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Of his life. but i think it -- to me the biden efficacy of the candidacy right now, what tells me the most is that most of us and most of us who live -- spend too much time on our phones and too much time thinking about this stuff actually, are only talking to a dedicated side logically driven part and theyre talking to each other more than theyre talking to a lot of those folks in pennsylvania you were just showing the poll on. so a lot of the progressive left may say having an old white guy ...

This, where is senator gillibrand on this? dont push back, theyre nervous about trying to absorb the energy on the left and being seen as scary moderate centrists. if they allow aoc to dictate the terms of the party and sort of become the identity of the party, theyre going to be in real trouble next year. >> i dont know how to say this gently, because the three of us in this conversation, this is not our first rodeo. we know joe bidens history, legislative and otherwise. hes been around a long ...

A new generation is learning joe bidens history, legislative and otherwise in washington. things like anita hill, the thomas hearings, and this is all new to them. a lot of them are on the so-called progressive left. >> its definitely an issue, and its an issue for everyone whos had a long history like he has. it was an issue for hillary clinton. for people who have long histories, society has changed. it is something that hes going to have to deal with. i think that his people are perfectly wel...

Take up. dont push back, theyre nervous about trying to absorb the energy on the left, and seen as scary moderate centrists. if they allow aoc to dictate the terms of the party and become the identity of the party, theyre going to be in real trouble next year. >> i dont know how to say this gently, because the three of us in this conversation, this is not our first rodeo. we know joe bidens history, legislative -- if you have any years on you, you think its kind of been talked about and examined...

To keep it. >> i think its a fourth thing. i think that is a reflection of their views on the democratic opposition. >> right. >> i think that thats driven by speaker nancy pelosi and the ascent of a new, much more outspoken, progressive left, and i think its a reaction more to that than anything affirmative about the president. its the fact that my contempt/unease with the other side is growing. >> negative partisanship. >> they won the first time, too. it wasnt that people liked him. it was th...

>> but thats what were litigating right now, right? are his positions which are progressive. more centerist than sanders. which of the -- but thats the whole primary. the primary is litigating that question. he speaks to a broad swath of people. my guess is the folks that are running on the progressive left if he wins will work as hard for him as they have worked for anybody else because we want to see donald trump gone and joe biden speaks to independents and he speaks to disaffected republican...

Republicans and to the progressive left. he has a very broad ban. the question about whether, you know, the age issue is going to be an issue for him. its going to be an issue for trump. its going to be an issue for bernie sanders and perhaps for elizabeth warren. thats all going to be debated but in our party we are less concerned about age than we are about can this person win. does this person have the about to punch back hard and the experience to be able to win. >> yeah, hes the favorite ri...

Approaches, for the democrats, i dont know necessarily if their objectives need to be for to floor florida. wisconsin, michigan pennsylvania. those states have to come back. to say marissas point what we are looking for as a party is kind of that inspirational candidate that can unite the aoc wing of the party with the pelosi-schumer wing of the party. >> martha: are you worried about the aoc wing of the party. >> im not worried about them but i do respect them and i do believe that as with obam...

I think we need a progressive left. i think that we do need to have representation of all of our country in our democratic party i think they need to be a little bit more willing to compromise okay. we are not going to have free four year college tuition. could we compromise with expanding pell grants? could we compromise with maybe tuition-free two year community college. i think they have to be able to meet centrist democrats in the middle a little bit. >> martha: i want to talk about elizabet...

Time. what youre seeing is a very similar dynamic i think within the democratic party, which is a battle for the heart and soul of the democratic party. is it going to be the progressive left led by alexandria ocasio-cortez, or is it a more moderate, more centrist brand of democratic politics? this is going to be a contest thats going to be at the forefront of the 2020 democratic presidential primary. this battle is not just a theoretical one. theres an actual outcome here that democrats need to...