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not doing so well in in so fast other states. >> a guy that is going to be careful when you ask a guy who is being careful are you a capitalist and he responds, no, i'm a democratic socialist. that is not a guy going into four corners defense. that's a guy -- that's unlv run and gun 1975. he's going after it. >> well, you know, he's going after it. let's see. this is a different stage. different even from sitting down with chuck todd on "meet the press". this is the big leagues right here. this is not just -- this is the world series. and so he's -- you know, he's got to be thinking about that. i, like everybody else, i'm reduced to hoping that one of the nowhere men, chaffee or webb or o'malley, might just decide, what the hell, i have absolutely nothing to lose and start going
mostly resisted opportunities to ak at that time democratic front-runner wp we'll see what happens tomorrow night in vegas. as the big event approaches there's ongoing discord about the limited number of democratic primary debates, just six compared to 11 for the republicans and the somewhat mysterious criteria for candidates to participate. while three of the democratic candidates, lincoln chafee, martin o'malley, and lawrence lessig all scored less than half a percent in the latest national polling, only two of them get to take part tomorrow. lessig is the only one being excluded from the debate stage. this is what it will look like. according to the debate host cnn, clinton in the middle flanked by sanders and ao. malley with chaffee and jim webb holding down the edges. meanwhile there's an emergency podium on standby for joe bide nen case he decides to jump in at the last second. now, congresswoman tulsi gabbard, a hawaii democrat who serves others a dnc vice chairwoman, says the organization, the dnc, disinvited her after she called for more democratic debates. the dnc disputes her account. in response the sanders campaign offered congresswoman gabbard an extra ticket. and congresswoman tulsi gabbard joins me now, just promoted from
hillary clinton, it is about leadership and not about punching down. everybody has something to gain by going after her. one thing before we let you go, wild card for tonight as we talk about those that have something to gain out of this, webb, chaffee, o'malley? can they break through? is this the do or die time for their campaigns? >> you know, i think they are probably all pretty much dead already. this isn't a carly fiorina situation where she made a splash in that first debate and was able to move into the top tier. you're just not going to get up there by going after hillary clinton. on the other hand, as alex said, martin o'malley has to do something, has to justify the reasons that he is in this race based on his record, based on what he's been saying. he really needs to go after hillary clinton. my guess is he does. >> we will all see tonight. that debate, our coverage beginning here on msnbc at 7:00 p.m. jon, thank you, sir. appreciate it. we have been taking your pulse today on a question that focuses on the first democratic debate, what the candidates set
their vision for the future of the country. i don't think any candidate will succeed either reciting republican talking points or saying "i told you so." i think the public is certainly shrewd enough to see through that and not allow hillary clinton to be portrayed as anything but what she is, someone taking on the system. >> you wrote the psychology of the impossible campaign, it was an investigation into george pataki and why he wants to run but looking at webb, o'malley, chaffee as well. some say this is a chance for governor o'malley to kind of sneak in and get some of that momentum similar to what carly fiorina did when she was at the bottom of the poll, then quickly rose to 11% or 12% following that second debate leer. again, how do you approach or what have you learned in examining this psychology of these long-shot campaigns like with webb? >> well, each one is different. i think chaffee's reason for
front-runner wp we'll see what happens tomorrow night in vegas. as the big event approaches there's ongoing discord about the limited number of democratic primary debates, just six compared to 11 for the republicans and the somewhat mysterious criteria for candidates to participate. while three of the democratic candidates, lincoln chafee, martin o'malley, and lawrence lessig all scored less than half a percent in the latest national polling, only two of them get to take part tomorrow. lessig is the only one being excluded from the debate stage. this is what it will look like. according to the debate host cnn, clinton in the middle flanked by sanders and ao. malley with chaffee and jim webb holding down the edges. meanwhile there's an emergency podium on standby for joe biden in case he decides to jump in at the last second. now, congresswoman tulsi gabbard, a hawaii democrat who serves others a dnc vice chairwoman, says the organization, the dnc, disinvited her after she called for more democratic debates. the dnc disputes her account. in response the sanders campaign offered congresswoman gabbard an extra ticket. and congresswoman tulsi gabbard joins me now, just promoted from capital-ton major by the hawaiian army national guard.
have to do in the debate tomorrow night? >> not lose his temper. >> mm-hmm. >> oh, he won't. >> oh, he could. >> oh, he won't. >> he could. >> he could? >> i think barnacle's right on this. >> wait, wait -- >> he's a cranky guy. >> tell me. >> he can be very curmudgeon-like. >> but is that losing it? like, what are you talking about? >> that is part of -- losing it, you know, i -- i think that the other candidates on the stage, you know, the o'malleys and the people on the lower tier are going to try to push his buttons, and he is a little bit irrasible. >> oh. >> with respect to the other candidates, this is a two-person debate, effective. o'malley and chaffee will be there, but in terms of the numbers, it's a two-horse race for the moment. so, this contrast will be interesting because there are progressive litmus tests like tpp and keystone, where progressives say bernie sanders has been on the right side of these issues for a long time and hillary clinton just came to them publicly in a way. >> he has no reason to -- anyhow. donald trump's momentum shows no
five bo five podiums up there. hillary clinton. to her right, senator bernie sanders. he has been given hillary clinton a run for her money in the polls. it will be interesting to watch them go head to head. the other two will try to have a breakout moment. martin o'malley, chaffee, jim webb. they will be looking for break-out moments on tuesday night. the potential flash points between hillary clinton and bernie sanders, one of those will be on the iraq war. in the last 24 hours, sanders has been reminding supporters he voted against the iraq war and hillary clinton voted for the iraq war. the battle royale between hillary clinton and barack obama back in 2008. that cost her in 2008 with the democratic party. "the x factor" is vice president joe biden, does he join this debate tuesday night? i noticed off stage here in las vegas, here inside the wynn
i know you're watching that. 48 hours, we'll be sitting at our tchs. i want to play a little bit of bernie sanders and what was just released and where they will be standing on the stage. hillary clinton in the middle, sanders and webb and o'malley and chaffee. i want to share with you what he said earlier. tpp. i think they have been a disaster for the american worker. a lot of corporations that shut down here move abroad. people will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to big corporations with the secondary. >> bernie sanders saying here, i'm going to push her on the fact that she changed her support for tpp.
and on climate change, o'malley says it is real and a real threat. he wants stronger regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. >> lincoln chafy, the one time republican u.s. senator independent governor of rhode island just announced he is running. >> next, lincoln chafy, u.s. senator from rhode island. he was a republican then but became an independent in 2007. but he runs to run as a democrat. chaffee likes obama care but would push for even more americans to be fully covered. on eyes else euisis, he is agai the ground. he was the only senate republican to vote against war in iraq in 2002. on social issues, he supports is a woman's rights to choose to
it's this ongoing effort to show her personality, to connect with voters, and to talk about issues other than the e-mail scandal. for bernie sanders, the challenge is to show that he's not too far left to be a presidential candidate. >> even though he's a self-described socialist. >> even though he is and to show his issues will resonate in a general election. o'malley wants to just show that he can compete with these other two giants. while webb and chaffee literally have to introduce themselves to an electorate that probably doesn't know they'll be in the debate. >> you're an historian, so what does history tell us about people, especially in debates, so from sort of the mid-'70s on, that have to introduce themselves like a chaffee or a webb versus reintroduce themselves, change the narrative about themselves to the public? >> it's very difficult to have any game-changing moments in debates. i think when these have an impact, it's not introducing yourself. it's not really transforming how people think of you. what you want to avoid are mistakes. and that's what we remember, the