>>> BACK NOW WITH ENDING GAME. THERE IS A PRESIDENTIAL RACE
TAKING PLACE IN 29 DAYS.
BETSY, QUICKLY ON ELIZABETH
WARRENS INTERVIEW.
WARRENS INTERVIEW. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING
THAT SHE DECIDED TO GO RIGHT
THERE WITH IRAN AND IMPEACHMENT.
THAT SHE SAW THEM CONNECTED.
>> THE WAG THE DOG ALLEGATIONS
ARE NOT A SURPRISE BUT ITS
STILL SIGNIFICANT FOR HER TO
SUGGEST THAT THE PRESIDENT
ENGAGED IN THIS STRIKE FOR SORT
OF UNDERHANDED POLITICAL
MOTIVES.
MOTIVES. ONE THING THAT WARRENS RIVALS
NOTICE FLAGGED THIS TO ME WAS
THAT SHE BASICALLY PUT OUT TWO
DIFFERENT STATEMENTS ON THE
DEATH OF SOLEIMANI.
FIRST SHE SAID SOLEIMANI,
TERRIBLE PERSON.
TERRIBLE PERSON. THEN THE NEXT DAY FOLLOWED UP
WITH A TWEET CALLING IT AN
ASSASSINATION, A TERM THAT IN
THIS CASE HAS SIGNIFICANT LEGAL
WEIGHT.
WEIGHT.
HER RIVAL CAMPAIGNS ARE POINTING TO THAT AND SAYING ITS ANOINTING
TO THAT AND SAYING ITS AN EXAMPLE OF HER STRUGGLING TO TRY
TO KEEP BOTH ENDS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAPPY.
>> I WANT TO PUT UP AN EXAMPLE
HERE.
HERE.
BERNIE IS GOING ON THE ATTACK A LITTLE BIT.OING ON THE ATTACK A
LITTLE BIT.
HE WENT ON THE ATTACK ON BIDEN AND ON FOREIGN POLICY.ON BIDEN
AND ON FOREIGN POLICY. HE SAID ITS A LOT OF BAGGAGE
THAT JOE TAKES INTO A CAMPAIGN.
THE■ BAGGAGE HES REFERRING TO
THE IRAQ WAR VOTE, KASIE HUNT,
AND HE YESTERDAY WENT AFTER PETE
BUTTIGIEG IN A FUND-RAISING
EMAIL.
EMAIL.
I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON SANDERS V.
BIDEN HERE BECAUSE I DO THINK
THE IRAN BACKDROP PRESENTS AN
INTERESTING CONTRAST.
WE DONT KNOW IF VOTERS WILL
LOOK AT THIS AND SAY STEADY HAND JOE BIDEN OR HOW ABOUT THE GUYND
JOE BIDEN OR HOW ABOUT THE GUY WHO WAS ALWAYS AGAINST THE
INTERVENTIONS HERE.
INTERVENTIONS HERE. I DONT THINK WE KNOW HOW
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WILL REACT.
>> I WAS TALKING TO SOME SOURCES
ABOUT THIS VERY QUESTION
YESTERDAY INSIDE THE CAMPAIGNS.
I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO
YOURE TRYING TO TALK TO.
IF YOURE JOE BIDEN, YOURE
THINKING A LOT ABOUT SWING
VOTERS, ABOUT VOTERS WHO LIKE
THE STRONG POSTURE.
THE ARGUMENTS THEYRE MAKING ARE
ESSENTIALLY THAT YOU GO WITH A
GUY THATS A STEADY HAND.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE ARGUMENT
BEHIND THEIR WHOLE CAMPAIGN
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. A RETURN TO A MORE NORMAL
VERSION OF THIS.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS GOING TO
BE HOW MUCH DO THE BASE VOTERS
REMEMBER AND THINK THROUGH IRAQ
AS A MOTIVATING FACTOR.
I MEAN THAT WAS WHAT■ SWEPT OBA
INTO OFFICE IN 2008.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS ARE
PEOPLE PAST THAT?
ARE THEY SEEING THAT IN THIS
KIND OF A CONTEXT AND ARE
WILLING TO MAKE A BET ON BERNIE
SANDERS OVER IT?
>> JEH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOT POPULAR
WITH THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY EITHER.
PARTY EITHER. BIDENS POSITIONS AND BERNIES
POSITIONS ARE DIFFERENT FOR A
REASON.
REASON.
>> YES, AND FOREIGN POLICY, AS
YOU KNOW, DOES NOT TYPICALLY
LOOM LARGE IN AN ELECTION -- IN
A PRIMARY DEBATE, BUT IT DID IN
07-08 BECAUSE OF THAT IRAQ WAR
VOTE AND OBAMA WAS ON RECORD OPPOSING THE IRAQ WAR AT THE
TIME.
