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Only 31% say to share my issue positions. we also tested some other candidate qualities. we provided a longer list. and this is really interesting, and i think is going to be part of the conversation about what the democrats are trying to sell to iowans as they're campaigned here. integrity is the top candidate quality, 56% looking for that. 40% looking for intelligence. 34%, leadership. and 25%, there's that electability factor again. i also want to note, since the conversation in washington has been all about impeachment, and nancy pelosi may be feeling some pressure from her left flank on t...

This is popular wisdom pushed by many, modern democrats are more electable. here is what nate silver had to say on thursday. quote, i don't know, but they seem to be polling better with general election voters. and we got a new national poll and joe biden is leading the pack of 20 plus candidates. according to the late either monmouth poll, he is at 33% with a sizable lead over bernie sanders. there is also by the way good news in the data for kamala harris and baelizabeth warren, they both saw gains. but how much does that matter? in the context of what we've seen surrounding joe biden, you t...

Beloved in the party whether you are a moderate or progressive, obama is beloved. and he also has the electability factor. joe biden brings with him the ability to talk to white working-class voters, the voters that we lost in 2016 specifically in the states of pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan. so he's got some strong things going for him, but he is also going to face some criticism right out of the gate. one of those criticisms is he is an old white guy that is born and raised in washington, d.c. or in government, at least. i know he is from delaware. and picking someone like stacy abrams...

>> people want to see a race. that's part of why we were not surprised that this would tighten up at some point. certainly in new hampshire, i believe no border state person who has run for the presidency has ever lost in new hampshire with the exception of howard dean who lost to john kerry. so it's not surprising that bernie sanders has done so well in new hampshire. and in iowa, he's been working hard. we've been work hard. and the main thing we have to do over these next few weeks is to keep making sure as the secretary said, we are out there making our case about why she is the best perso...

You're a republican. what's your response to the criticism of the romney campaign? look, he's in a really tough position. the party is very divided. we all know he's not winning on the electability factor, the relate ta built factor. where he does have room to grow is the substance. he's going to have to win the substance debate and that means he needs to win on the economy and national security. right now he's losing both of those and that -- >> why do you think he's losing? why has he not been able to make ground? >> he has no substance. there's not a detailed plan. i was just in the cab rec...