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A closer look at the 'likability' issue in the 2020 race

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In the 2008 presidential campaign Hillary Clinton could not seem to shake the political curse of being “likeable.” And now, in a 2020 field packed with diverse candidates, highlighted by a record number of women, early polls still show white men taking the top spots. Claire Bond Potter, History Professor at the New School, and Margaret Carlson, Columnist for the Daily Beast, join Andrea Mitchell to discuss.