OF MY FAMILY. STICK TO ECONOMICS.
VERY PRO ROE V. WADE, LEAVE IT
ALONE, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.
COMMON SENSE.
COMMON SENSE. >> AND PENNSYLVANIA COULD BE
QUITE A BATTLE GROUND.
>> I SAID IT BEFORE, AS TIM
RUSSERT SAID IN 2000, IT WAS
ABOUT FLORIDA, FLORIDA, FLORIDA.
THIS YEAR IT’S GOING -- OR 200
IT’S GOING TO BE PENNSYLVANIA,
PENNSYLVANIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
PENNSYLVANIA, PENNSYLVANIA. AND ONE OF THE I THINK MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT JOE BIDEN
BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS THE FACT
THAT HE WOULD WIN AND HE IS
WINNING NOW IN POLLS, THE
SCRANTON MEDIA MARKET IS A
MARKET THAT DONALD TRUMP WON BY
DOUBLE DIGITS.
DOUBLE DIGITS. THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE DYNAMIC.
CHRIS, PEOPLE WHEN THEY LOOK
BACK AT 2016, THEY OVERLOOK THE
FACT THAT HILL HLARY CLINTON TOO
WHAT SHE NEEDED OUT OF
PHILADELPHIA, ABOUT 420,000
VOTES BUT SHE GOT WIPED OUT IN
THE RURAL AREAS AND IN SCRANTON.
THAT’S WHAT JOE BIDEN BRINGS TO
THE TABLE.
THE TABLE. >> WHAT HIT ME YESTERDAY WAS JOE
P
P BIDEN, DR. BIDEN WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, HER LOVE OF
HER COUNTRY, HER BELIEF IN HER
HUSBAND AND WHAT HE CAN DO FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. BIDEN IS BASICALLY RUNNING FOR
AMERICA AGAINST TRUMP.
HE’S TRYING TO RESCUE US FROM
TRUMPISM AND TRUMP HIMSELF.
I DON’T KNOW IF I’M GOING TO GO
ALL THE WAY THROUGH TILL MILL
MILLION AT THE
-- MILWAUKEE AT THE CONVENTION,
I DON’T KNOW.
THERE’S ALWAYS A FRONT-RUNNER
AND A MAIN CHALLENGER.
BUT HIS EMOTION IS PATRIOTIC,
IT’S NOT ANGER.
RIGHT NOW UNFORTUNATELY IT IS
ABOUT ANGER.
ABOUT ANGER. LISTENED TO BERNIE SANDERS
YESTERDAY ON "MEET THE PRESS."
IT WAS ALL ANGER.
HE WAS ANGRY AT ED RENDELL,
ANGRY AT EVERYBODY.
BIDEN IS GOING TO HAVE TO GRAB
THAT ANGER AND TURN IT GIVEN
TRUMP.
TRUMP. BLACK SUPPORT IS A BIG THING
WITH BIDEN.
WITH BIDEN. SUPPORT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY LEADERS, I WAS AT THE
AWARD LEADERS YESTERDAY IN
PHILLY, STANDING WITH THEM IN
THE CROWD, HE HAD A GOSPEL
CHORUS CAME ON AND SANG, THE
LEAD SINGER THAT DID THE
"STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" WAS AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN. I KNOW HE’S A WHITE GUY BUT HE
WANTS TO BE A CHAMPION OF THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
BLACK COMMUNITY. IRONICALLY, A 76-YEAR-OLD WHITE
GUY BUT THAT’S WHERE HE’S
COMFORTABLE.
COMFORTABLE. >> YOU KNOW, MIKA, THAT’S ONE OF
MAYOR PETE’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES
IS THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN RIGHT
NOW IS DOING EXTRAORDINARILY
WELL AMONG BLACK VOTERS.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT
CHRIS SAID ABOUT DR. JILL BIDEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME
IN TALKING WITH HER AND YOU IN
PHILADELPHIA WAS ALSO WHAT
STRUCK ME AND I KNOW MIKE
BARNICLE CAN ATTEST TO THIS AS
WELL AS ANYBODY, JUST HOW --
WHAT A CONTRAST THEY ARE TO THE
TRUMPS AND THE TRUMP FAMILY WHO
SEEM TO WANT TO COME OFF AS SOME
EUROPEAN PLUTOCRATIC RULING
FAMILY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM.
THAT IS THEIR POST.
I’VE GOT TO SAY WITH BOTH JILL
BIDEN AND JOE BIDEN, THEY ARE
ABOUT AS NORMAL AND AMERICANA AS
THEY CAN BE.
I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE BACK
PORCH WITH JOE BIDEN IN
WILMINGTON TALKING.
WILMINGTON TALKING. I WAS DOWN THERE, HE HAD JUST
FINISHED DOING "MEET THE PRESS,"
MUST HAVE BEEN 2009, 2010.
WE LOOKED AROUND AND THERE WERE
SECRET SERVICE MEN AND AND HE
POINTED TO THIS MANY AND HE SAID
LOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT THEM, WHAT
ARE THEY DOING?
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING SO MUCH OF
A LOSER THAT YOU WOULD TRY TO
KILL A VICE PRESIDENT?
I MEAN, COME ON, MAN!
AND
AND BUT HE WAS ALWAYS MAKE FUN OF
HIMSELF, POKING FUN AT HIMSELF,
PUTTING OTHERS AT EASE.
