WE TRUST ALL OTHERS BRING DATEAD HE WAS CLEAR-EYED ABOUT IT AND
ABOUT HIS DECISION TO SUPPORT
BIDEN.
BIDEN. CAN I SAY ONE THING ON SANDERS
ATTACKS ON BIDEN.
I THINK BEFORE YOU START TALKING
ABOUT THE CORPORATE BILLION
THEIRS AND ALL THE REST OF THE
STUFF SUPPORTING BIDEN, AT LEAST
TWO, THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER.
ONE, BIDEN HAD THE MONEY.
THE IDEA HE WAS SUPPORTED BY
CORPORATE BILLIONAIRES WHEN HE
BEAT SANDERS WAS SORT OF HARD TO
IMAGINE.
IMAGINE. TWO, NO INDIVIDUAL CAN GIVE MORE
THAN $2,800.
THAN $2,800. I DON’T THINK JOE BIDEN OR
BERNIE SANDERS CAN BE BOUGHT FOR
$2,800.
$2,800. LUDICROUS TO SAY, AND THIRDLY
THE POINT MADE, OF COURSE, THE
PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM IN SOUTH
CAROLINA WERE HARDLY THE
CORPORATE ESTABLISHMENT AS WE
TALK AND EARLIER.
>> EDDIE, SHAKING YOUR HEAD AS
RE LISTENED.
RE LISTENED. THE CASE FOR BERNIE SANDERS,
ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE
REPRESENTING WORKING PEOPLE,
WHICH HE IS.
HIS PLATFORM AND THE OTHER
CANDIDATES ARE TOOLS EFFECTIVELY
OF THE CORPORATE ESTABLISHMENT.
THAT ARGUMENT LOSES A LITTLE
STEAM, SEEMS TO ME, AFTER SUPER
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. AFTER THE KIND OF VOTERS WHO
ELECTED JOE BIDEN IN ALL OF
THOSE STATES.
THOSE STATES. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. IT REQUIRES A LITTLE NUANCE.
HARD TO HAVE NUANCE IN OUR
POLITICAL CONVERSATION AND
PARTICULARLY IN THE HEAT OF A
POLITICAL BATTLE, BUT HE NEEDS
TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
THOSE WHO VOTE, RIGHT?
AND THEN THE POLITICAL ELITES
AND THE ESTABLISHMENT HE’S
TRYING TO REFER TO.
I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO
SAY THAT JAMES CLYBURN IS PART
OF THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO TALK
ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH KLOBUCHAR
AND BUTTIGIEG AND OTHERS AND HOW
BLOOMBERG HAVE CONSOLIDATED
BEHIND JOE BIDEN TO BEGIN TO
TALK ABOUT THEM IN A PARTICULAR
SORT OF WAY, BUT YOU CAN’T
CONFLATE THAT WITH VOTERS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS MESSY.
PEOPLE WILL MAKE CHOICES AT THE
POLLS.
POLLS. IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, SMALL D,
YOU WANT TO GET AS MUCH
LEGITIMACY TO FOLK MAKING
DECISIONS ON THE VOTING DAY AS
YOU CAN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
ON SUPER TUESDAY, BERNIE SANDERS
GOT HIS BEHIND HANDED TO HIM.
HE NEEDS TO GO BACK AND THINK,
WHY?
WHY? KIND OF AS WHAT HAPPENED?
AND TO KIND OF DESCRIBE IT ALL
AS JUST CORPORATE ESTABLISHMENT
AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, IS TOO
FLATFOOTED.
FLATFOOTED. BE MORE NUANCE AND GET THE
MESSAGE RIGHT IF YOU’RE REALLY
WANTING TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF
EVERYDAY ORDINARY AMERICANS.
>> AND EDDIE, ALSO, MAKES HIM
LOOK RIDICULOUS.
LOOK RIDICULOUS. THREE MONTHS WE TALKED JOE BIDEN
HAD NO MONEY, WAS BROKE,
COULDN’T SPEND MONEY IN SUPER
TUESDAY STATES.
TUESDAY STATES. TAKE VIRGINIA.
TAKE VIRGINIA. I THINK THE GUY, MAYBE HE SPENT
$100,000 IN VIRGINIA.
I MEAN, HOW MANY MILLIONS DID
BERNIE SPEND THERE?
I MEAN, BIDEN WON WITHOUT ANY
MONEY.
