out. twilight zone episode. he is a remarkable guy and mike is a great astronaut. as an italian-american he s done a lot for my people. mike trained hard to be a astronaut. it s an honor. these people just waltz on. i am not critical about it. there is the widening pool of candidates where anyone can be invited by jeff bezos or richard branson. we are told that william shatner turned down an invite from branson. he thought that maybe bezos was a better fit. i don t know all of the details. bill: he must be getting more shares of amazon. the last crew showed up the day
klobuchar if biden is in the race. sherrod brown? i think it will be tough for sherrod brown if biden is in the race. we have a widening pool, 12 officially. we know perhaps we will have more. where do you see the lane for somebody who can both win the nomination and beat donald trump? first thing when you put up that graphic, it really does show the diversity of the democratic party, which is quite extraordinary. and he s interesting because he s a great journalist candidate. but go about electability versus progressive politics, where are voters going to be six months from now, a year from now as they start going to the polls? a lot of voters are telling me they re folkcused of getting ri of donald trump. that brings somebody like hickenlooper and sherrod brown to the table. and then the fight will be number two. that does change the conversation.
another topic as we continue to analyze the widening pool of candidates in the presidential race. we re still grappling with issues involving election security. earlier the house homeland security committee held its first hearing for this year about protecting state election systems. the hearing is part of an effort in the house to pass broad legislation that contains provisions requiring states to use paper ballots and other security upgrades. among the goals brought up by the director of si yoor of cybe was how voters find information about our voting system. that is the key. understanding what is happening across the process is critically important. we have to do more awareness building in this country and introduce critical thinking and reinforce critical thinking as we re hit with information and it s easy to click like and forward on.