MSNBC STEVE KORNACKI BREAKS DOWN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FIGHT.
>> SO RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
WE’RE ABOUT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE
THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
YEAR. AND THAT IS A SINGLE DEBATE.
A SINGLE EVENT DEBATE.
THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF THIS HAD
SO MANY CANDIDATES WHO
QUALIFIED.
QUALIFIED. THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT NIGHT,
TWO STAGES, FULL OF 10
CANDIDATES EACH.
CANDIDATES EACH. NOT EVERY CANDIDATE GETS A SHOT
TO TALK TO EVERY OTHER
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. A STRANGE DYNAMIC BUT THAT IS
THE WORLD OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
IN 2019.
IN 2019. BUT THE DNC RAISED THE
QUALIFYING THRESHOLD FOR THE
NEXT DEBATE IN MID SEPTEMBER.
TODAY IS THE DEADLINE.
11:95 P.M. IS THE DEADLINE.
THEY MADE IT TOUGHER TO GET IN
AND BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE 10
CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO QUALIFY
FOR THE DEBATE.
STILL A LITTLE DISPENSE IF SOME
OTHER POLE WERE TO RANDOMLY COME
OUT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
WE DON’T EXPECT THERE TO BE ONE.
AND YOU ARE GOING IS ALL THE
HEAVY HITTERS TOGETHER FOR ONE
NIGHT OF DEBATING IN MID
SEPTEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
THING THAT MEANS IS WHAT DID
EVERYBODY COME AWAY FROM THOSE
FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF DEBATES
SAYING.
SAYING. ONE THING YOU HEARD WAS IT IS
TOO BAD ELIZABETH WARREN AND JOE
BIDEN DIDN’T GET TO BE ON SAME
STAGE TOGETHER.
STAGE TOGETHER. A LOT OF FOLKS SPECULATING ABOUT
WHAT THAT DYNAMIC WOULD BE LIKE.
IF WARREN WOULD GO AFTER BIDEN.
HOW HE WOULD HOLD UP IF HE DID.
CERTAINLY YOU SAW HOW JOE BIDEN
STRUGGLES WHEN KAMALA HARRIS
WENT AFTER HIM IN THE FIRST
DEBATE.
DEBATE. WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IF
WARREN DID SO ON A DEBATE.
SHE WAS ON A DIFFERENT STAGE IN
FACT FIRST TWO ROUNDS.
IF IT IS JUST 10 CANDIDATES THEY
ARE ALL GOING TO BE ON THE STAGE
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. IN TERMS OF WHERE THE RACE
STANDS HEADING INTO THE FALL.
THE POSTLABOR DAY SEASON, THE
BIG NEWS THIS WEEK IS IF YOU
REMEMBER THE WEEK STARTED, THERE
WAS A POLL THAT CAME OUT THAT
SUGGESTED IS JOE BIDEN FALL AG
PART?
PART? THERE WAS A POLL HAD HIM AT 19%
BEING THIRD PLACE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC RACE.
DEMOCRATIC RACE. THE MONMOUTH POLL THAT CAME OUT.
THE QUESTION WE ASKED THEN IS
THIS WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC RACE
MOVING OR?
MOVING OR? OR IS THERE AN OUTLIER?
HE SAID LET’S SEE WHAT THE NEXT
ROUND OF POLLS COMES WITH UP.
DO THEY LOOK LIKE THE MONMOUTH
POLL OR DIFFERENT?
THE ANSWER, THEY LOOK DIFFERENT.
VERY DIFFERENT.
VERY DIFFERENT. WE HAD TWO NEW POLLS THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. BIDEN EASILY IN FIRST PLACE IN
BOTH AT 32%.
ANOTHER POLL YESTERDAY PUT HIM
AT FIRST PLACE WITH 33%.
NOW YOU HAVE SEEN THE WEIGHT OF
ALL THE POLLS THAT HAVE COME OUT
THIS WEEK SUGGEST YES.
THAT MONMOUTH POLL WAS AN
OUTLIER.
OUTLIER. JOE BIDEN HE’S NOT THE STRONGEST
FRONT RUNNER, DEMOCRATS HAVE
EVER SEEN BUT HE’S STILL THE
FRONT RUNNER AND THE CAMPAIGN IS
NOT YET FALLING APART THE WAY
THE MONMOUTH POLL MADE IT LOOK.
LEGALLY GO INTO THE FALL DEBATE
AT THE FRONT RUNNER AND
POTENTIALLY COULD RAISE THE
STAKES FOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
FOR ANY OF THE CANDIDATES
CHASING HIM.
CHASING HIM. SO FAR FROM THE TIME HE GOT IN
THIS RACE THROUGH NOW JOE BIDEN
IS MAINTAINING POSITION AS THE
FRONT RUNNER WITH A DOUBLE DIGIT
LEAD.
LEAD. THE OTHER CANDIDATES WHEN THEY
GET THAT SHOT AT HIM IN
SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER. THEY GET TO DECIDE IT IS TIME TO
GET A LITTLE ROUGHER.
TIME TO GET TOUGHER.
TIME TO MAKE THAT NUMBER COME
DOWN FOR HIM AND GO UP FOR THEM.
FOR WALSH AND EVERY OTHER
CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE, THAT IS
THE THING TO LOOK NOR IN
SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER. BIDEN’S LEAD NOT YET BUDGING.
WHAT WILL THEY TRY TO DO TO MAKE
IT WUJ?
IT WUJ? THE WAY THE RULES WORK FOR THIS.
EVERYTHING THE CANDIDATES HAVE
DONE TO DATE.
COUNTING TOWARDS QUALIFYING FOR
THE SEPTEMBER DEBATES.
EVEN IF THEY DON’T MAKE THE
SEPTEMBER DEBATE EVERYTHING THAT
THEY HAVE DONE IN TERMS OF
RAISING MONEY IN TERMS OF
HITTING POLLING THRESHOLDS.
IT WILL ALSO COUNT TOWARDS THE
OCTOBER DEBATE AND THEY ARE
GOING TO GET ANOTHER MONTH TO
ADD TO IT BASICALLY.
SO A GUY LIKE TOM SIRE WHO LOOKS
LIKE HE’S GOING MISS THIS
SEPTEMBER DEBATE BY ONE POLE ONE
MORE POLE AT 2%.
IF HE CAN DO THAT IN THE NEXT
MONTH, THAT WILL COUNT WITH
EVERYTHING ELSE HE’S DONE HE’LL
GET IN THE OCTOBER DEBATE.
TULSA GABBARD.
TULSA GABBARD. IF IN THE NEXT MONTH SHE CAN DO
IT IN TWO POLES.
SHE CAN GET IN.
COUPLE OTHER CANDIDATES MAYBE AS
WELL.
WELL. A I THINK A COUPLE CANDIDATE
WHOSE DON’T MAKE THE SEPTEMBER
DEBATE WILL REASSESS.
WE’VE SEEN A FEW LOOK THAT THE
REALITY AND BACK OUT BUT A LOT
MAY WAIT THROUGH OCTOBER TRY TO
GET BACK ON THE STAGE IN
OCTOBER.
OCTOBER. AFTER THAT THOUGH I THINK THERE
IS THE POSSIBILITY OF DNC IS
GOING RAISE THE CRITERIA ZPURTFU
AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE END OF
THIS YEAR, START OF NEXT YEAR WE