warren as moderates as pete buttigieg are rising. dana, is the democratic party coming back to reality? dana: doug, shouldn t i be asking you? doug: i think it is. that s my proposition. dana: i thi think it is and probably always going to be so. early on the most activist wing of your party is going to be the most active. doug: right. dana: now 65 days until the first vote in iowa. now everybody else starts paying more attention. they have watched the debates. they have heard president obama say whoa, slow your roll. doug: yep. dana: you do not want to do this you will not win a general election. that s why biden, pete buttigieg have inroads now. doug: interest of full disclosure working for mike bloomberg who got into the race part on the supposition this is a wide open field. tom: can he afford you,
warren as moderates as pete buttigieg are rising. dana, is the democratic party coming back to reality? dana: doug, shouldn t i be asking you? doug: i think it is. that s my proposition. dana: i thi think it is and probably always going to be so. early on the most activist wing of your party is going to be the most active. doug: right. dana: now 65 days until the first vote in iowa. now everybody else starts paying more attention. they have watched the debates. they have heard president obama say whoa, slow your roll. doug: yep. dana: you do not want to do this you will not win a general election. that s why biden, pete buttigieg have inroads now. doug: interest of full disclosure working for mike bloomberg who got into the race part on the supposition this is a wide open field. tom: can he afford you,
cautioned candidates about the dangers of lurching too far to the left. even as we push the envelope and we re bold in our we have to keep moving and voters and per swagd moderate republicans are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain, you know, left leaning twitter feeds or the activist wing of our party. this is still a country that is
voters and certainly persuadable independents or even moderate republicans, are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain lef left-leaning twitter feeds, or the activist wing of our party. this is still a country that is less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement. they like seeing things improved, but the average american doesn t think that we have to completely tear down the system and remake it. and i think it s important for us not to lose sight of that. all right, joining me right now to talk about all this, david swerdlick and white house
who wish she would run. but i think she also knows this is a very hard stage of the game to get in the race for anybody. that ranges from deval patrick to hillary clinton especially in terms of the fact there are states that now have closed the deadline to qualify for the ballot. starting to get to that critical stage here where for anybody in the race, jumping in, anybody new, will have a hard time qualifying to some of these ballots. no question people want be hillary clinton to run but at this point a field is likely set. the deadline in new hampshire was just yesterday. last night former president barack obama told an influential group of donors to essentially calm down saying, democratic voters and certainly persuadable independents or even moderate republicans are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain, you know, left-leaning twitter feeds or the activist wing of our party. what do you think he s aiming at in that message? well, i m glad he made these