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Politics involved in this at all. of course there is. impeachment is a political movement or act. but i think the degree to which this proceeds over the next week, i think most democrats are unified in this because they also have to answer to their democratic voters, but the president is defining all of this and he has the bully pulpit here. >> this will also cement her status on tleft as well. >> absolutely. and people are wondering what took her so long to get to this point. >> were going to t...

That. >> there are a lot of considerations and im thinking about it. >> can you give us an example of those considerations? >> no. >> love for the traveling press corps. buttigieg has his own purity test for warren, demanding she release more information about the money she made doing legal work for big companies in the 1990s. >> i certainly think it would be a good idea for her to release tax returns, as i have, covering her entire career in the private sector. i think thats one way to show you...

Though, i look at this field and think these are really good numbers for me right now. if you see joe biden whos losing steam in a lot of these polls, elizabeth warren as you said has definitely lost momentum since explaining how much her health care plan was going to be. pete buttigieg is really surging at the right moment right now. hes gaining momentum as hes going into iowa. thats showing in the polls in iowa right now. >> also makes him quite a target as elizabeth warren was a target when s...

President barack obama is actually a conservative. that is by 2020 democrats are having such a hard time discuss. davids word like arguing that while obama embraced the left-wing policies, the process through which he governed was actually conservative, saying, "he believes fundamentally that the american model works, even if it has not been allowed to work for everyone." recent public comments, the former president has ruffled some feathers on the left, calling out woke activism from a far left...

>> he is such a squish. only if you commit a crime, everyone else can stay. but thats not the only problem biden is facing, the woman in charge of his latina outreach, her name isnt vanessa cardenas, reportedly quit in frustration. threason she stated, biden lackd compassion when talking about immigration. he would only deport criminal aliens or felons to make it specific and that went too far. joining me now, mercedes schlapp, the 20 campaign dinesh desousa. former president obama just told his...

Everyone else can stay. but thats not the only problem biden is facing, the woman in charge of his latina outreach charge of his latina outreachna her name isnt vanessa cardenas, reportedly quit in frustration. reason she stated, biden lacked compassion when talking about immigration. he would only deport criminal aliens or felons to make it specific and that went too far. joining me now mercedes schlapp, the 20in campaign dinesh desousa. former president obama just told his party to ditch the o...

Im always suspicious of purity test during elections. the country is complicated. biden had a simple answer for those who didnt like his track record on immigration. >> well, you should vote for trump. you should vote for trump. >> it also got complicated or elizabeth warren today. her flip-flop on charter schools has not sat well with a group of protesters either. >> [chanting] >> those are school choice advocates there. of all things in 2020, who would think a pantsuit could be controversial i...

>> bill: the question to the president moments ago about 2020. former president barack obama with more advice for those candidates saying the following quote. everybody needs to chill out about the candidates but gin about the prospect of rallying behind whoever is in the process. how are you, donna brazile? >> baby, i feel good. i made you nervous, huh? i feel good. >> bill: what does a purity test mean? >> an insanity test. the candidates have to be perfect. they dont have to be perfect. theyr...

Better word. i want to do a dramatic reading from an essay that appears on cnn.com this morning. and i quote. lets be clear, democratic voters in lexington, kentucky, are not the voters in the bronx. if democrats are serious about expanding our lead in the u.s. hows and flipping the u.s. senate, we must understand the purity test making sure the candidates ideology lines up perfectly with their partys do not work. that was written by bakari sellers. >> oh, my goodness. so i wholeheartedly agree ...

Every town, excuse me, outspent the nra in that election out there. >> can i read something that i think plays into this discussion youre all having here on the implications in 2020? joe biden wrote an op-ed yesterday that touched on some of the issues. he talked about what is seen as a purity test in the democratic primary. some call it the my way or the highway approach to politics, but its worse than that. its condescending to those with a different view. its representative of elitism that wo...