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Think about impeachment proceedings, we think about the cleansing who got a bump in his popularity. where do you think we are going with this, lisa? or is this just p.r.? >> lisa: i think it goes back to what we were talking about earlier with this schism in the democratic party. nancy pelosi on the democratic party trying to appease this new progressive base that are pushing for impeachment. thats what they would like to see happen. so i think thats a challenge that nancy pelosi is weighing. it...

Bump but my word, sanders jumped to 44, highest number he has had, as theyve been testing this thus far. its a reminder how big his base is and how big the percent is. elizabeth warren still has her work cut out if shes going to grab the sanders supporter. >> theres a big progressive base out there. mayor garcetti was poo-pooing that notion that the democratic race will be affected where you are on the political spectrum. i think that will be one of the central questions for the democratic party...

Effort to appeal to them after this really, really bad gaffe that she did in the beginning of the campaign. >> looking at the democratic field, incredibly diverse both politically and ethnically. what do the republicans, who do the republicans fear most? joe biden? >> i think the republicans will fear the candidate most, i dont want to predict who that is, but its the one who will bring out the base that can also attract the middle and some republicans who just cant vote for donald trump. i rais...

Party. exploratory committees allow them to raise money quickly, but she has donations from all 50 states after announcing running. >> she has a huge following and a large e-mail list. >> as we were talking about, iowa, she probably needs to place in sort of the top five just to keep the momentum going. its about to get to south carolina after that. but also the california primary has been moved up. its march 1st. and the california primary requires a lot of money and name recognition. shell pro...

Progressives, to the progressive base or they talk to workers working class families regardless of race. to me, you have to do both. >> dana: what do you think of that, alex? >> its interesting. hes making the play theres not a lot of candidates in the broader democratic field that can make, which is to reach out to potentially rust belt republicans. joe biden is the one that has the opportunity. but i think its smart for the senator to do that. i think right now of those not officially explorin...

So i would worry about his mental health to some extent. >> susan, last word to you. so the criticism coming from the right is that nancy pelosi, her hands are tied because she wants to be speaker, and that there is a strong progressive base thats saying, hey, do not give him anything. if there is that strong voice from the progressive base, is it getting stronger or more in a sense of comity? >> lets step book for a minute. shes not speaker yet. it is not her job to negotiate with anybody right...

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And wavering between where you stand if you are truly progressive, if you are truly a democratic candidate. and one example of that is kind of doug jones being hesitant to come forth and say he would oppose kavanaughs nomination. we cant afford to kind of have that type of lukewarmness in the party right now. and i think that would be a bigger challenge. >> thats a really good point. thats a really good point. democrats are going through a situation republicans went through in 10, 12 and 14. >> ...

Suppression. >> so you would have a problem with it. >> i would have a very hard time with it. i believe that their long-term strategy is actually to divide the democratic progressive base by siphoning off progressive voters and not because theyre well intentioned. for most folks people would say theyre more libertarian and theyre like were libertarian but we dont understand whats happening in the white house. this is a complete dichotomy for them. >> for me its the rnc trying to intimidate othe...

Like what they see from kavanaugh so far? >> yeah, thats my reading, paul, i do agree that collins and murkowski have basically decide today vote for brett kavanaugh and if they can get nomination to a vote hes going through. but i think we should understand something about the democratic opposition, it doesnt have much of anything to do with brett kavanaugh. their opposition to donald trumps supreme court nominees is generic, he could have appointed, named any one of the 25 people on his list a...