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Of full spectrum of the democratic party. bernie has not shown an ability to break out of that base. >> michael steele, your reading of bernie sanders closing this gap with hillary clinton, he seems to be doing consistently but doesnt seem to do it outside of iowa and new hampshire yet. >> no, he doesnt. i think that goes back to what maria teresa and jonathon said about he has a low ceiling here right now. the question is can he punch through it and begin to expand his ability to reach other vo...

I think when she gets on the trail and starts to talk in legalistic terms, when she talks about how policy processes work, often times it sounds like shes either not telling the truth or kind of walking around the truth. i think thats been a problem for her. i think the insular nature of her campaign. this time they brought in folks from the obama world. but as one put it you are talking about the mercenaries not the missionaries. these are not necessarily true believers but professional politic...

I started to wonder outloud on this program, how long could jeb bush take this without fighting back? there wasnt any comeback at all. the strategy in the first week of the campaign was just say nothing. let this pass. that strategy didnt work. >> i think thats the problem. jeb bush actually had several opportunities to lay down not only policy but leadership. when donald trump went after mexican community and started to say those awful things, jeb bush could have stepped in and said this is not...

Immigration. in the problem with what he is talking about -- earlier you said whos he derailing, jeb bush, i would with say that trump is derailing the republican party because no one is keeping him quiet and the only way to get to the white house is mobilizing the latino vote and thats not what he is doing at all. >> lets listen to a report on fox news earlier today. this is charlie gaspirino who has good sources with republican voters. listen to what he has to say about what might be coming do...

Front of a sea of white. hillary clinton event, for instance in nevada you see black, hispanic, white, the sort of full spectrum of the democratic party. bernie has not noen shown an ability to break out of that base. >> michael steele, your reading of bernie sanders closing this gap with hillary clinton, he seems to be doing consistently but doesnt seem to do it outside of iowa and new hampshire yet. >> no, he doesnt. i think that goes back to what maria teresa and jonathon said about he has a ...

Trustworthiness factor is something she struggled with before. i think it hurt her in the democratic primary in twachlt i think when she gets on the trail and starts to talk in legalistic terms, when she talks about how policy processes work, often times it sounds like shes either not telling the truth or kind of walking around the truth. i think thats been a problem for her. i think the insul lar nature of her campaign. this time they brought in folks from the obama world. but as one put it you...

Day of jeb bashing, which is the third day of the trump campaign, i started to wonder outloud on this program, how long could jeb bush take this without fighting back? there wasnt any comeback at all. the strategy in the first week of the campaign was just say nothing. let this pass. that strategy didnt work. >> i think thats the problem. jeb bush actually had several opportunities to lay down not only policy but leadership. when donald trump went after mexican community and started to say those...

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