THEY ARE, AND I SAY THIS IN THE
MOST COMPLEMENTARY WAY IN THE
AGE OF INSANITY AND CRAZINESS
AND HYPERBOLE, THEY ARE ABOUT AS
NORMAL AS IT GETS.
AND YOU SAID THAT JILL BIDEN
SEEMED TALKING TO HER BECAUSE
YOU’VE GROWN UP AROUND PEOPLE
AFFECTED BY WASHINGTON, D.C. AND
THE POWER, THAT IT WAS AS IF SHE
HAD NEVER BEEN TO WASHINGTON
BEFORE, THAT SHE WAS JUST A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
>> IT’S ACTUALLY STUNNING WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT THE LIFETIME IN
THE WASHINGTON WORLD THAT THEY
HAVE SPENT TOGETHER BECAUSE HE
HAS SERVED FOR DECADES AND HE
COMMUTED BACK AND FORTH AND THAT
TRAIN TRIP THERE AND BACK, THEY
HAVE STAYED NORMAL, THEY HAVE
STAYED NORMAL IN A SEA OF
INSANITY IN THESE POLITICAL
TIMES AND, GET THIS, CORIN NENE,
HAVE TO APPRECIATE THIS, THEY
WANT TO GO BACK.
MOST PEOPLE, AND YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT THE OBAMAS, THEY’RE SO
GLAD TO BE GONE.
THEY ARE OUT OF THERE.
IT IS SO INSIDIOUS, IT’S SUCH A
DIFFICULT LIFE WITH PEOPLE
PULLING AT YOU AND GRABBING AT
YOU AND GETTING UNDER YOUR SKIN
AND TRYING TO BASICALLY RIP
APART YOUR WORLD EVERY SINGLE
DAY IN WASHINGTON AND YET THE
BIDENS WANT TO GO BACK AND SERVE
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. I THINK IT SAYS A LOT.
I WOULDN’T WANT TO GO BACK.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK I SAID THIS ON THE SHOW,
I GOT TO KNOW BOTH VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DR. BIDEN
WHEN I WORKED IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. I TRAVELED WITH THEM A WHOLE
LOT, AND WHEN WE WOULD GO TO
PENNSYLVANIA, HE WAS REALLY THE
THIRD SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA
AND THERE HE GOT A LOT OF LOVE
THERE.
THERE. HE GETS A LOT OF LOVE FROM
STATES LIKE THAT.
THE TWO ARE PROBABLY TWO OF
THE MOST NORMAL PEOPLE THAT YOU
WOULD EVER, EVER MEET.
JUST FULL OF HEART.
>> AND YET, DAVID IGNATIUS, HE
HAS FOREIGN POLICY FROM THOSE
DECADES OF SERIOUS.
>> HE HAS FOREIGN POLICY
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. SOMETIMES HE’S SERIOUS TO A
FAULT.
FAULT. THE THING THAT I THINK IS SO
INTERESTING IS THE FACT THAT
BIDEN HAS OPENED STRONG.
WE ALL WONDERED WILL DO
NOTHING --
NOTHING -- >> THAT WAS VERY FRENCH OF YOU
WHAT YOU JUST DID.
>> BUT IT MEANS ANYONE WHO BEATS
JOE BIDEN IN THE DEMOCRATIC
FIELD IS GOING TO BE A REALLY
GOOD CANDIDATE.
GOOD CANDIDATE. THAT’S WHAT WE KNOW.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A STRONG
LEADER AND THAT WHOEVER BEATS
HIM IS GOING TO SHOW QUALITIES
THAT THE VOTERS REALLY LIKE AND
HAVE THAT ENERGY.
>> MIKE BARNICLE.
>> AS WE JUST WATCHED THE VICE
PRESIDENT AND TALK ABOUT HIS
WIFE JILL BIDEN, THEY CLEARLY
ARE A RELATABLE COUPLE.
EVERYONE WHO HAS ENCOUNTERED
THEM KNOWS THAT BUT THERE’S
CERTAINLY ELSE TO THE BIDENS
THAT THEY BRING TO THE COUNTRY
THAT I’M WONDERING IF THE WHITE
HOUSE IS COGNIZANT OF OR THINKS
ABOUT AND DWELLS UPON?
IT IS THIS, BOTH BIDENS, BUT
MORE SO THE THE MORE VISIBLE
BIDEN, THE CANDIDATE HIMSELF,
THEY UNDERSTAND LOSS, THEY
UNDERSTAND GRIEVANCES IN A REAL
WAY.
WAY. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO
LOSE SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY TO
WAR OR DISEASE.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO
LOSE A JOB.
THEY UNDERSTAND LOSS.
DOES THE WHITE HOUSE UNDERSTAND
HOW DEEPLY RELATABLE THAT IS TO
THE COUNTRY?
THE COUNTRY? >> YEAH, I THINK THAT’S ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU KNOW MOST ABOUT
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. HE GOT HIS START IN NATIONAL
POLITICS AT A TIME WHEN HE HAD
THE GREAT TRAGEDY IN HIS FAMILY,
HIS FIRST WIFE AND CHOOLD KILLED
CHILD KILLED AND THEN EMERGED
AGAIN IN 2015 WITH THE DEATH OF
HIS SON BEAU.
IT’S THAT YOU AAUTHENTICITY THAT
BEEN ONE OF HIS STRENGTHS IN
POLITICS.
POLITICS. AND THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR HIM,
IS HE GOING TO RALLY A PART THAT
IS INCREASINGLY YOUNGER, THAT IS
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW.
HE APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE WHO