AMONG THE REMAINING CANDIDATES STEVE KORNACKI EXPLAINS HOW
PUBLIC DEBATES AFFECT --
>> IT’S THE BIG QUESTION OF
DEBATE.
DEBATE. DO THEY CHANGE THE RATE IN AN
IMPORTANT AND FUNDAMENTAL RAIN
SHLGT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT
HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
DEBATE.
DEBATE. REMEMBER, DEMOCRATIC RATS STARTS
IN IOWA.
IN IOWA. IN IOWA, BARACK OBAMA, A BREWING
VICTORY, WITNESS THE IOWA
CAUCUSES AND DEFEATS HILLARY
CLINTON, HILLARY CLINTON DOESN’T
EVEN COME IN SECOND PLACE IN THE
2008 CAUCUSES.
2008 CAUCUSES. REMEMBER THIS GUY, JOHN EDWARDS.
JOHN EDWARDS IPGS OUT SECOND
PLACE.
PLACE. HILLARY CLINTON WHO WAS THE
NATIONAL FRONT-RUNNER GOING INTO
IOWA FINISHES THIRD, AND SO
OVERNIGHT THE DEMOCRATIC RACE
CHANGES.
CHANGES. NOW EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
OBAMA AS THE UP FROMMER AS THE
CANDIDATES HEAD TO THEIR FINAL
DEBATE, THE SATURDAY NIGHT
BEFORE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY, AND THIS QUESTION CAME
UP.
UP. THE QUESTION WITH THE HILLARY
CLINTON, AND IT WAS ABOUT
LIKABILITY.
LIKABILITY. WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO THE VOTERS
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THIS STAGE
TONIGHT WHO SEE YOUR RESUME AND
LIKE IT BUT ARE HESITATING ON
THE LIKABILITY ISSUE WHERE THEY
SEEM TO LIKE BARACK OBAMA MORE?
>> WELL, THAT HURTS MY FEELINGS.
>> I’M SORRY, SENATOR.
I’M SORRY.
I’M SORRY. >> BUT I’LL TRY TO GO ON.
>> HE’S VERY LIKABLE.
I -- I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> I DON’T THINK I’M THAT BAD.
>> YOU’RE LIKABLE ENOUGH,
HILLARY.
HILLARY. >> PRIMARY RETURNS CAME IN ON
TUESDAY NIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
IN 2008, I’M TELLING YOU,
EVERYBODY WATCHING THOSE RETURNS
COME UNTIL INCLUDING THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN WERE SHOCKED BECAUSE
HILLARY CLINTON WON.
THE NO POLL HAD HER WINNING THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY AFTER WHAT
HAPPENED IN IOWA, BUT WHEN SHE
WON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY,
PEOPLE LOOKED BACK TO THAT
DEBATE MOMENT AND THEY SAID IT
GALVANIZED SOMETHING IN VOTERS,
BROUGHT THEM AROUND HILLARY
CLINTON AT THE LAST MINUTE.
THEY LIKED THE WAY SHE HANDLED
THE ADVERSITY OF THE WEEK AND
DIDN’T LIKE WHAT THEY SAW IN
OBAMA AND SAID WE DON’T WANT
THIS CAMPAIGN TO END.
WE WANT TO KEEP THIS GOING AND
GIVE HILLARY CLINTON A SHOT AND
THAT’S WHAT KEPT IT GOING AND IN
SOME WAYS PREPARED HER WHAT
WOULD BE NEXT, A ROLE IN THE
OBAMA STRAIGHTS AND HER OWN
CAMPAIGN AGAIN IN 2016 AND
SPEAKING OF 2016, HOW ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2016.
DONALD TRUMP WHO KNOCKED OFF
WHAT WAS IT, IS A, 16 REPUBLICAN
OPPONENTS BACK IN THE 2016
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. THERE WAS A MOMENT, AGAIN, IT’S
THIS IOWA/NEW HAMPSHIRE WINDOW
THAT WE TALK ABOUT SO MUCH.
THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN DONALD
TRUMP LOOK LIKE HE WAS IN
TROUBLE IN 2016 ON REPUBLICAN
SIDE.
SIDE. REMEMBER IOWA?
REMEMBER IOWA? TRUMP LOST IOWA.
TED CRUZ WON IOWA CAUCUSES IN
2016.
2016. DONALD TRUMP WAS SECOND AND
MARCO RUBIO WAS A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE THIRD PLACE BELIEVE
IT OR NOT.
TRUMP WAS IN TROUBLE COMING OUT
OF IOWA.
OF IOWA. ALL THESE ESTABLISHMENT
REPUBLICANS WHO DIDN’T WANT HIM
TO BE THE NOMINEE.
SHOWED HIM TO BE A LOT WEAKER
AND IF WE CAN STOP IT WE CAN
STOP HER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IT’S
ALL ABOUT MARCO RUBIOCH THAT’S
HOW THE STAGE WAS SET BEFORE THE
TWHIKTS EMPLOYEE.
TWHIKTS EMPLOYEE. IT WASN’T -- LET STOP WITH THE
FICTION THAT BARACK OBAMA
DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING.
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE’S
DOING.
DOING. HE’S TRYING TO CHANGE THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> YOU SEE EVERYBODY.
I WANT THE PEOPLE AT HOME TO
THINK ABOUT THIS.
THAT’S WHAT WASHINGTON, D.C.
DOES.
DOES. THE DRIVE BY SHOT AT THE
BEGINNING WAS INCORRECT AND
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION AND THEN
THE MEMORIZED 25-SECOND SPEECH
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HIS
DATA.
DATA. >> THIS NOTION THAT BARACK OBAMA
DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING IS
JUST NOT TRUE.
>> THERE IT IS, THE MEMORIZED
25-SECOND SPEECH.
25-SECOND SPEECH. >> THERE IT IS, EVERYBODY.
>> DID THAT CUT LIFE OUT OF
RUBIO POLITICALLY AFTER THAT
SHOWING IN IOWA?
CHRISTIE DROPPED OUT, FORMED AN
ALLIANCE WITH DONALD TRUMP.
IN THAT CASE THAT WAS ABOUT THE
SURGE THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN MAYBE
BECAUSE OF WHAT DID HAPPEN IN
THE DEBATE.
THE DEBATE. THESE DEBATES, THEY ARE WORTH
WATCHING.
WATCHING. YOU LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THESE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. YOU LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT