>>> THE ONLY WAY THAT WE’RE GOING TO RETURN THIS GOVERNMENT
TO THE PEOPLE IS IF ALL OF US
ARE IN THIS FIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MOMENT
IN OUR HISTORY AND IT IS A
MOMENT WE SHOULD NOT LESS PASS.
THIS IS A MOMENT WHEN WE SHOULD
DREAM BIG, FIGHT HARD, AND TAKE
BACK OUR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN TESTING HER
STUMP SPEECH, DIDN’T YOU HEAR
IT, AT ONE OF MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN
STOPS IN IOWA OVER THE WEEKEND.
SHE’S THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE SHE’S
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020.
OTHERS MAY NOT BE FAR BEHIND.
"NEW YORK TIMES" IS REPORTING
YESTERDAY OR TODAY THAT FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS IN
THE FINAL STAGES OF DECIDING
WHETHER TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
ACCORDING TO "NEW YORK TIMES,"
BIDEN TOLD A REPORTER IF YOU CAN
PERSUADE ME THERE’S SOMEBODY
BETTER WHO CAN WIN, I’M HAPPY
NOT TO DO IT, BUT I DON’T SEE
THE CANDIDATE THAT CAN CLEARLY
DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO WIN.
LET’S BRING IN TONIGHT’S
"HARDBALL" ROUND TABLE, KIMBERLY
ATKINS, BUREAU CHIEF OF
WASHINGTON HERALD.
WASHINGTON HERALD. ALL OF YOU, GIVE ME YOUR TAKE.
HERE IS MINE.
WARREN IS SMART TO GET IN EARLY,
ESTABLISH THINGS BY BEING THERE.
YOU’RE IN THE RACE.
BERNIE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS.
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. WHAT’S THAT DO?
>> IT DEPENDS, THAT’S WHAT JEB
BUSH DID IN 2016, DIDN’T WORK
OUT WELL FOR HIM.
HE THOUGHT HE COULD CLEAR SOME
OF THE FIELD.
>> HE WAS LOW ENERGY.
>> WELL, LOOK, ELIZABETH WARREN
DID WELL IN IOWA.
IT WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP BUT THE
DEMOCRATIC BASIS FAR BROADER,
FAR MORE DIVERSE THAN IOWA.
SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
DO. I DON’T THINK THE DNA TEST WAS
GREAT, BUT SHE HAS TO BE ABLE TO
RESONATE WITH A VAST, DIVERSE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEMOCRATS,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT DEMOCRATIC
DIFFERENT DEMOCRATIC BACKGROUNDS.
BACKGROUNDS. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO SAY.
SHE DIDN’T DO HARM, BUT IT IS
REALLY EARLY.
REALLY EARLY. >> AND EARLY SHE GETS TO TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE
DNA TEST, IT WAS STARTING TO BE
SOMETHING TO DEFINE HER.
>> DISTANT PIECE, TRACE OF
NATIVE AMERICAN BLOOD.
DIDN’T MAKE THE CASE SHE WAS
PART INDIAN OR SOMETHING.
>> SOMETHING THAT WAS DRAGGING
HER DOWN, PEOPLE WERE TALKING
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. NOW SHE’S TALKING ABOUT HOW
BANKS ARE HITTING SOME OF THE --
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHY YOU WANT TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND THAT YOU
WANT TO KNOW IF YOU RUN.
BY GETTING THERE EARLY, SHE
MESSAGES THAT.
MESSAGES THAT. >> IT SHOWS CONVICTION.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS AND
KNOWS WHAT HER MESSAGE IS.
UNLIKE HILLARY CLINTON, HER
MESSAGE IS NOT I AM BETTER THAN
TRUMP, LOOK AT THIS GUY, ELECT
ME.
ME. SHE HAS A MESSAGE ABOUT RICH AND
POWERFUL ARE BUYING THE SYSTEM,
RIGGING IT, AND MAKING THE RULES
AGAINST YOU.
AGAINST YOU. SHE HAS A MESSAGE.
>> HER OWN MESSAGE SHE HAS OWNED
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS. BIDEN.
BIDEN. ONE ACCOUNT SAYS NONE OF THE
OTHERS CAN WIN, I CAN WIN.
THAT SOUNDS AWFUL.
SOUNDS DISMISSIVE OF SO MANY
GOOD PEOPLE.
GOOD PEOPLE. THE OTHER ONE I HEARD, IF
SOMEBODY ELSE LIGHTS UP THE
CHARGE LIKE OBAMA DOES, I GET
OUT OF THE WAY.
DEPENDS.
