Julianna Goldman: Iowa Poll Reflects ‘General Lack of Enthusiasm’ for Hillary

DICKERSON: “There is a lot of political news to talk about, so we will turn to our panel. We start with our own Julianna Goldman, just back from the big meeting of Democrats in Minneapolis. Jeffrey Goldberg is the national correspondent for The Atlantic. Ed O'Keefe covers politics for The Washington Post. And Mark Leibovich is the national correspondent for The New York Times. Julianna, I want to start with you, out with those Democrats. How would they receive this news about Hillary Clinton in Iowa?”

GOLDMAN: “Well, look, I think what you saw reflected in that poll and what you saw reflected in Minneapolis is this general lack of enthusiasm around the Democratic candidates right now. Democrats really want to fall in love again, the way that they fell in love with Barack Obama. They say they really like Joe Biden, if he got in. With Clinton, they say that we will get excited about her when we need to, when the time is right. But it almost feels like there's this sort of arranged marriage kind of situation here, where they feel like they have to go with the person that's been picked for them, and that's Hillary Clinton.”