>> THIS WAS A DISASTER FOR BLOOMBERG.
BLOOMBERG. BLOOMBERG WENT IN AS THE
TITANIC.
TITANIC. BILLION-DOLLAR MACHINE
BILLION-DOLLAR MACHINE TITANIC.
TITANIC. TITANIC MEET ICEBERG
ELIZABETH WARREN.
ELIZABETH WARREN. >> FORMER MAYOR WAS
COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS REALM.
>> I WOULDN’T WANT TO GO IN
THERE AND DEFEND HIM AFTER
THE NIGHT THAT HE HAD.
>> IT WAS BOXING IN THE
1950s, YOU KEEP PUNCHING
THE CUT OVER THEIR EYE OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THAT’S WHAT THEY DID TO
BLOOMBERG.
BLOOMBERG. AINSLEY: MANY IN THE MEDIA
DEEMING MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
THE LOSER OF THE LATEST
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE. ARE THEY RIGHT?
BRIAN: HERE NOW TO WEIGH IN
MEDIA REPORTER FOR THE HILL
JOE CONCHA.
JOE CONCHA. JOE, DO YOU GO WITH THE MAIN
THEME THAT BLOOMBERG WAS THE
TARGET AND HE WAS NOT READY
TO BE HIT?
>> HE WAS NOT READY THERE
WAS RUST.
WAS RUST. I HAD NOTES I WAS TAKING
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. UNSTEADY, UNNERVED, DEER IN
THE HEADLIGHTS,
THE HEADLIGHTS, UNREALITIABLE, REHEARSED,
UNREALITIABLE, REHEARSED, INAUTHENTIC, OUT OF PLACE.
NOT VERY GOOD REVIEWS IF YOU
REMEMBER ROCKY 4 LIKE APOLLO
CREED VS. 4.
THE OPTICS HERE FOR ALL
DEMOCRATS I THINK WERE POOR.
IT WAS GAINING FOR US.
POLITICAL JUNKIES WE LOVED
IT.
IT. BRIAN: FIRST REAL DEBATE.
>> WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THE
GLOVES AND ACTUALLY WENT
AFTER EACH OTHER.
THEY ARE LACKING GRAVITAS.
WHAT GROVE ME CRAZY IS THREE
SECONDS INTO EVERYBODY’S
ANSWER EVERYBODY’S HANDS UP
AND WAVING.
AND WAVING. GIVE THEM A BUZZER LIGHT UP
THEIR PODIUM LOOKS LIKE
SOPHOMORE YEAR DEBATE.
STEVE: DID YOU FEEL THAT THE
MODERATORS ACTUALLY HAD
CONTROL OF THE DEBATE
BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THEY
SAID HELLO IN THE BEGINNING
AND OFF TO THE RACES AND
DIDN’T HEAR MANY QUESTIONS.
>> I DON’T MIND WHEN
ACTUALLY MODERATORS KIND OF
BACK OFF AND LET THEM GO AT
IT.
IT. I THINK AT ONE POINT THEY
ALLOWED ELIZABETH WARREN WAY
TOO MUCH TO INTERROGATE
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IF IT WAS
THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
STEVE: SHE WAS THE NUMBER
ONE SOUNDBITER AND I BELIEVE
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WAS THE
LEAST.
LEAST. >> WARREN AND KLOBUCHAR GOT
THE MOST SPEAKING TIME AND
BLOOMBERG DID GET THE LEAST,
THAT’S CORRECT.
THAT’S CORRECT. OVERALL, THE TONE IN GENERAL
I STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT THE
MESSAGE OF THE DEMOCRATS IS
FROM AN OPTIMISM
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WIN ON
OPTIMISM.
OPTIMISM. RONALD REAGAN SHINING CITY
ON THE HILL.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH THOUSAND
POINTS OF LIGHT.
BILL CLINTON MAN FROM HOPE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HOPE AND
CHANGE.
CHANGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN.
GREAT AGAIN. WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATS’
PUMPERDEMOCRATS’BUMPER STICKER A
POINT?
POINT? STEVE: CAN I BEAT TRUMP.
AINSLEY: WHAT COULD
BLOOMBERG HAVE SAID THAT
MADE YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY
IF HE HAD JUST DEFENDED
HIMSELF WHAT SHOULD VERY
SAID?
SAID? >> I THINK AINSLEY HE WAS
INDEFENSIBLE POSITION.
INDEFENSIBLE POSITION. BECAUSE, THINK OF ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT HE HAS INSULTED
OVER THE LAST WEEK IN TERMS
OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN UNEARTHED.
BEEN UNEARTHED. YOU HAVE GOT FARMERS, YOU
HAVE GOT SENIORS, LATINOS
WOMEN AND BLACKS.
