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state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but were gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alic...

♪ ♪ ♪ its one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for presi...

(♪♪) the new festive family meal. starting at $24. now celebrating at el pollo loco. york, 11 pm in iowa where tonight caucus goers brave record low temperatures, gathered in gyms, churches, schools across the state and give us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, i will republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump. nothing usually surprising, there but well still talk about what that means. with me at the tables an all-star...

welcome to "inside politics." im phil mattingly in for dana bash. the friday before christmas is supposed to be slow, but theres no shortage of major news right now, including a new report about pressure the then president put on officials in michigan after the election. but at any moment, the supreme court could announce whether itses fast tracking a a decision on donald trumps claim hes immune from prosecution if i for trying to you are overturn the election. i they want a quick deci...

Allowed as a prosecutor to ask the jurors to put themselves in the shoes of the victim. youre not allowed to do that like the defense isnt allowed to ask the jurors to put themselves in the shoes of the defendants but thats what you did by playing that video and thats exactly what the prosecutor did when she didnt focus on race because she wanted those jurors to actually witness the video and picture themselves jogging down the street and make sure it was a race argument so the jurors could envi...

Absolute crisis because of the incompetence of this president? what are we going to do for the auto workers and auto layers are the highest theyve been since the great recession. democrats saved the auto industry and under this presidents watch, youre seeing more and more layoffs and thats what were going to talk about. will there be differences in how to approach health care? yes, there will but what there are no differences in and what theres unity about is the fact every democrat wants to get...

A republic. i think the framers had it right and for people in wyoming who think -- its also very important. >> juan: didnt trump say he would rather have a popular vot vote. morgan, you get a situation where people say you know what, the electoral college was set up to appease the slaveholding states. >> dana: thats not true. >> juan: we have a modern situation where you have a populations on the coast and you get a state like wyoming, two senators for half a million people. california. 33 mill...

Theres reason for optimism amidst gloom and doom. >> race by race argument, stuck on the argument, how i avoid donald trump argument is what michael steele putting out there. good luck, right? >> good luck, michael. thats the best argument that there is. >> hes not wrong if donald trump were in a vault per se. >> its not necessarily wrong. if you think about the known unknowns from here until election day, a lot of them would be scarier for your side than for nancy pelosis side. and the number t...

Ground to die. >> that speaks to an argument about excessive force, which is quite obviously an appropriate discussion to be having based on what weve seen over the past month. and you can argue it whichever way you want to argue it, right? but when people take it to a racism place saying what were suffering from here, what were seeing here is just the tail end or the next chapter in centuries of racism. how do we get to that place in garners case, for example? >> because we cannot ignore that r...

31 democrats who are likely to vote with them tomorrow on contempt, if i were them id get together and id say tell you what, why dont we ask the circuit court for expedited review and get it done quickly. >> bob: that is splitting hairs. >> dana: its not. its the law. >> greg: amazing thing about it, the executive privilege mess painted obama in a corner, which is amazing since he has an oval office. >> dana: i knew youd say that. >> andrea: the race argument, i have a hard time believing this i...