MAY NOT WANT IT, BUT REPUBLICANS ON THE ONE HAND KIND OF WANT IT
BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM, AND THE
DEMOCRATIC BASE CERTAINLY DOES
WANT IT.
WANT IT. >> MIKE, YOU HAVE TO GET IN ON
THIS ONE
THIS ONE WE EXPECT FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN TO JUMP INTO THE
CROWDED DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FIELD
TOMORROW
TOMORROW TWO SOURCES CLOSE TO VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH DIRECT
KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANNING
CONFIRMED TO NBC NEWS THE FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT PLANS TO ANNOUNCE
HIS RUN TOMORROW MORNING WITH
ANIONAN
ANIONAN ONLINE VIDEO
ONLINE VIDEO HE’LL TRAVEL TO PITTSBURGH ON
MONDAY FOR AN EVENT AT A LOCAL
UNION HALL, NBC LEARNED.
THEN PLANS IN THE FOLLOWING
WEEKS TO KICK OFF WITH IOWA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND
NEVADA
NEVADA MEANWHILE, BIDEN WILL ENTER THE
2020 RACE WITH A HUGE
FUNDRAISING DISADVANTAGE
FUNDRAISING DISADVANTAGE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS
AGAINST BERNIE SANDERS, WHO
RAISED $26 MILLION ACROSS HIS
COMMITTEES, BIDEN WILL ENTER THE
RACE WITH ZERO DOLLARS
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT’S
CAMPAIGN WOULD HAVE TO RAISE
$100,000 EVERY DAY UNTIL
CHRISTMAS TO WATCH SANDERS’
FUNDRAISING TOTALS BY THE
BEGINNING OF APRIL
OBVIOUSLY, BIDEN WILL CATCH UP
HE KNOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HIGH
PLACES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WHAT IS HIS MINDSET?
WHAT’S HIS MENTALITY AS HE HOPS
INTO THE RACE TOMORROW
>> I THINK HIS MENTALITY IS THAT
HE IS THE ONLY GUY WHO CAN
CERTAINLY BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
THAT’S HIS WHOLE CARD.
THAT IS THE CARD HE IS GOING TO
PLAY
PLAY HE HAS BEGUN TO MAKE FUNDRAISING
CALLS HIMSELF, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.
HE DOESN’T LIKE TO DO IT
THERE IS THE PERIL FOR HIM, IN
THAT BERNIE SANDERS AND MULTIPLE
OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD,
JIM VAND
JIM VAND JIM, HAVE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON
HOW TO REACH REPEAT
CONTRIBUTORS
CONTRIBUTORS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DOESN’T HAVE
THAT BASE YET.
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO,
INITIALLY, I WOULD THINK, TO
LARGE DONORS WHO DROP DOWN BIG
CHECKS AT FUNDRAISING DINNERS.
THAT WAY, THE OTHER CANDIDATES
WILL LASH BACK AT HIM, I’M SURE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THERE’S A COUPLE PROBLEMS FOR
BIDEN.
BIDEN. HE IS GETTING IN AND WILL MAKE
THE ARGUMENT, I’M THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN BEAT TRUMP, BUT
DEMOCRATS WILL SEE THERE ARE
SEVERAL DEMOCRATS WHO POLL HEAD
TO HEAD AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
QUITE WELL, AND OFTEN AS WELL AS
HE DOES.
HE DOES. TWO, THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT
ERA.
ERA. IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY AT THIS
JUNCTURE OF THE CAMPAIGN, IT IS
HOW WELL CAN YOU COMMUNICATE
WITH PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
CAN YOU GET THEM TO TURN OUT FOR
YOUR OEVENTS
YOUR OEVENTS CAN YOU CONVERT FOLLOWERS INTO
LOW DONOR DOLLARS, WHICH CREATES
ITS OWN MOEMENTUM
JOE BIDEN IS OLD SCHOOL, RAISING
MONEY FROM THE BIG MONEY FOLKS
INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DOING THIS CONVENTIONALLY.
