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At the Obama Democracy Forum in Chicago today, they marked the 15th anniversary of his 2008 Grant Park speech after being elected president.
Deputy director of african-american outreach for the obama 2008 campaign. good to see you both. congressman, let me start with you. what's your sense of whether or not this could actually happen, particularly if senator manchin's hopes for republican support hold out and there are possibly ten republicans who would prevent this from being blocked? how does it look to you right now? >> well, joshua, this is a big task for joe manchin. for months he's been telling people he can get republicans, that the senate should work on consensus, trying to build consensus with republicans, at least moderat...
I heard constantly that joe biden's time has passed. i can't tell you how many times i had women voters especially saying we don't want to vote for another old white man. that applied, by the way, to bernie sanders as well and not just the former vice president. >> yeah. >> what, i think, we're going to see from joe biden in the coming weeks and months is a real effort to build the largest ground operation in iowa. they're taking a page from the obama 2008 playbook, from the john kerry 2004 playbook and they're trying to identify voters who are unlikely to show up to the caucuses and get them ...
Humane, illegal set of policies to carry out. the results are going to be horrible. >> emiyl: i wanted to ask if up until now at least fs has been reminiscent of obama 2008 which is the media skimming over the comments he has been making in favor of this persona? >> dana: it's the argument that a lot of the democratic candidates were making, who is this guy? you are not asking him any specific questions. you love his life story and he does have an amazing life story. i'm surprised he made this money on heuristic errors in this town hall. the question about frank income i think what he was tryi...
Never have another opportunity, not in four years, not in eight years, it will be over with supreme court justices, people pouring into our country, this is it, this is it. good luck, get out there. i did my thing, i mean, i worked. >> president obama was in florida yesterday campaigning for hillary clinton. >> if we win florida, it's a wrap. we win florida, it's over. so we've got to work our hearts out this week. these next two days. as if our future depends on it. because our future depends on it. >> joining us now, steve shale, democratic strategist and the former state director for obama ...