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in-person fund-raisers. when you have these big money donors, once they give you their $2800 check, they can t do it again. it s very hard to get more people to give you $2800 checks. obviously, other people have done it in the past. they re not thrilled with the fact they were beat by three other candidates in the last quarter for fund-raising. they re not very happy right now overall. their concern isn t that they re going to be dragged down immediately. their concern is it s giving people pause about joining the biden group, and biden s numbers may be essentially steady, but they re not growing and warren s are. what do you think, susan? what does biden need to do? biden, at this point, if he wants soosee some real shift in his numbers is probably use the next debate, next week, to show that he is going toe to toe with donald trump in a way that is persuasive to democratic primary voters. the guy who said he would take donald trump behind a gym? he has to do it and look pres
dead into the camera and says, i mean, the president s joking about asking china, or, they look dead in the camera and say, we re not worried about this, they re not dumb. they re looking at the polls in their states, they re looking at the polls in their districts and that s what matters. our country s gerrymandered to a point listen, i would suggest that everybody put their earphones in after this show and listen to the new york times daily today because it following around congresswoman slot kin, she s in a purple district. donald trump won it, she won it in 2018, she s a democrat, and listen to what the voters in her district are telling her about what they believe the democrats are doing. it s fascinating. it s educational. i suggest you all listen. but not until after the show. gabe, susan, jesse, you re sticking around. next, it didn t take long. turkey launches its offensive on
he said, we can t have a president who would abuse all the tools of his office just to get re-elected. he called the president s conduct un-american. this is a candidate who they always think is at his strongest when it s a question of national urgency and that s what he sought to accomplish today. kristen, mike, thank you very much. joining me now is gabe dibenedetti, susan delpersio and jesse moore, former speech writer in the obama white house. okay, so, the president is going off and he s been going off about this impeachment inquiry for some time, but now the white house is trying to argue that impeachment is unconstitutional, that impeachment deserves due process. jesse, what do you think? well, this is happening, and i think it s starting to become real for him, which is why we re seeing him start to spin out of control. it s real, it s happening, we re getting there, but what actually
context in my office with ukraine, were entirely focused on the broader issues of the lack of european support and corruption. let me be very clear. the issue of aid and our efforts with regard to ukraine were from my experience, in no way connected to the very legitimate concern the american people have. about corruption that took place, about things that happened in the 2016 election. that was vice president mike pence in iowa moments ago. i m back at the table with gabe, susan, and jesse. you know, pence is being very specific in his language. the president and this ukraine affair, do you think it s going to affect 2020? i do. and it s fascinating to hear vice president pence start to qualify what he s saying.