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Identified her meaning the candidate with the woman whos dealing with these burdens. and so, you know, i think it was well conceived. but i think her voice may be actually a distraction rather than a help here. >> heres another similar ad, this one focusing on teacher pay. >> the top 25 hedge fund managers make more than all the kindergarten teachers in america combined. join the fight. >> it seems obvious, axe, that hillary clintons target audience here is women, more than half the voting base....

Boister and bluster. >> joy, your new book, a great one, "fracture: barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide." you talk about race and politics. if you look at the other side of the aisle, the republicans at the moment. we have ben carson who weve been talking about, an african-american candidate, the only one on that side. apply what you wrote about in your book to what is happening with the republicans? >> the republican party has sort of an interesting position right here, given that ...

Thats a subject that does matter to some voters in some places especially with a place like iowa with a large evangelical voting base? >> because it wasnt meant as an attack. i was primarily talking about me and whats important to me and there were those who took it and revved it into a big deal. and obviously it was interpreted that way after mr. trump heard it. but that simply wasnt my intention. so thats why. >> do you think a candidates faith matters? do you think voters should look at candi...

Gals is to stay focused on your message. figure a way to break beyond where you are with the rest of the pack to catch up to where he is. and you dont do that by engaging him directly. governor trump tops the new iowa poll. but here is something that is interesting. the same poll finds 25% of iowa republicans say they would not definite support him. what do you make of that? >> well i think there is a segment of the republican voting base that finds a lot of what donald trump is talking about to...

September 16th and doesnt perform well, he can say the moderators were out to get him. its a good tactic. >> if jeb bush were in the seat with hugh hewitt during the interview and he had the same answer, what would the landscape look like today? >> that he didnt know the answers to those questions? >> right. >> it would be a disaster for jeb bush. >> but not a disaster for donald trump? >> i guess not. i think his supporters are not interested in a commander in chief who knows all those players ...

About him yet, hadnt become familiar with him and maybe that will change over time. but you have to put that in the context of where these early caucuses and primaries are. >> okay. well you -- >> that said, you know, yes, the, you know, there is a bit of a media thumb on the scale. >> okay. so you say that there -- i want to jump in here. you say that we cant expect hillary clinton to win every primary caucus. but if bernie sanders wins the first and the second, those arent just two contests, h...

Looking to a cycle where i spent more time on the beach than in the campaign. then the word became more prominent that the vice president was really thinking of doing this. frankly, i said id be happy to help. so it happened pretty organically over the last few days that i took on the role with the draft biden people. i think it is a unique moment in our history and biden is uniquely qualified to lead at this moment and im happy to be a part of it. >> steve, we worked together before, always gre...

Could be seeing some winnowing there in the field, that hes not paying his staffers. if this all becomes true, is he done early? >> i think it has happened in the past that republican candidacies and democratic candidacies for that matter have run into financial troubles early on only to rebound. it sort of happened to john kerry in 2004. it definitely happened to john mccain if 2008. i think rick perry has theoretically a lot going for him in the republican world. hes a deeply conservative gove...

>> one of the things but think of the other things he is saying that this group enjoys. things like hillary clinton is the worst secretary of state ever. im an incredibly successful person. he is projecting success and naming names. most candidates dog whistle around the issues. trump says it right outloud and a segment of that voting base that really likes that. >> thats the last trump word for tonight. thank you all very much for joining me tonight. really appreciate it. coming up john kerry...

That party that wants the guy whos going to talk like a real person and take it to the other people. who enjoys bombast, who enjoys the fight and conflict. theres an appetite and audience for that. it is not that big. a quarter of the primary according to that poll but its there. >> a specific issue, its im going to build a wall. im the anti--mexico candidate. thats clearly in that 24%. >> one of the things but think of the other things he is saying that this group enjoys. things like hillary cl...