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I'm the rookie. everybody is bringing me under their wings and saying, come on, let's go learn. you see all the, i guess you can say, backstage work, where it all goes. oftentimes we will find things, weapons or kites, and you wonder where it all went after you turn it in. well, now you get a chance to see it and how investigations works and how prisons are linked. how we can link up real fast with another prison. hey, do you have so-and-so there? we just got a kite on this guy. so it's nice to see how it all works, comes together. >> anybody else want a piece of gum, make sure we don't disres...

Favorability. if he jumps in the race, the media is going to be insane, and i assume that's going to bump all those numbers up. but you talk to everybody in the democratic party. are there real concerns his waiting is hurting him in any way? >> there's no question that putting this thing off has sort of tarnished his launch. the question is, how much does that tarnish actually stick to his candidacy? to your point, there will be a momentary issue that will be raised and will he enjoy the first week of coverage or will this be a long-term problem for him? what helps beto is he doesn't necessari...

Clearer. i would argue that there should not be a litmus test. i don't think that there should be a litmus test for democrats because there is too much at stake. it is not the position to take in this moment. i think that folks need to make it to it resonates with the elector rate. electorate. how am i, as the president, going to make your life better, that is what people are looking for and i think that democrats certainly through their reporting that i read from iowa, they are very open to a lot of different candidates and they're just going to wait for somebody to get the momentum. the big ...

President was not his biggest problem. >> -- pay for this -- >> reporter: despite winning the iowa caucuses, bush couldn't sustain what he called the big mo, as in momentum. he lost the nomination to reagan. when reagan couldn't convince gerald ford to join the ticket, he turned to bush who accepted. a third place finish behind bob dole and pat robertson in iowa nearly derailed bush's '98 campaign. bush was 17 points behind the democratic nominee michael dukakis. >> three months ago, i remember some of the great publications in this country had written me off. >> reporter: attacking duke as to...

President wasn't his biggest problem. >> i am paying for this microphone. >> despite winning the iowa caucus, bush couldn't sustain what he called the big mo, as in momentum. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear -- >> and he lost the nomination to reagan. when reagan couldn't convince gerald ford to join the ticket, he turned to bush, who accepted. despite eight loyal years as vice president, nearly derailed bush's 1988 campaign. by the time he locked up the nomination, bush was 17 points behind the democratic nominee michael dukakis. >> three months ago i remember some of the great publicatio...