primary process and well see who will rise and who will wither. he is formidable but whether hes the best is still remains to be seen. >> and not necessarily a bad thing to have a battle of the primaries before the general election. >> so m.j., two points here. first, if he does run and if biden does run, ...

Thats a strong positive step. this help for a lot of reasons. i think it will help the dialogue and getting things done. its a good sign for voters. i think it will get more women involved in politics, more women next time in the midterm elections certainly, but it will get more people involved in the conversation. thats always a good thing. >> rick, you got to give alice credit for her positive spin, right? because there is a stark difference between the diversity of incoming democrats and repu...

This help for a lot of reasons. i think it will help the dialogue and getting things done. its a good sign for voters. i think it will get more women involved in politics, more women next time in the midterm elections certainly, but it will get more people involved in the conversation. thats always a good thing. >> rick, you got to give alice credit for her positive spin, right? because there is a stark difference between the diversity of incoming democrats and republicans. a gop house caucus ju...

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...

Gustavo perez arriaga whom authorities believe gun down the police corporal last week. arriaga is reportedly in the country illegally and was trying to flee to mexico at the time of his arrest. authorities have taken into custody his girlfriend and to everetts brothers. chai feldblum elizabeth warren taking the first major step toward running for president. as david sponge reports, shes s gearing up for a bruising primary process that could shift their party further left. >> nearly 45 potential ...