TIME. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS, AS I
THINK KASIE HAS SAID, BASICALLY
FOCUS ON WHOS GOING TO BE
STABLE, WHOS GOING TO BE
THOUGHTFUL, VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO
IS COMPLETELY DOVISH.
WHOS GOING TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
GETTING US INTO ANOTHER ARMED
CONFLICT.
CONFLICT.
AND ITS NOT WHOS THE MOST
BULLISH AND WHOS THE BIGGEST SABRE RATTLER.OS THE BIGGEST
SABRE RATTLER. >> PAT, THE HIT OF -- THE WAG
THE DOG HIT ON THE PRESIDENT
HERE, HOW CONCERNED SHOULD HE BE
ABOUT THAT PERCEPTION?
YOU HAVE THE COUNTRY, WERE
PRETTY SPLIT.
PRETTY SPLIT. HALF THE COUNTRY DOESNT BELIEVE
WHAT COMES OUT OF THE
PRESIDENTS MOUTH.
PRESIDENTS MOUTH. >> IM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT
THE POLITICS OF IT BUT OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AT THIS TIME I THINK OUR COUNTRY
HAS TO HAVE ONE VOICE ON FOREIGN
POLICY.
POLICY.
I DONT MIND THE CRITICISM, ITS THE TYPE OF CRITICISM AND, ITS
THE TYPE OF CRITICISM AND ACCUSATIONS SO SHORTLY --
>> ISNT THIS ON THE PRESIDENT?
DIDNT HE BRING IT ON HIMSELF
BECAUSE HE DOESNT CHOOSE TO
SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE?
BY THE WAY, THERES ALWAYS A
TWEET.
TWEET.
LET ME PUT UP SOME OLD TWEETS
HERE OF DONALD TRUMP, CITIZEN DONALD TRUMP.D TRUMP, CITIZEN
DONALD TRUMP. IN 2012 THIS IS WHAT HE SAID
ABOUT IRAN AND BARACK OBAMA.
HE SAID WATCH OUT, I PREDICT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL AT SOME
POINT ATTACK IRAN IN ORDER TO
SAVE FACE.
SAVE FACE. THE POINT BEING THERES ALWAYS A
TWEET.
TWEET.
THERES ALWAYS A WAY WHERE THIS CANDIDATE TRUMP BEHAVED IN A WAY
THAT HES NOW UPSET PEOPLE
BEHAVE AGAINST HIM.
>> AND TODAY WE HAVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE SIGNING PLEDGES
THEYLL NEVER GET INTO A
LONG-TERM WAR.
LONG-TERM WAR. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN EVERY
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. UNTIL YOU GET TO OFFICE YOU
DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE GOING TO
CONFRONTING.
CONFRONTING.
TWO NAMES IN THE DEMOCRATS WERE
NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT I SAW
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ADS FOR DURING THE NFL GAMES LAST NIGHT,
STEYER AND BLOOMBERG.
HES SHOWING PICTURES OF HIM
GROWING UP.
GROWING UP.
I DONT KNOW WHERE HES GOING.
BLOOMBERG WAS VERY INTERESTING
SEEING HIS ADS. HES BRINGING UP THE ISSUE OF
HEALTH CARE IN NEW YORK CITY.
I FOUNDING THAT VERY INTERESTING
>> IM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP
BECAUSE I WAS STRUCK TOO.
WHAT?
WHAT? TOM STEYER?
TOM STEYER? AND BLOOMBERG, I DONT KNOW HOW
VOTERS WILL WONDER ABOUT THIS IN
A MONTH.
A MONTH.
>> I WILL SAY I CAME BACK TO A PRESIDENTIAL FIELD AFTER FOURA
PRESIDENTIAL FIELD AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF BEING AWAY THAT LOOKS
CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE
ONE THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER.
I WILL SAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE ACTUAL PROCESS AND, CHUCK,
YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN
ANYBODY, THERE HAVE BEEN
CAMPAIGNS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE
TRIED TO SKIP THE FIRST FOUR
STATES, GOTTEN IN REALLY LATE.
RUDY GIULIANI KNOWS THIS BETTER
THAN ANYBODY.
THAN ANYBODY.
>> FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR. >> AND PEOPLE WILL SAY YOU LOOK
AT HOW YOU CAN WIN A DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION.
NOMINATION.
THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY
BLOOMBERG/BIDEN DISTRICTS OUT
THERE.
>> THATS THE PART OF THIS IVE
NEVER UNDERSTOOD FOR BLOOMBERG.
HOW DOES HE WIN.
THATS ALL WE HAVE FOR TODAY. WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF 2020.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
WELL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.