DEPENDS. WE’RE GETTING ALL OF THIS
SECONDHAND.
SECONDHAND. WHEN THESE PEOPLE CALL "NEW YORK
TIMES," HERE IS WHAT HE SAID AND
DO IT VERBATIM, THEY WEREN’T
RECORDING IT.
RECORDING IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BIDEN, I’LL
GO IN IF THEY NEED ME.
>> IT IS TERRIBLE.
DEMOCRATS I TALK TO SAY THEY’RE
EXCITED THERE’S A BIG, BROAD WHA
CANDIDATES HAVE TO SAY, LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THEM
ALL.
ALL. SOMEONE SAYING NOBODY CAN DO IT
BUT ME SOUNDS TRUMPISH, AND IT
IS DISMISSIVE OF THE PARTY.
THAT’S NOT THE BEST WAY TO COME
IN.
IN. YOU’RE RIGHT, WE DON’T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.
JOE BIDEN IS POLITICALLY SAVVY,
BUT NEEDS TO KNOW HE HAS
BAGGAGE, TOO, BEING PART OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THERE’S A LOT OF NEW YOUNG
ENERGY.
ENERGY. HE HAS TO MAKE THE CASE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THE YOUNG GUYS
HAVE GOING FOR THEM, THEY DIDN’T
VOTE FOR THE IRAQ WAR.
THAT’S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT BEING A NEWCOMER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BIDEN’S
APPROACH?
APPROACH? >> I THINK EVERY CANDIDATE WILL
TRY --
TRY -- >> BIDEN SUPPORTED THE IRAQ WAR.
>> EVERY CANDIDATE WILL MAKE THE
ARGUMENT THEY’RE THE ONE MOST
ELECTABLE.
ELECTABLE. COMING OUT THERE, HAVING YOUR
MESSAGE OUT THERE BEFORE YOU
ARE, IT IS MORE ADVANCE THAN
"NEW YORK TIMES," HE IS TALKING
VICTORY RATHER THAN VISION.
THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT NOW.
ABOUT NOW. VOTERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
ARE TIRED OF BEING TOLD WHO IS
THE MOST ELECTABLE CANDIDATE.
EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY’RE TOLD
WHO IS MOST ELECTABLE.
>> NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA.
>> ANYBODY CAN BEAT TRUMP,
ANYBODY CAN LOSE TO TRUMP.
PICK THE ONE YOU THINK IS BEST.
>> BIDEN CAN MAKE THE CASE ON
ELECTABILITY.
ELECTABILITY. PROBABLY AMONG THE BEST TO STOP
THE BLEEDING WITH NONCOLLEGE
EDUCATED WHITE VOTERS,
RECONSTITUTE THE OBAMA
COALITION.
COALITION. HIS PROBLEM IS HE HAS A 36 YEAR
RECORD IN THE SENATE, LOT OF
VOTES THAT LOOK BAD TO
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IF YOU BRING
THEM UP.
THEM UP. NOT JUST THE IRAQ WAR, CRIME
BILL, ANITA HILL HEARINGS.
HE PUSHED A BANKRUPTCY BILL.
THERE WILL BE
THERE WILL BE ECONOMIC POPULISTS
THAT WILL BE ALL OVER IT.
>> HE STOOD WITH THE SOUTHERN
BLOCK ON BUSING IN THE
EARLY ’70s, MID ’70s WHEN THAT
WAS A HYDROGEN ISSUEUGE ISSUE.
I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT WILL PLAY
TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, TRYING TO
WIN DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES THERE.
>> I HAVE ONE THEORY, THINK
ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME LIKE YOU
GUYS.
GUYS. ALL I THINK ABOUT IS THIS THING.
I THINK ELIZABETH WARREN HAS THE
BEST CHANCE AT A FAST BREAK AND
WIN THE WHOLE THING EARLY.
HERE IS WHY I THINK.
YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I
KNOW.
KNOW. SHE WINS IN IOWA, THE LEFT OUT
THERE IS ACTIVE.
LIKE A CONSUMER POSITION AGAINST
WALL STREET, POPULISM WILL SELL
OUT THERE IN THE MIDWEST PART OF
THE COUNTRY, ANTI-NEW YORK
REALLY.
REALLY. THEN SHE GOES TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEXT DOOR TO WHERE SHE’S FROM.
PEOPLE FROM THAT REGION ALMOST
ALWAYS WIN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THEN DUKES IT OUT WITH KAMALA IN
SOUTH CAROLINA MAYBE, THEN GOES
OUT TO NEVADA.
WOMEN LABOR, SHE CAN WIN THERE.