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That broad base coalition inside the democratic party and the challenge for everyone else running against him is can they match that >> joe biden has also endured more negative coverage than anyone else running in this primary. and i think -- i think axios had analysis of his coverage and just largely negative and his lead is enduring and it is definitive nationally and i think he's still ahead in most battleground state polls what do you make of sort of this -- it's not a collision but this sort of contrast and what their base of support looks like elizabeth warren with 20,000 enthusiastic su...

I don't get that argument. maybe i'm missing something and i'm willing to be proven wrong, but i do not get what former rnc chair michael steele, i still can't believe he's the rnc chair thinking that way, says. >> i live in california, i don't think the republican party wants any part of us. they should let the democrats have us, we're so messed up out here. seriously, theol electoral colle just forces you to campaign in regions and states. you actually can't write off the states and go to where -- if there were just popular vote nationwide you would just campaign in a few of the major cities...

Pretty much all chance of capturing california these days. i don't get that argument. maybe i'm missing something and i'm willing to be proven wrong, but i do not get what former rnc chair michael steele, i still can't believe he's the rnc chair thinking that way, says. >> i live in california, i don't think the republican party wants any part of us. we're so messed up out here. seriously, the electoral college just forces you to campaign in regions and states. you actually can't write off the states and go to where -- if there were just popular vote nationwide you would just campaign in a few...

Election, but won the electoral college. bradley smith is a law professor and the former chairman of the federal election commission. thank you for being with us. let's talk about what's the main defense for keeping the electoral college in place. most people say it's starting to not make sense. maybe it did once and it doesn't now. >> the proposition that we have about one in 10 elections that go against the popular vote. you have to have a lot of popular support to win the electoral college. nobody wins without it being very close. are we willing to put up with that? are there reasons why pe...

A different electorate in 2020. >> so cory booker is saying resign. do you agree? >> he's in active leadership. you don't get to pass on an issue like this, and he's making the kind of decision that i think others are going to make. look, this is an example among other things. you strip away the hot button of race, this is somebody who is found to have been disrespectful and to have denigrated an important part of the base coalition of his party. he doesn't have enough friends out there, close friends, personal friends, people in the favor bank as they would call it who would step forward and ...