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And he said something before that. he said, i think they know me, you know, warts and all. as he continues to have these gaffes, these misstatements, he says he thinks its not registering with base level black voters because theyre already coming to this primary with the sense that i know who joe biden is. i know who cares about me. and even in those kinds of moments when folks are hitting him maybe on the crime bill, on segregation, other things that have come up in this election -- >> he does ...

Gaffes, these misstatements, he says he thinks its not registering with base level black voters because theyre already coming to this primary with the sense that i know who joe biden is. i know who cares about me. and even in those kinds of moments when folks are hitting him maybe on the crime bill, on segregation, other things that have come up in this election -- >> he does have that teflon quality that donald trump does, can do no wrong. it appears to be the same thing with joe biden for some...

This is happening for senate republicans and republicans in general, the worst possible story for the worst possible time for them, it hits their most difficult demographic they were already struggling with. >> the environment and candidates. candidates matter, specifically, andrew gillum, who is running ahead of bill nelson and is seen to be almost getting to liftoff. >> gillum has coattails, scott doesnt. >> i think thats right. there are some candidates who attacks on record dont matter. atta...

To office and in positions of power. thats the only way we are actually going to solve this. >> lauren, as that is happening, that difficulty, there is this unfortunate thought that well, this is a test on the presidents teflon quality for him as well. all the accusations and allegations against him. what that means going into 2018. we dont want to overpoliticize it but you hit so well on what the focus is here, the women. 20 seconds quickly on your thought on that. >> i think this is a very dif...

Will come down and it is a race weve seen waves. some momentum toward luther strange and then roy moore edged that out and then it looks like doug jones didnt have a shot until the allegations surfaced. but moore has been a controversial figure throughout his tenure in the political sphere in his tate and republicans are seizing on this and look at this as a referendum in 208 -- 2018 and going into 2020. >> and 2020 is interesting sean because in some sense and it is not a new idea, this is a re...

Trump sort of treating it as a little bit of a roast. the bigger question of donald trump is the loyalty he seems to inspire from christian conservatives, it has shocked a lot of people. what do you think its from? >> well, i see -- i think your analysis was spot on. he has a teflon quality when it comes to evangelicals. there is a reason for that. first of all, when he does the whole thing with schwarzenegger, "the apprentice," the ratings. evangelicals and other americans say, thats trump bein...

Look, i think theres a teflon quality to trump. and when it comes to faith, if youre going to go after him, hes not out there necessarily with his faith. therefore how much damage will it really do? if you go after huckabee on faith, thats a different matter. then you have a situation. >> how do they poke at it without him being able to say, im not wearing my faith on my sleeve. dont call me pastor trump. and who are you to question my faith? im not questioning yours. that was ben carson. what d...

Have to do it then. but at this point -- >> 11 people on a stage -- >> exactly. and the republican field is not exactly full of people with huge amounts of foreign policy experience. lindsey graham, second-tier candidate. arguably has the most foreign policy experience. marco rubio touts his foreign policy experience but hes been in the senate for less than one term. the problem for republicans is that somebodys got to go up against hillary clinton whos a former secretary of state. >> in 90 seco...