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Voters who is actually going to activate and energize the base. that's a whole different equation of electability that i think we also saw on stage with different candidates trying to hold joe biden accountable for his record, whether that's bussing or iraq or any of these things. >> i mean -- >> go ahead, neera. >> i think -- i think that the electability question has actually changed if you look at the cnn poll today. of course, it's just one poll. >> yes. >> kamala harris and elizabeth warren are both seen as more electable than any of their rivals. so i think these issues -- this debate ch...

And then elizabeth warren and kamala harris following. they're all pretty different democrats. so that variety of electability keeps changing. and then at the same time, like, we have these voters right now in the most polarized time in politics where we have conservatives who are just going to vote for the candidate who is not a democrat and democrats who are going to vote for a candidate who is not a republican. and meanwhile, there are all these working-class voters and young voters who stayed at home in 2016 that democrats have to figure out how to inspire, and that you see some talk of it...

>> so no, joe biden was never going to continue to lead by the margins he was leading on. we hadn't seen anyone on stage together yet. he was holding a limited number of events. we hadn't -- at least the american public hadn't gotten a great look at joe biden. they took a look at him on stage last week and again in this poll -- see if the other polling runs parallel with it, they didn't like what they saw. for the most part. >> well, i didn't like what i saw. i mean n the moment as stage craft as steve was saying, it was insufficient. you had a very affecting, emotional, genuine, honest appeal...

>> not to plug just cnn. >> you can anytime you want. i'm fascinated by the electability question. the six in ten democrats saying it is more important to have a pneumn nominee who can beat trump. biden is leaps and bounds ahead when it comes to that measure with 43% saying he has the best chance of beating trump. then you have sanders. what does this actually tell the campaign? how do the other campaigns attempt to chip away at that? >> a couple things, when you look at the number, what is striking about that number is the numbers behind the number. it shows that it's not just moderates and c...

We have never lived in this moment before, so if you like any of these women, donate and support them because that's the way they actually win. that's how you get over the electability question, you support the candidates that you like. >> these two, rick, warren and harris, you have more policy focus, harris goes more on the offense. but the strategies have worked for them. what do you make of that, and do you think they were the windows of their respect active nights. >> i think they were, but i do think the men had trouble reacting to the women. especially biden being attacked by kamala har...