NEIL: ALRIGHT COME EASTER.
WE ARE TOLD AROUND EASTER, WHICH
I THINK IS THE THIRD WEEKEND IN
APRIL BY WHICH TIME WE ARE TOLD
THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BE FORMALLY
MAKING IT OFFICIAL AND
ANNOUNCING HE'S GOING TO RUN FOR
THE PRESIDENCY.
AGAIN, THIS KEEPS GETTING PUSHED
BACK IN THE INTERIM THINGS.COM
TO HAUNT HIM INCLUDE IN HIS OWN
WORDS GOING BACK TO THE DAYS HE
WAS CHAIRING THE CLARENCE THOMAS
HEARINGS AND HE REGRETTED IN
RETROSPECT THE TREATMENT OF
ANITA HILL.
THAT PROMPTED SOME PRETTY SHARP
REPORTING.
I JUST WANT TO QUOTE FROM
DANIELLE -- SHE WAS HANGING
GUESS YOU COULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING.
HE SPOTTED THIS PROBLEM IN 2017
AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE BRETT
KAVANAUGH.
SHE GOES ON TO SAY HE TRULY
REFERS TO JOE BIDEN WANTS TO
APOLOGIZE.
HE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR HIS PAST ACTIONS.
IF HE DOESN'T, VOTERS HAVE TO
BELIEVE HE'S NOT A SAME PERSON
THAT FACILITATED ANITA HILL'S
TORMENT IN 1991.
IN OTHER WORDS, A BASE IS SANE
ENOUGH OF THE WORDS OF APOLOGY
COMING FROM YOU.
>> AGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
CHALLENGE FOR JOE BIDEN.
NEIL: MORE TERRITORY TO COVER.
>> IT WILL COME UP WHENEVER HE
GETS IN THE CAMPAIGN OVER AND
OVER JUST TO RECORD ON ISSUES.
AT A TIME WHEN THE NORMS IN
SOCIETY WERE MUCH DIFFERENT.
NEIL: BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, AND AGE
IS AN ISSUE.
MY VERY YOUNG PRODUCER REMINDED
ME I SHOUTED IN MY EAR, YOU'VE
GOT THESE OTHER PEOPLE HERE.
I'M WONDERING, OBVIOUSLY JOE
BIDEN IS THE ONE EVERYONE TALKS
ABOUT.
THE ONE WHO CAN CLOSE THE DEAL.
MORE AND MORE STUFF LIKE THIS
COMES OUT.
I REGRET SAYING THAT VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE IS A DIFFERENT
GUY.
I WONDER IF THIS WOULD IMPLODE
ON THEM.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO
IMPLODE ON THEM AND THEY MADE
MOST OF THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE
RUNNING THEN I SPOKE TO DEVICE
PRESIDENT RECENTLY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT
EVERYONE HAS BEFORE WE CAN GO
THROUGH CHECK BOX AND CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HEALTH CARE AND THEN
REFORM AND IMMIGRATION REFORM IN
INCOME INEQUALITY.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC IS
GOING TO BE WHO CAN BE PRESIDENT
TERM.
ALL OF THESE THINGS DECIDE THEY
CHECK ALL THE BOXES.
ALL 15 CANDIDATES SOMEWHERE IN
THE SPECTRUM.
SOMEONE LIKE JOE BIDEN TODAY IS
THE FRONT RUNNER IN TODAY'S
QUINNIPIAC POLL BECAUSE HE'S
DEEMED THE ONE WITH THE BEST
RECOGNITION, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY DEEMED THE ONE WHO
CAN BEAT THE PRESIDENT.
NEIL: THAT'S HILLARY CLINTON IN
2016.
>> AM ONLY RESPONDING BECAUSE
WERE 300 DAYS AWAY FROM IOWA.
ALMOST 600 FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION AND YOU'RE RIGHT IN
2007 WHEN I WAS BACKING BARACK
OBAMA AT 2%, HILLARY WAS THAT
EXTRA 5%.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THINGS WILL
CHANGE.
TODAY HE'S BEEN A PRETTY GOOD
POSITION BECAUSE NAME
RECOGNITION WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE
RUNNING.
NEIL: BUT I WONDER TO WHAT
DEGREE BECAUSE OF THE MORE FOCUS
ON WHAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGH THE
TROUBLE BEING AN OLDER CANDIDATE
IS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
OLD BY THE WAY.
