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Candidates on each stage, a crowded debate stage, only a minute for the candidates to answer the questions posed to them by the moderators. for elizabeth warren, her campaign has been based around detailed policy proposals so she has been trying to boil them down to a bite-sized version for the debate, and earlier this month, joe biden talked about the debate format. take a listen. >> a little bit of an exaggeration to call it a debate because there's no much time. it's like a lightning round. it's a good thing to do. but it's an exaggeration to suggest there's going to be any real depth about...

Circumstance so biden and warren are best in position for this process. >> is there an element of warren being left out? with and her team hoping to give her the stage with the top banana so she could show her metal and stand up to biden on a debate stage? >> if i was elizabeth warren, here is why. she gets an opportunity to shine in a way where she could not only other stage. let's be clear this is not going to be a true debate. this will be a quick for him, too many people are participating and you have 5 individuals and in any real debate format, candidates are practicing on zingers that wi...

>> that's the kind of supreme court justice you want. to answer your question to me would be the perfect stump speech to win a democratic nomination. whoever gives that stump speech will be -- i hope it's barnacle running. he can win with new hampshire until they find his high school yearbook. you're right, kasie. that type of message will be opposed by a democrat. >> 2016, look how trump ran those debates. you got to have somebody who can stand up and go toe to toe in that debate format. we've seen how he runs debates. how he talks about them and comes on full aggression. someone who stands t...

I want to be -- is the president of the united states allowed to come into the debate format -- you probably have 25 people watching -- is he allowed to sit in the front row watching lou barletta destroy in the debate bob casey? am i allowed to do that? if i am, i will be there. i will be there. that will be great entertainmen entertainment. that will be great entertainment. i've seen this one before. he's tough. so, i want to thank republican leadership, because america is winning again. [cheers and applause] >> [cheers and applause]. >> the democrats got in that number would be 1.2. it could...

>> i will play devil's advocate for a second here. so in order to get on this bill, there is something called a motion to proceed which is a simple majority. 51 votes to get back to restart debate that kind of fell apart last time. the question is, if republicans, if john mccain votes for that, if they get 51 republicans to vote for that, can they resolve some of these differences, some of the senators' problems in an amendment, a debate format, a debate structure. i would say no. my inclination is no. john mccain says i'm not doing this on a partisan basis but the aides and members i have bee...