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Have you made your decision yet? >> i can't hear you. >> reporter: have you made your decision yet? do democrats deserve your decision, mr. vice president? >> the ubiquitous kristen welker joins me for our daily fix along with chris cillizza, msnbc contributor and founder of the "washington post" fix blog and editorial columnist, ruth marcus. clearly the vice president uncomfortable about this very public display and as chuck todd and i were just discussing, ted kaufmann's letter was basically a plea, give him time, give him space, because he don't want to be pressured this way publicly. >> re...

She has been. they are basically even in cash on hand, when you look at this, of ready dollars, ready to go, and you can't help but ask yourself okay, that part of this has got to scare them a little, particularly with iowa. look, we talked about the issue of hispanics and african-americans. we know iowa and new hampshire are all, you know, it's a place sanders can overperform. she can't afford to lose both states. he's got enough resources to really put together a really formidable organization in iowa and if i'm the clinton campaign in brooklyn, i am scared at losing both, you know. that's t...

Hearing from sources about the frustration, about the pressure people seem to be putting on the vice president about making a decision. >> reporter: well, it is our understanding that the vice president is frustrated, that people are pressuring him to make a decision and that is one reason we believe that former delaware senator ted kaufmann, also a former biden advisor, sent out a letter today to biden's former staffers essentially saying if the vice president decides to get into the race, we are going to need 150% from all of you. i will read you a snippet of that letter now. it says quote, ...

The vice president's closest long-time supporters who said that to him, that ted kaufmann letter is a signal the door is not shu. >> the door is not shut but the time for either opening or closing the door is getting shorter. because let's be clear. this is not this kind of hamlet on the potomac i heard somebody saying earlier. >> i did say that. >> we are having flashbacks to mario cuomo and the plane on the runway. it's not making the vice president look very good. people have i think had a lot of patience. they understand this is a big decision, major decision, at a difficult time in his li...

Made has been made with the vice president, not to mention the background he brings. hard scrabble guy from a blue collar background can talk about issues facing blue collar workers as well as anybody. we are hopeful for good news next week. >> when we think about the "wall street journal" columnist peggy noonan writing that the crisp and lively performance closed any opening for biden to get in, saying quote, she to tank and very obviously for him to swoop. she didn't. if he jumped in now he would look like a spoiler doing it not to save the party but fulfill his sense of destiny. is there an...