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You get to everyone else. seven of the low tier democrats met tonight's debate criteria, but raising money gets more and more and more difficult if they can't claim some sort of debate breakup. and momentum swings do happen. kamala harris, for example, had a boost after her debate fireworks with joe biden. he had a spark early on but he, too, is a polling flatliner as of late. pete buttigieg now struggles. there's time, yes, 144 days until the first votes in iowa, but -- and it's the but -- it does get hard. no disrespect, it's hard to run for president. these men and women, they give hours. t...

He's built a pretty good organization so far and he's proven he's got the fund-raising resources. where is his play? where is his play for who am i in this race and can he -- he's in the top five. this has been a five-candidate race, even though there's 24, 20 qualified for the debates. the leader, we've had a consistent five at the top of the polls, he's at the bought president obama of those five. he's plateaued. he needs a moment. what will it be? >> the debate fireworks may depend on which candidates are closest to one another. their physical location often matters in these face-to-face ma...

Mayor buttigieg in the sense that he was the early surprise of this field. he was the guy who shot up. he blocked beto o'rourke from the new interesting next generational face lane. the guy from middle america, he's plateaued. he's had the police shooting issue back home. he's raised a ton of money. he's built a pretty good organization so far and he's proven he's got the fund-raising resources. where is his play? where is his play for who am i in this race and can he -- he's in the top five. this has been a five-candidate race even though there's 24, 120 qualified for the debates. the leader,...

>> surprising news across the pond today. wait until you hear who won the peace prize. plus, debate fireworks. folks, it wasn't here in danville. it was a member race against a member race that actually almost became a brawl. you think we use boxing brawls too much in a debate? who was the last chief justice nominated to the supreme court by a democrat? tweet me the answer @chucktodd and @dailyrundown. the answer is coming up. we'll be right back.

>> thursday's debate can best be described in one word, spirited. gloves were off last night . eight contenders trying to knock out for the good sound bite. conspondant steve brown as the blow by bloww. [applause] >>reporter: less than two days before the iowa straw poll bachmann and pawlenty went at it. >> it is an unkiss putable fact in congress her record of accomplishments and results are nonexistent. >> when you were governor in minnesota you implemented cap and trade. >> she fought for less government spen we got more. led the effort against obama care and we got it. led the effort again...