residents don t think he would make a great president. 42% of new jersey residents say that he wouldn t make a good president. 37% disagree what do you think of that and who do you think is the most likely at this point? well, look, i m a republican so take this with a grain of salt. what that suggests to me is the wisdom of the voters of new jersey. i don t think he would make a very good president either. some of the outbursts he has had from his committee seats and elsewhere in the hallways of the senate just seem strike me as immature and not ready for prime time. it seems to me that kamala harris looks to me like the strongest democratic candidate for a lot of the reasons. i think elizabeth warren has sort of imploded. one thing we are going to see 17 candidate field among republicans in 2016. big. we are probably going to see over 20 and maybe significantly over 20 in the democratic field. it s going to be a real demolition derby. martha: putting them on back-to-back nights.
a snowy washington, d.c. this morning. welcome back to morning joe. it is friday, february 1st. along with joe, willie and me we have donny deutsch, former aide to the george w. bush white house, elise jordan and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton, political write are fr for the york times, nick confessore and eugene robinson is with us as well. senator cory booker of new jersey is entering the growing 2020 primary candidate field. i believe we can build a
she was a star in 2018, no sign of it fading. she is showing the democratic party and voters there that they care about what african-american women think. that is such a strong voting block, it really will make a difference for them in the primary and election. it is a fascinating thing the way our world works now, the three biggest stars to emerge from the mid-terms are people that all lost. they are all genuine stars with great candidate field. she will be player going forward. whoever the democratic nominee is, she will be on the short list to be a running mate, a person who has enormous popularity in georgia, not quite enough to win this time around, a compelling figure and someone very much in tune with the party s demographics and aspirational message at this moment. still ahead, president trump
dominant factor to capture 30%, 40% of the vote in a 15, 20 candidate field but has to make up his mind and come out of the gate strong, and i think he can. i don t know what he s going to do, but the ball is clearly in his court. you if think there s a 15 to 20 percentage there, how does it culminate into one? the aspiration, and polls and the like. i think after the first, two, three, four primaries it s field will clean out fairly quickly. that happened inary in 16. who would have thought jeb bush
paul ryan. peter doocy is in wisconsin. peter? dana, the last three times democrats have tried to unseat scott walker or beat scott walker, they have failed. twice in general elections, once with a recall. that frustrates democrats in wisconsin because while he s been in office, walker has been butting heads with public workers unions by forcing them to pay more for certain benefits and rolling back certain bargaining power they had. now democrats have an eight candidate field trying to knock him off. whoever wins could reveal a lot about what kind of candidate democratic voters in the midwest believe gives them the best chance to flip gop offices and seats. republicans are about to take a senate candidate that gives them the best chance of a blue wave. the target is incumbent democratic senator tammy baldwin. republicans trying to challenge here including kevin nicholson