MONEY. HE WON WITH HARDLY ANY POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. HE WON ON MOMENTUM, REPUTATION
AND NAME RECOGNITION.
SO, WILLIE, EDDIE’S RIGHT.
WHEN BERNIE’S GOING AROUND
SPOUTING THESE TALKING POINTS
ABOUT, HE’S, BUT THE CORPORATE
BILLIONAIRES -- WON THE RACE FOR
HIM!
HIM! NO, NO.
NO, NO. >> OH.
>> OH. >> IT WAS BLACK VOTERS IN, IN
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. IN DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA.
ALL -- YOU KNOW, IN NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE.
TENNESSEE. THESE ARE STATES WHERE JOE BIDEN
DIDN’T SPEND ANY MONEY.
THESE ARE STATES WHERE PEOPLE
MADE THE DECISION ON THEIR OWN
FOR BERNIE SANDERS, HE’S BEING A
ONE-TRICK PONY HERE TALKING
ABOUT JOE BIDEN BOUGHT AND KNOWN
BY CORPORATE -- IT JUST -- IT
DOESN’T WORK ON BIDEN.
BECAUSE HE WAS DEAD BROKE ON
SUPER TUESDAY, AND BERNIE HAD
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE BANK
WHICH IS FINE.
HE SPENT IT.
THAT’S GREAT.
THAT’S GREAT. BUT MONEY DIDN’T DECIDE SUPER
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER DECIDED
SUPER TUESDAY.
SUPER TUESDAY. AND THAT’S SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER
WAS THE QUESTION OF, WHO DO YOU
TRUST?
TRUST? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> WHO DO YOU TRUST TO BEAT
DONALD TRUMP?
DONALD TRUMP? AND WHO DO YOU TRUST TO RETURN
NORMALCY TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA’S FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
WHO -- AND YOU KNOW, THOSE EXIT
POLL QUESTIONS ABOUT, DO YOU
WANT TO HAVE OBAMA-LIKE
POLICIES?
POLICIES? DO YOU WANT TO GO EVEN FURTHER
LEFT?
LEFT? I MEAN, THOSE EXIT POLLS, IT
WASN’T CLOSE.
WASN’T CLOSE. THEY WANT THE RETURN TO THE
NORMALCY THAT THEY SAW WITH
BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU CAN ADD A COUPLE OF OTHER
STATES WHERE JOE BIDEN DIDN’T
PLAY.
PLAY. LESS INFLUENTIAL WERE THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS BUT MORE
WHITE SUBURBAN VOTES THAT’S
MINNESOTA AND MASSACHUSETTS.
THE STATE NEXT DOOR TO BERNIE
SANDERS HOME STATE OF VERMONT.
JOE BIDEN WON THOSE STATES AS
WELL AND BERNIE SANDERS AT THAT
PRESS BRIEFING YESTERDAY, WE
JUST HEARD, RAILING AGAINST THE
ESTABLISHMENT, ALSO TALKED ABOUT
LOW TURNOUT.
LOW TURNOUT. HE DIDN’T TURN OUT VOTERS THE
WAY HE THOUGHT HE WOULD.
YOUNG PEOPLE DIDN’T COME OUT TO
VOTE FOR HIM, AND HE OBVIOUSLY
DID NOT EXPAND HIS BASE OF
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. HE SAID THAT OUT LOUD.
NOT JUST POLITICAL ANALYSIS.
HE KNOWS THAT, AND HE KNOWS IF
HE’S GOING TO DO BETTER COMING
UP HE HAS TO CHANGE THAT.
IT’S UNCLEAR HOW EXACTLY HE ALL
OF A SUDDEN WILL BE ABLE TO
COURT AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS,
FOR EXAMPLE, IN A WAY HE DID NOT
ON TUESDAY.
ON TUESDAY. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN’T TURN
OUT VOTERS, MIKA.
YOU KNOW WHO DID?
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. HERE’S A LEAD FROM THE "NEW YORK
TIMES."
TIMES." THEY WERE DISAFFECTED
REPUBLICANS IN AFFLUENT
WASHINGTON SUBURBS.
WASHINGTON SUBURBS. THEY WERE SHIPYARD EMPLOYEES IN
NORFOLK AND THEY WERE HEALTH
CARE WORKERS IN PETERSBURG.
THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER ON SUPER
TUESDAY IN AN EXTRAORDINARY
SURGE TO THE POLLS IN VIRGINIA