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It like a loss. but the reality is he's the front-runner. he's held a fairly commanding lead for the entirety of this race. so i think expectations will be high. >> it's one thing to say that about iowa. it's another thing to say it about new hampshire and the other early states. and just back on new hampshire since everybody was there last night, you mentioned you were there that warren got rousing applause. sanders actually won there in 2016. both warren and sanders are from neighboring states. that's no small thing if you look at the history. >> yeah. one of the key messages that both of th...

Showed narrowing in the percentage of people who prioritize somebody they know can beat trump versus those policy positions and actually seeing more and more people care about those policy positions. so if that continues that means this electability argument while still biden's strength potentially won't be in a few months, right? >> the word i hear all the time is comfort. comfort, comfort, comfort. biden is the comfort zone. they call him a statesman. with bernie sanders and elizabeth warren there's a conflict waiting to happen. >> he's the chicken noodle soup. >> vegetable clinton. >> it's ...

Articulate in principles. >> right. well, i think elizabeth warren has an electability argument to make, which is that in addition to having positions that are, you know, in the democratic base, she also has a personality that draws a lot of passion. not just in the democratic base but i think when she gets out around the country and quotes from the bible extensively like she does in her stump speech sometimes and when she ta ublks about her roots in oklahoma, which she can do with a lot of credibility, not like she is from the northeast elite, that kind of thing, there is an electability argu...

Neighboring states, so there's a lot of voter familiarity with them because they receive free media. back with us tonight, nbc news correspondent mike memoli who's covering the 2020 campaign for us and tom bevin, cofounder and president of real clear politics. gentlemen, welcome. mike, i want to take you back to the beginning of summer when you first went out on the road. the last time your suitcase had that new suitcase smell. how has the democratic field changed as you've watched them? >> well, brian, it's a little bit smaller now. we talk about 19 candidates going to be on stage here in man...

State of new hampshire working 24/7 and i wonder as you get to know voters across the state what is one thing that you feel like they really want that may be different from past primaries? >> well, it's really interesting to see the divide among voters of who is really going for electability over trump versus interesting message and reform testify ideas for the country. there does seem to be that divide among those who want to beat donald trump and people who are looking for health care and education overhaul. you heard from the candidates going after president trump but also highlighting thei...