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Think about impeachment proceedings, we think about the cleansing who got a bump in his popularity. where do you think we are going with this, lisa? or is this just p.r.? >> lisa: i think it goes back to what we were talking about earlier with this schism in the democratic party. nancy pelosi on the democratic party trying to appease this new progressive base that are pushing for impeachment. that's what they would like to see happen. so i think that's a challenge that nancy pelosi is weighing. it would be a greater disadvantage to the democratic party to move forward of impeachment, but you a...

Bump but my word, sanders jumped to 44, highest number he has had, as they've been testing this thus far. it's a reminder how big his base is and how big the percent is. elizabeth warren still has her work cut out if she's going to grab the sanders supporter. >> there's a big progressive base out there. mayor garcetti was poo-poo'ing that notion that the democratic race will be affected where you are on the political spectrum. i think that will be one of the central questions for the democratic party this time around, is how they want to position themselves, not just vis-a-vis trump but in ter...

Effort to appeal to them after this really, really bad gaffe that she did in the beginning of the campaign. >> looking at the democratic field, incredibly diverse both politically and ethnically. what do the republicans, who do the republicans fear most? joe biden? >> i think the republicans will fear the candidate most, i don't want to predict who that is, but it's the one who will bring out the base that can also attract the middle and some republicans who just can't vote for donald trump. i raise elizabeth warren in this regard because her from file, her popularity profile is similar to tha...

Party. exploratory committees allow them to raise money quickly, but she has donations from all 50 states after announcing running. >> she has a huge following and a large e-mail list. >> as we were talking about, iowa, she probably needs to place in sort of the top five just to keep the momentum going. it's about to get to south carolina after that. but also the california primary has been moved up. it's march 1st. and the california primary requires a lot of money and name recognition. she'll probably find the money, i'm thinking. she'll already have that name recognition in california. >> d...

Progressives, to the progressive base or they talk to workers working class families regardless of race. to me, you have to do both. >> dana: what do you think of that, alex? >> it's interesting. he's making the play there's not a lot of candidates in the broader democratic field that can make, which is to reach out to potentially rust belt republicans. joe biden is the one that has the opportunity. but i think it's smart for the senator to do that. i think right now of those not officially exploring or going on listening tours, vice president biden and probably beto are the two that have the ...