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David Crowley
this week gets out of the race.

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Now we're down to five.

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Zac, is it still crowded

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or is this race shifted to you
in a meaningful way?

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I think there's clearly
a progressive lane.

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There's clearly
a more establishment center,

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government lane.

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And then there's a question of

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if there's room in between
for any of the rest of them

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to kind of stake their own area,
or if they're competing

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for those two groups, clearly,
is this sense.

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As the two candidates
have dropped out

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that have now endorsed
Sara Rodriguez,

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that there is
an establishment going on

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and that fits
this national theme that we're

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seeing of establishment Dems
worrying about progressive Dems

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potentially undermining chances
to win seats in November

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versus progressives
who are saying,

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no, we are
the ones that are going to win

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these primaries
and win in November.

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Get behind us
as we keep going forward.

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Yeah, I think I sort of hit
the nail on the head

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with the establishment
versus progressive

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in one way that we're seeing.

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That is when these candidates
are dropping out,

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that they are endorsing
other candidates.

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There's a world in
which you drop out and you say,

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I love my party, and all I want
is for a Democrat to win.

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And David
Crowley did that kind of initial

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in his original announcement,
like he was stepping down.

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He didn't immediately
endorse anyone.

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He said the most important thing

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is just that somebody beats
Tom Tiffany in the fall.

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And then this morning came out
and endorsed Sara Rodriguez.

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So I think that's a sign
that people are kind of

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choosing teams
and trying to say,

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who do I think

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is the best, ability for
Democrats to win in November?

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Is it the sort of Hong
progressive lane?

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Is it the Rodriguez
more sort of establishment lane?