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Weve had. i think everybody on that stage will get better. but to andrews point, to make this is a clear contest, this will have to win out. i think kamala harris is the most talented person in the race. and i think that joe biden is weaker going forward. but we shall see. we just have a lot of questions. >> i just want to push back really quickly. i think that bill de blasio -- i dont know where he was looking. like, he was -- but anyway. when he was pushing back on joe biden and forcing him to...

>> i agree with you. i am never one against a competitive primary. i was in one myself that produced me as a nominee. i hope that through this -- last night as an example, we can draw distinctions and have them strongly on the issues on the record. i think the cheap political stuff which most of these viewers actually see through which is why in the cnn panel that took place after the debate, nearly every one of them said they thought cory booker or secretary castro were the highest performers. ...

>> were not supposed to be having this conversation. >> you can. >> there were a lot of people watching that, a lot of black folk who were like, no. but to -- >> they clapped in the audience. >> to the democratic voters, it was an endearing moment for cory. cory had a good night last night. >> he did. >> part of him delivering that line showing the jocularity of it. >> the what? >> the jocularity of kool-aid. >> he was having a good time. but the point is voters also need to be exposed to our ca...

>> we do have andrew yang literally waiting on the stairs to talk to us next. we want to ask one question of you because president trump in a way was a focus of criticism last night. is that smart politics for the democratic field? >> i love you ask that question, john. because theres a lot of twitter chatter about whether or not thats an effective form of conversation and debate. and i think that if we -- once we get to the point where we can no longer call in to question the records of any pre...

Prosecution, this is probably it for bill de blasio. >> yeah. >> yes, yes. over, done, toast. >> but he doesnt want to go back to new york. >> but heres the problem -- >> yall are hard. >> but its real. last night what should have happened, those candidates should have jumped on him about eric garner. and when he threw it over to the vice president, there are a lot of people who had can take responsibility for what happened to eric garner and the fact that there has not been justice. but the mom...

Trump was far to the right. that all of his policies were being attacked as too far to the right and not doing enough. did you see that? theres certainly that baked in. and the democratic party has shifted in some ways even during the last several years. >> you think thats a good thing? >> well, i think that right now the partys at a point were trying to figure out what the core ideas of the party should be and the case were going to make to the american people. i think thats productive and heal...

>> i asked the vice president point blank did he use his power to stop those deportations. he went around the question. >> you cant have it both ways. you invoke president obama more than anybody in this campaign. you cant do it when its convenient and then dodge it when its not. >> your plan by contrast leaves out almost 10 million americans. so i think that you should really think about what youre saying. >> mr. vice president, it looks like one of us have learned the lessons of the past and o...

Do you think that point is being missed in the current discussion? >> well, its just the mechanics of the process. one of the things i joke about and its true, you notice that everyone always attacks someone above them in the polls. this is the mechanics. well, you know, you need to boost your profile. youre going to have to take a shot at one of the front runners. and so thats why we have this dynamic that encourages us to tear down the front runners. and its not going to help us beat donald tr...

Barack obama, he tends to use barack obama to deflect from his own record. last night what you saw was he got caught in between. so you cant use barack obama to defend your record and then disassociate with him on tpp and disassociate with him on deportations. either -- you have to be more nuanced and more critical. joe biden had issue with that. i do want to say, though, and from the viewership point and perspective, because sometimes we get inundated. barack obama still has a 95% approval rati...