State of Democratic Primary Race, South Carolina and Super Tuesday Preview

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Shawn Zeller, Deputy Editor of CQ Magazine, and host of the 'CQ on Congress' podcast. Shawn's Twitter handle is @ShawnZeller.

The two discuss the current state of the Democratic Primary race, including the following questions:
- After this big win in Nevada, is Bernie Sanders a strong favorite to win the Democratic Presidential nomination?- Which (if any) of the moderate Democratic candidates is best positioned to stop Senator Sanders?- What would happen if Senator Sanders goes to the Democratic convention with the most delegates but fails to win the party's nomination for President?

During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Phil Noble and Mark Grimaldi.  The roundtable continues the discussion surrounding the state of the Democratic primary race, with a large focus on South Carolina's February 29th primary election.

Phil Noble is a Democratic Strategist hailing from the state of South Carolina.  For over 30 years he has been an innovator politics, media, education and government.  His Twitter handle is @PhilNobleSC.

Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show.  In addition to being the Executive Producer for the Leslie Marshall show for 14 years, for the past 12 years Mark has been a progressive political activist and campaign volunteer of President Obama's (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders' (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton's (2016).  Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research.  His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.'  He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.