LOOK AT THE ROLLOUT.
HE’LL DO IT IN HIS HOME STATE,
THEN GO TO THE FOUR EARLY
STATES
STATES HE’S GOING TO DO THE SPEECHES
THAT YOU THINK A JOE BIDEN WOULD
DO
DO I THINK IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT
TIME FOR HIM
HAD HE GOTTEN IN A MONTH OR TWO
AGO, WHEN EVERYBODY WAS SAYING
HE COULD BE THE SAVIOR AND
PROTECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, IT’D BE A DIFFERENT
STORY.
STORY. THE COVERAGE OF HIM THE LAST FEW
WEEKS HAS BEEN LESS THAN
POSITIVE
POSITIVE THERE’S JUST BEEN A LOT -- EVEN
THE COVERAGE OF HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
HAS BEEN VERY MUCH HE IS GOING
TO DO IT THIS DAY, THAT DAY, BY
VIDEO, MIGHT NOT BE BY VIDEO
IT FEELS IT IS NOT A WELL-OILED
MACHINE, AND IT FEELS HE IS
JUMPING IN WHEN THERE ARE A LOT
OF DEMOCRATS GENERATING
EXCITEMENT
EXCITEMENT IF YOU LOOK AT BUTTIGIEG, BERNIE
HAREART KAMALA HARRIS, ELIZABETH
WARREN, THERE IS BUZZ THAT THEY
COULD GENERATE EXCITEMENT AROUND
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN A WAY
JOE BIDEN MIGHT HAVE PROBLEMS
DOING IT.
DOING IT. >> I HAVE YET TO TALK TO A
DEMOCRATIC ACTIVIST OR A
DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING WHO IS
EXCITED ABOUT JOE BIDEN GETTING
IN THE RACE.
I’LL TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
I’VE BEEN SURPRISED, BUT ALMOST
EVERY DEMOCRAT I HAVE SPOKEN
WITH IS CONCERNED THAT THIS IS
GOING TO END BADLY FOR JOE
BIDEN, AND THAT HE SHOULD NOT
GET INTO THE RACE.
THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD
REPEATEDLY OVER THE PAST
SELF-MONTHS.
SELF-MONTHS. WHAT
WHAT WHAT ABOUT YOU
>> YES
>> YES I THINK IT IS CONSISTENT WITH A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REPORT ON
POLITICS AND ARE TUNED INTO THIS
STUFF HAVE BEEN HEARING, JOE,
INCLUDING ME
INCLUDING ME I WOULD SAY AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE
CLOSE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT AND
PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES
FANS OF JOE BIDEN, PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE HAPPY TO LIVE IN AN
AMERICA WHERE JOE BIDEN WAS THE
PRESIDENT, THOSE ARE MAYBE THE
CONSTITUENCY THAT IS MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT’S ABOUT TO
HAPPEN TO HIM.
THEY’VE SEEN WHAT’S HAPPENED,
WHAT’S UNFOLDED OVER THESE LAST
FEW MONTHS, NOT JUST RELATED TO
SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH SOME
WOMEN WHO SAID HE WAS SORT OF
TOO FAMILIAR WITH THEM IN SOME
CASES AND DIDN’T RESPECT THEIR
PERSONAL SPACE, BUT ALSO
WATCHING HIM KIND OF MISHANDLE
SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOW
PROGRESSIVE HE IS AND HOW HE
FITS INTO THE MODERN PARTY
THERE ARE THESE ISSUES THAT JIM
JUST POINTED TO AND MIKE POINTED
TO
TO HE HAD NEVER BEEN A GOOD
FUNDRAISING.
FUNDRAISING. HE’S NEVER BEEN SOMEONE WITH A
BIG FUNDRAISING BASE
HE’S NOT BEEN IN THE ERA OF
SMALL DONOR FUNDRAISING.
