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While speaking at the first state democratic dinner bind was talking about his critics within his own party when he seemed to begin to announce his candidacy and walked it back. >> i have the most of progressive record of anybody running or anybody who would run. folks, we have to bring this country back together again. >> elsewhere, former texas congressman beto o'rourke is campaigning in wisconsin. amy klobuchar, and senator warn is in tennessee. you only get one chance to launch. arthel: eric? eric: you want to read the

Especially with moderates moving forward. >> something he wanted to get off his chest, perhaps. talk about joe biden. claiming he has "the most pro progressive record as anyone who would run." is that true? >> compared to bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, hard to say the most progressive but he was vice president, helped move the obama agenda, clearly has progressive credentials. interesting to see moving forward 2020 on how that will play with the other candidates. >> daniel, your political colleague gabby orr writes the president has been asking aides about biden's polling numbers. why would...

Attention? would for example, sunbelt, georgia, arizona be the places we should be looking at even more closely? >> i'm not so sure. i think going back to hickenlooper, he does have a bit of progressive record that can translate to states like that. with increasing funding -- >> sounds like we have a couple hickenlooper fans here. >> expanding medicare and things people in those states would like to see and he's also a champion of oil and gas. which is not necessarily where the far left -- >> and a theme on the right. >> it's not where the far left is but it will resonate in other states. >> l...

Here is the thing. i have never found, jake, any difference between the progressive views i have -- and i challenge anybody to have a more progressive record than i have on race, women, lgbt, whatever, and union halls. i go do these events in youngstown. i would stand up there. you may have covered some of them. i would say, we need equal pay for women. they'd all cheer because, guess what, their wives work. their wives work. they know their standard of living is diminished. i would say, look, we have to stop the violence on college campuses, and we have to make men stand up and take responsib...

Martin o'malley from the other two. martin o'malley is, on paper, a legitimate contender for the democratic nomination. he looks the part. he is very good. he has a great progressive record as governor of maryland. he's the first person i've seen, the more they campaigned for president, their name recognition has gone down. >> why is that? >> donald trump sucked up a huge portion of the oxygen here in political coverage generally. bernie sanders has done an amazing job consolidating the anti-clinton vote. but all the polls that include the vice president show there is some number of democrats ...