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Progressive candidates out there, that might become a big problem for him. i don t know if he s going to be left enough based on where the base really wants people to be at the moment. he is also going to have things that put him into a compromising position. walid, you re a proud progressive, i ll apply the label to you. tell me if you claim the mantle but how important are labels to you going into the campaign. we talked yesterday about the difficulty john hickenlooper the former governor of colorado talking about whether or not he embraces socialism. there are labels that are being applied to candidates. how important are they going to be as you look at sorting out the 14-plus candidates in the democratic field. democratic voters tend to be left on policy and confusing on labels. a poll came out in iowa, half of bernie sanders support comes from moderates and half come from liberals and the same thing with biden or harris. people don t see candidates in a ....
Presidency. mar-a-lago, the american public will pay for the secret service to stay at mar-a-lago or trump tower and i m also going to raise the prices three times so he is making money. is he definitely benefiting from this as are his children, as are so many people who know the closer and longer they say with this president they re cashing in currently but know if they don t go to prison they ll cash out once he leaves office. walid, you re working on campaigns and politics presently. the miami herald says as some elites distanced themselves from the a new group is opening up at events. what does this is a about fund-raising and the economy surrounding campaigning in 2019? a lot of americans i feel don t trust the way campaigns are run because it s so open to rich people and these big corporate funders and executives ....
That, the proudly unadvised in american politics. his senate campaign was that, it was him and his wife, maybe a handful of others traveling across the state of texas visiting as many places as possible. he proudly said he didn t have a poller it. he was assured the trappings of a normal campaign. this is becoming a bit of a theme as we looking athe younger candidates out there. there is a film coming out now about him, of course, right, any type of campaign is very grueling, takes a big personal toll on the candidate, on their family, the people close to them but this campaign at least the senate campaign and this potential presidential campaign if he does announce or decide seems like it might be more beto o rourke than america and what people need and to walid s point, a lot of people pointed out he took a lot of money from the oil and gas industry, things as we see more left, more ....
Board these companies have too much power, that they re too big, as to whether retroactively going back and trying to dismantle some deals or acquisitions already made is the right step maybe not but we need to figure out a way to address them and i think elizabeth warren is at least putting that on the priority list and making it a point of discussion. walid, what is being discussed here or re-evaluated is the comfort people had in silicon valley determining what democracy should be like, what free speech is like, a lot of things central to our political system was ceded to silicon valley for so long. how is this emblematic of that? it s no secret that silicon valley and big tech are huge donors to the democratic party. elizabeth warren is saying i m willing to take on some of the big donors, there s attention and now kamala harris the senator from california, she s has not commented on big tech in the way they have. ....
During the screening his supporters got an email inviting them to be the first to hear beto s big announcement. all signs indicate he will run for president in 2020. walid, as you re watching all of this, you worked with the candidate who caught fire and like beto o rourke, everybody is talking about her. what do you think is going through his head? he was sitting in the theater watching the documentary yesterday. i mentioned his wife amy expressed trepidation. one of his three children went to the screening. all campaigns are made up of blood, sweat and tears, trials and tribulations. to watch it all happen again was an intense campaign. it must be personally intense for him to realize that he s going to have to do it again on a bigger scale this time. i think in 2020 democrats aren t looking for just a candidate running on personal charisma and ....