HE HAS LOYALISTS WHO LOVE HIM
AND SUPPORT HIM, IN 1988 AND98 A
2008, BOTH RUNS FOR PRESIDENT
DIDN’T WORK OUT WELL
AMONG ACTIVISTS, THERE IS NOT A
CRY, AND THEY ARE NOT THE WHOLE
OF THE TRATIC ICDEMOCRATIC PARTY
THERE IS A CHUNK OF YARDAGE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST VOTES.
THERE AREN’T A LOT OF ACTIVISTS
WHO ARE CALLING FOR JOE BIDEN.
THOSE WHO LIKE HIM THE MOST,
HAVE HIS BEST INTEREST AT HEART,
THERE IS A SENSE OF CONCERN THAT
THIS MIGHT NOT GO ALL THAT WELL.
>> I HEAR A LOT OF THE SAME
THINGS
THINGS REMEMBER, HE IS POLLING AT OR
NEAR THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC
FIELD.
FIELD. HE’S GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF
HIM.
HIM. THERE’S TIME FOR HIM TO MAKE UP
THE GROUND
THE GROUND THERE IS THE LATEST POLL WITH
JOE BIDEN ON TOP OF THE RACE,
SEVEN POINTS UP ON BERNIE
SANDERS.
SANDERS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS MIKE
SAID, JOE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
LOOK AT THIS RACE AND SAY, WHO
CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP?
WHO ENDS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION THEY MAY DECIDE IT IS JOE BIDEN.
>> THE QUESTION IS, WILLIE, HOW
DOES HE MOVE THIS CONVERSATION
FORWARD?
FORWARD? THE LAST MONTH WE’VE SEEN NOT
OVERLY NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT
HIM, BUT THERE IS A NEGATIVE
DYNAMIC SET INTO THIS CAMPAIGN
IT IS HARD TO SEE JOE BIDEN
STIRRING UP THE TYPE OF
EXCITEMENT AS, SAY, YOU KNOW,
KAMALA HARRIS DID IN HER
INTRODUCTION, OR THAT MAYOR PETE
IS DOING EVERY DAY
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES HE
CHANGE THE DYNAMIC
HE IS USED TO BEING TREATED WELL
BY THE PRESS
HE’S ALWAYS BEEN TREATED WELL BY
THE PRESS.
THE PRESS. THINGS MAY GET MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT IN THIS COMPETITIVE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. >> I WOULD SAY THIS THOUGH, JOE,
WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT FAIRLY
QUICKLY HERE
QUICKLY HERE >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT TWO
MONTHS, ONCE THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES, ONCE HE
GETS OUT THERE ON THE TRAIL,
ONCE HE SEES CROWDS, HOW BIG ARE
THE CROWDS
THE CROWDS WHAT’S THE RESPONSE TO HIM AMONG
THE CROWDS
THE CROWDS WHAT’S THE EMOTION BEHIND HIS
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN WHAT IS THE PITCH OF HIS
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN THAT’S ALL GOING TO BE LAID OUT,
I THINK, PRETTY QUICKLY.
>> JIM, BEFORE YOU GO, LAST WORD
ON BIDEN WHARKS DO, WHAT DO YOU
>> I AGREE HE IS LEADING IN THE
POLLS.
POLLS. SO MUCH HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE
KNOWING WHO JOE BIDEN IS
IT’LL BE INTERESTING, IF YOU
WATCHED THE CNN FORUM EARLIER
THIS WEEK WITH THE FIVE
CANDIDATES, YOU HAVE A PARTY,
MOST OF YOUR CANDIDATES, OTHER
THAN BUTTIGIEG, WHO IS NOT
SAYING THAT MUCH SPECIFICALLY,
WHO SOUND SO FAR TO THE LEFT OF
JOE BIDEN, WHO SOUND SO FAR TO
THE LEFT OF DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES THAT WE’VE HEARD IN
THE PAST
THE PAST THEY SOUND THAT WAY BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT’S RESONATING WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIGHT NOW
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