BECAUSE A STRONG SHOWING BY JOE BIDEN IN IOWA.
>> WOULD BE GOOD.
>> -- ACTUALLY LIKE BARACK OBAMA
IN 2008 REALLY PAVES THE WAY
TOWARDS A NOMINATION WIN WOULD
DO IT.
DO IT. BUT RIGHT NOW HE CAN’T GAIN ANY
MOMENTUM IN THE FIRST STATE.
>>> AND MORE ON MAYOR MICHAEL
BLOOK BERL
BLOOK BERL BLOOMBERG POTENTIALLY ENTERING
THE WENT 20 RATE.
THEY STAY WAS PARTIALLY A TRIAL
BALLOON TO GAIN INTEREST AND
PRESERVE HIS OPTIONS.
BUT BLOOMBERG’S OWN EXTENSIVE
POLLING REMAINS FAR FROM
CONVINCING REPORTEDLY SHOWING
BIG AND PERHAPS INSURMOUNTABLE
HURDLES, PARTICULARLY IF FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN STAYS
IN THE RACE.
A NEW MORNING CONSULT POLITICAL
POLL PUTS BLOOMBERG IN SIXTH
PLACE AMONG OTHER DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS, WHILE A
HYPOTHETICAL MATCHUP SHOWS THE
FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR SIX
POINTS AHEAD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP,
FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER TOP
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. ANDON THAT
ANDON THAT AND, JONATHAN LEMIRE, WHAT DO
YOU MAKE OF THESE NUMBERS?
THESE ARE A GOOD GAUGE FOR HIM.
I’M SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY
PLEASE BUY FOX NEWS, PLEASE MAKE
THAT YOUR FIRST CAMPAIGN MOVE.
HE DOES HAVE THE MONEY.
>> OH, HE CERTAINLY DOES.
HE COULD BUY FOX NEWS A COUPLE
TIMES OVER, I THINK.
THERE’S BEEN SOME OF THAT FROM
THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD RIGHT NOW,
SUGGESTING THAT IF BLOOMBERG
WANTED TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON THIS RACE, HE SHOULD USE HIS
MONEY IN A DIFFERENT FASHION,
PERHAPS IF HE’S CONCERNED
ABOUT -- IF HE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND WANTS TO
SUPPORT ANOTHER MODERATE
CANDIDATE, THEN DONATE ANOTHER
COUPLE MILLION THADS WOULD BACK
AMY KLOBUCHAR OR CORY BOOKER OR
SOMETHING LIGHTNING THAT.
IT
IT LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. HIS TENURE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY
WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MAYOR.
BUT SOME OF THE POSITIONS HE
HOLDS ARE OUT OF STEP WITH WHERE
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. HIS DEFENSIVE STOP AND FRISK SAY
LARGE ONE AND NOT THE ONLY ONE,
EVEN THOUGH HE’S VERY, VERY GOOD
ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS ON ISSUES
LIKE GUN CONTROL AND CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
IT’S A GAMBLE.
WE’RE HEARING HIS AIDES SAYING
HE’S GOING TO SKIP THE FIRST
COUPLE CONTESTS AND JUST GO ALL
IN ON SUPER TUESDAY IN SOME OF
THE BIG STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA
WHERE HE CAN USE HIS BASICALLY
UNLIMITED RESOURCES TO BE A
FACTOR THERE.
FACTOR THERE. PERHAPS, I THINK IF HE DOES THAT
THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO JOE
BIDEN WHICH MIGHT HELP ELIZABETH
WARREN AND BERNIE SANDERS WHO
BLOOMBERG IS CONCERNED MIGHT
GRAB THE NOMINATION.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT
HERE.
HERE. THERE’S A CHANCE IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS BEFORE NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT
HE DOES TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIELD
VER DATA
VER DATA FIELD, HE IS CLEAR I’D.
HE MAY NOT EVENTUALLY JUMP IN.
>> AND THEREIN LIES ONE OF THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE DECISION
MAKING AS IT PERTAINS TO MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG AND THE PEOPLE AROUND
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. IT IS SO DATA DRIVEN THAT, YOU
KNOW, SOMETIMES HE CUTS HIMSELF
OFF AND HE HAS IN THE PAST
BECAUSE HE DOESN’T SEE IT RIGHT
THERE IN THE DATA IN FRONT OF
HIM.
HIM. BUT DATA’S ALWAYS CHANGING.
YOU LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP FOUR
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. THE DATA WASN’T THERE FOR DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. HE WAS NOT LIKED IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, HE HAD VERY
HIGH DISAPPROVAL RATINGS IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THAT’S WHY
PEOPLE WERE CONSTANTLY SAYING
THERE WAS NO WAY HE WOULD EVER
WIN.
WIN. WELL, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, IF HE
LOOKS AT THE DATAS AS IT IS RIGH
NOW BEFORE HE GETS INTO THE RACE
AND HAS A CHANCE TO SHAPE IT,
HE’S NOT GOING TO JUMP INTO THE
CASE RACE.
CASE RACE. RACE.
RACE. WHEN HE GETS INTO THE RACE HE
MAY END UP POLLING 4%, 5%, 6%,
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
THIS IS A YEAR WHERE YOU CAN
THROW ALL THE PREDICTIONS OUT
THE WINDOW BECAUSE, AGAIN, MAYBE
MAYOR PETE WINS IOWA, MAYBE
ELIZABETH WARREN WINS SOUTH
CAROLINA, AND AT THAT POINT JOE
BIDEN MAY NOT EVEN BE IN THE
RACE.
RACE. AND BLOOMBERG COULD BE OFF TO
THE RACES.
THE RACES. AND, YES, THERE’S A RISK THAT
BIDEN DOES WELL IN ONE OF THOSE
EARLY STATES.
EARLY STATES. BUT, AGAIN, THAT’S WHAT POLITICS
IS ABOUT.
IS ABOUT. >> MOVING PARTS.
>> THERE ARE ALWAYS MOVING PARTS
AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
RESPOND AND BE NIMBLE EVERY