IT'S A RECORD THAT GOES BACK TO
TIMES WHEN THEY WERE VERY COMMIT
VERY DIFFERENT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY ALL THOSE
POSITIVES CAN BE NEGATIVE.
PEOPLE CAN SAY HE HAS A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
YOU CAN FLIP THEM AND SAY HE'S
OLD AND THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS
HE MAY HAVE SAID OR DONE IN THE
PAST SPANNING BACK MUCH FURTHER
THAN CANDIDATES YOU CONNECTED.
HE IS SEEN AS A FRONT RUNNER AND
DOES HAVE THE MOST NAME
RECOGNITION.
HE HAS TO FACE TOUGHER MEDIA
RECOGNITION AS NEW STARS THAT
PEOPLE LIKE TO WRITE PROFILES.
MAYOR PETE, CHECK HIM OUT.
THAT'S THE PERFECT KIND OF
CANDIDATE FOR SOMEONE TO WRITE A
ABOUT THAT'S NICE AND MORE
CREATIVE RATHER THAN TRYING TO
TAKE SOMEONE DOWN.
NEIL: HE'S GONE THROUGH THE
CONTROVERSIAL THING SEASIDE.
TODAY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ANITA
HILL AND HOW YOU HANDLE THAT AND
MAKE AN APOLOGY FOR THAT.
AND IF THEY WERE TO BELIEVE THIS
ONE LEFT-LEANING WRITER, YOU'RE
BEING PATRONIZING.
>> IT WILL STILL COME OUT STILL
COME UP IN EVERY DEBATE IN JUST
ABOUT EVERY INTERVIEW HE DOES
WILL HAVE TO KEEP ANSWERING OVER
AND OVER.
WHOEVER IT IS DOESN'T HAVE THOSE
ISSUES.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT IS
INTERESTING AND ROBERT IS
OBVIOUSLY RIGHT THAT THE NUMBER
SHOW AT THE LAST FOX NATIONAL
POLL IS 47 AND THAT MATCHES UP
BETTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER
CANDIDATES.
>> NATIONWIDE?
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH VALUE
BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO
EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN A MUCH
BETTER SHAPE.
WE ARE LOOKING BACKWARDS AND A
LOT OF DEMOCRATS MAY BE ONE OF
THEM WOULD SAY BIDEN IS THE GUY
THAT COULDN'T BE TRUMP THE LAST
TIME AROUND.
WELL DAY ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN
WHENEVER THAT IS BE THE BEST.
NEIL: HE CAN RAISE A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT HE WANTS TO OUT
SOMEONE.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL RAISE
MORE MONEY THAN SOMEONE OR
BERNIE SANDERS BECAUSE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING ONLINE WHICH NEVER
SEEN.
THAT BEING SAID THERE IS AT
LEAST A CANDIDATE AND NO ONE IS
EVER FRONT RUNNER.
JOE WAS AT 20% SO WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT FRONT RUNNERS, HE'S REALLY
IN MANY WAYS THE PLACEHOLDER.
>> A LOT OF POLLS HE HAS THE
LARGEST SHARE OF THE VOTE, THOSE
DON'T HAVE AN UNDECIDED OPTION.
THE NUMBER OF THE SHARE OF THE
VOTE DIAZ GOES DOWN.
>> PUBIS AT MY OFFICE LAST WEEK.
THEY'RE LIKE DICK CLARK.
OUR PARTY PICS DONE IN
ASPIRATIONAL.
>> THERE HASN'T BEEN A PRESIDENT
SINCE OVER THE AGE OF 53 CENTS
BEFORE JOHN F. KENNEDY.
>> AND THEN YOU COME IN AND THAT
IS WHERE YOU ARE.
>> WE HAVE NO CLUE.
BARACK OBAMA IS CONCERNED ENOUGH
FOR GETTING A MESSAGE OUT TO
SOME OF THOSE ARE THE
CANDIDATES.
THE BIG GOALS ARE GREAT, BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO PAY FOR THEM.
>> YOU STILL HAVE TO WIN THE
BLUE WALL.
MY GUT TELLS ME THEY'RE NOT
SUPPORTING THE GREENER DEAL OR
SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES.
WE HAVE SEEN WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP WOULD HAVE TO BE A LOT OF
TAKEBACK WISCONSIN AND