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Adviser for bernie sanders. and he said, look, bernie sanders is not coming out here to attack people, but in the words of tad devine, you cannot tame this tiger, and he was talking about the positioning of the lecterns, and he said that bernie sanders is going to be to the left of hillary clinton, and he said that is the last time you will see that happen according to left leaning bernie sanders. he knows that his criticism is that some say he cannot be elected with his view, pu so he has to co...

Much money as hillary clinton with the money coming on line and the grassroots and the average donation of $30, and the fact that we could compete almost dollar for dollar and almost as much cash on hand today as hillary clinton means that we can compete all of the way through the process. >> and remember that hillary clinton has raised $75 million, and senator sanders $40 million, and it says a lot about the grass root support among the people. >> and we have also, and we will look forward to t...

A more peaceful and civilized world is kidding you. nobody has magical answers. bullet me just say this. l. i voted against the war in iraq. >> joining me is tad devine, a senior advisor to the sanders campaign. you worked in al gore in 04, what is it about this campaign? >> well, i think bernie has a powerful message, a message about the inequality of wealth and income in america and its connecting with people and hes presenting himself in a very authentic way and thats connecting as well so i ...

Post" article is citing his grass-roots strategy as being the ticket to the democratic nomination. tad, have you identified what the key is? >> well, i think as i said, a very strong message delivered by a very strong messenger. i think the "new york times" is catching up to the fact that the bernie sanders challenge is a real one. i think were beginning to see it first in the places where voters are most engaged -- iowa and new hampshire. but were seeing it elsewhere. there was a national poll ...

Virtually everything else. >> so the super pacs are dropping a bunch of money in the states that you mentioned. five days can be an eternity with that kind of money. >> the reason theyre spending the money there, they cant spend anymore in the other states. all the time is bought. they have more money than runway. weve seen this before. in 2000, karl rove said, george w. bush was going to win california. they spent millions and millions of dollars on advertising there. they sent bush out there, ...

If he loses ohio, he has to win everything else virtually. >> so hes dropping -- of course, the super pacs are dropping a bunch of money in the states that you mentioned. five days can be an eternity with that kind of money. >> the reason theyre spending the money there, they cant spend any more in the other states. all the time is bought. they have more money than runway. look, weve seen this before. in 2000, karl rove said, george w. bush was going to win california. they spent millions and mi...

With that kind of money. >> the reason theyre spending the money there, they cant spend anymore in the other states. all the time is bought. they have more money than runway. weve seen this before. in 2000, karl rove said, george w. bush was going to win california. they spent millions and millions of dollars on advertising there. they sent bush out there, precious time, near the end of the campaign. i said, tad devine, carter, those of us involved in that campaign, so were not spending one dime...

Stupid, but im not going to give you a plan of what im going to dough abo about the ec until after i get in? i mean, i understand the slogan is, its the economy, stupid, but were not that stupid. >> obviously, thats an old coined term. >> yeah, i got it. >> but this tape, i think it was taken out of context. has it been damaging? i cant sit here and say this tape was good for the romney campaign but statistically it doesnt seem to have as great an impact as the media was saying. i think it was a...

Voters, but a new poll has them trailing obama by eight point. earlier governor romney tried cozying up to bill clinton, but clinton says romneys caught on camera moment will be a problem for romney in the october debates. >> if hes going to double down on that 47%, that will cause difficulties because we now know that the overwhelming number of those people work and have children. >> over a week later, and that secret tape still hurts. joining me now is msnbc contributor and author megan mccain...

Tad devine, senior adviser for kerry and gore campaigns. thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. >> tad, let me start with you. its been over a week since the tape came out. the president, joe biden, now bill clinton are all still hammering. how damaging is this 47% comment? >> reverend, i think it was terribly damaging. what happened with that tape was after months and months of the obama campaign in battleground state after state, running ads and telling people that mitt romney doesnt ca...