THEY ARE HORRIBLE.
YOU CAN’T DEFEND SOME OF THE
THINGS HE SAID.
ONLY TWO GROUPS THAT WEREN’T
ATTACKED WERE --
AINSLEY: WHY IS HE DOING SO
WELL IN THE POLLS MAYBE NOT
AFTER LAST NIGHT.
>> EVERYTHING CHANGES NOW
BECAUSE WHO HE IMAGIZED
BLOOMBERG IN THOSE ADS
BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO
TAKE QUESTIONS.
TAKE QUESTIONS. NOT ONLY HAS HE NOT DONE A
DEBATE TO THIS POINT HE
HASN’T DONE ONE MAJOR
INTERVIEW TO THIS POINT.
BRIAN: WHAT HE WANTS TO RUN
ON AS 12 YEARS AS MAYOR HE
HAS TO APOLOGIZE FOR BECAUSE
HE IS IN THE DEMOCRATIC
DEBATE.
DEBATE. I AGREE WITH MAYOR PETE ON
THIS TWO FRONTRUNNERS ONE IS
NOT A DEMOCRAT.
MIKE BLOOMBERG IS REALLY NOT
A DEMOCRAT.
A DEMOCRAT. AINSLEY: BERNIE SANDERS IS
NOT.
NOT. BRIAN: BERNIE SANDERS IS NOT
A DEMOCRAT.
A DEMOCRAT. ELIZABETH WARREN HAS TO WENT
AFTER EVERYONE EXCEPT WHO
BERNIE.
BERNIE. SOMEHOW WHEN SHE EVENTUALLY
GOES, BERNIE IS GOING TO GET
HER WINDFALL, UNTIL THEN,
SHE IS GOING TO DAMAGE
EVERYBODY ELSE.
EVERYBODY ELSE. >> YOU ARE A FORMER SPORTS
GUY, RIGHT?
GUY, RIGHT? INTERMS OF BLOOMBERG AND WHO
HE IS?
HE IS? REMEMBER HE RAN -- HE WAS
FIRST A DEMOCRAT AND THEN
RAN AS A REPUBLICAN TO WIN
IN NEW YORK.
THEN HE BECAME AN
INDEPENDENT.
INDEPENDENT. ALL HE HAS TO DO IS BECOME A
LIBERTARIAN AND HITS FOR THE
CYCLE.
CYCLE. WE DON’T KNOW WHO EXACTLY
MIKE BLOOMBERG IS FOR HIM TO
APOLOGIZE FOR STOP AND FRISK
THE DAY BEFORE HE RUNS FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. YOU FELT SO BAD ABOUT IT YOU
COULD HAVE DONE THAT WHEN
YOU LEFT OFFICE.
HE WAS BETTER OFF RUNS AS
INDEPENDENT AND STAYING OUT
OF THIS MUCK.
BRIAN: HE CAN’T RUN AS AN
INDEPENDENT.
INDEPENDENT. >> HIS MONEY MAY CHANGE
THINGS THOUGH.
THINGS THOUGH. STEVE: VOLUME WISE WHEN YOU
IMAGINE OF WHICH THOSE
CANDIDATES FROM LAST NIGHT
WOULD BE WELL-PAIRED WITH
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. I THINK THE ONLY TWO WHO
COME TO THE SAME INTENSITY
LEVEL FROM LAST NIGHT WOULD
BE ELIZABETH WARREN AND
BERNIE SANDERS.
BERNIE SANDERS. >> YOU MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT
THAT.
THAT. BUT THEN WHAT ARE THE
CHOICES, REAL HAVE ANY IF
IT’S BERNIE SANDERS THEN WE
WILL GO BACK TO BUMPER
STICKERS, CAPITALISM VS.
SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM. THE PARTY DOES NOT WANT HIM
TO BE THE NOMINEE.
IF BLOOMBERG WINS THEN
THAT’S HORRIBLE TOO BECAUSE
IN HIS CASE THE GRASSROOTS
AREN’T WITH HIM.
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS THE
PEOPLE AREN’T.
PEOPLE AREN’T. PEOPLE STAY HOME.
IF BERNIE IS THE NOMINEE,
THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT OH,
BOY, WE CAN’T ELECT A
SOCIALIST AS OUR NOMINEE.
THERE ARE NO GOOD OPTIONS
FOR DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S A BIG PROBLEM THE
PARTY KNOWS IT.
AINSLEY: SHE DIDN’T ATTACK
BERNIE.
BERNIE. I DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THAT
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. MAYBE SHE WANTS TO BE VICE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> THAT’S A VERY GOOD POINT.
AMY KLOBUCHAR COULD BE A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. STACEY ABRAMS IS THE FRONT