SOMETIMES I GET INTO ARGUMENTS
WITH PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS ABOUT
WHAT THE CURRENT POLITICAL
MOVEMENT REQUIRES.
THERE ARE WELL-MEPG FOLKS,
PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE
WHO THINKS THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO
BAD THE LINES HAVE BEEN SO
STARKLY DRAWN THAT WE HAVE TO
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.
IN FACT THE MORE CYNICAL PEOPLE
ABOUT GOVERNMENT, THE ANGRIER
AND MORE DISSPIRITTED THEY ARE
ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR POWER.
CHARLES: PRESIDENT OBAMA
REENTERING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
TODAY IN A BIG WAY AND GOING
AND HIS OWN PARTY OF COURSE
FINDING TIME TO GIVE HIMSELF A
LITTLE CONTRACT
LITTLE CRETRACT
LITTLE CREDIACT
LITTLE CREDITCT
LITTLE CREDIT FOR THE BOOMING
ECONOMY.
I WANT TO DISCUSS IT WITH OUR
PANEL RIGHT NOW.
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LET ME START WITH YOU, DANIELLE.
THE SOUND BITE WE USED COVERED
WHAT I THOUGHT -- THE PIRS PART
OF THIS WAS THE RALLY TO TROOPS,
PUSH BACK AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
BUT TO ME THE OTHER PART WAS
HEY, THE ESTABLISHMENT IS
LOSING.
WE NEED TO GO IN THERE AND HELP
THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HE
SAID ABOUT PROGRESSIVES.
DON'T FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE,
DON'T MAKE STUFF UP, STOP NAME
CALLING, FIND COMMON GROUND AND
THAT WAS TOUGH STUFF FROM
DEMOCRAT TO DEMOCRAT.
>> I THINK PEOPLE SEE OBAMA
SITTING ON THE SIDELINES HOPING
HE'S GOING TO COME BACK IN AND
JOIN THE FIGHT.
HE'S SAYING THIS NEEDS TO BE
GOOD HARDWORKING DECENT PEOPLE
THAT WE PUT INTO GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT AN
THIS IS NOT ABOUT SN
THIS IS NOT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S
GOING TO COLLECT POWER.
>> IF THEY'RE DIVIDED, THEY'RE
>> IF WE HAVE SOME OF THE STUFF
THAT WE'VE SEEN AT THE KAVANAUGH
HEARINGS, THAT JENS UP THE BASE
FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
AT THE SAME TIME THE DEMOCRATS,
THEY NEED TO ENERGIZE THEIR
BASE.
IT'S A BIT OF A GAMBLE.
AND I'M INTRESSED IN THE
POLITICS OF OBAMA GOING OUT
RIGHT NOW.
WHEN HE HAS NOT BEEN ON THE
TICKET IN 2010, 2014, WE SAW THE
GOP GAIN.
ON HIMSELF AND WE KNOW HE DOES
WELL WHEN HE HAS A POLITICAL
FOIL.
WE SAUL
WE SAWL
THEM NICKNAMES.
AND THE TEMPTATION IS FOR OBAMA
TO PUT IT OUT THERE SO THAT
THE TWEETS WHEN THIS WAS GOING
ON.
THEY WERE INTERESTING TO SAY THE
LEAST.
YOU SAW SOME HYPOCRISY THERE
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETS OR SOME
OF HIS ACTIONS.
FORMER PRESIDENT REMAINS QUIET
DURING A CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA, FORMER
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH TODAY
MADE ME MISS THOSE DAYS.
HE DID COME OUT STRONG ON WHAT
HE CALLS DIVISIVE RHETORIC.
DISCOURSE THESE DAYS.
BUT HE DOESN'T SEEM TO TAKE ANY
OF THE BLAME AT ALL.
LET'S NOT FORGET HE DID TALK
ABOUT PEOPLE WITH GUNS,
RELIGION, TALKED ABOUT THEM
NEGATIVELY.
A LOT OF THE REASON THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID WIN THE
WHITE HOUSE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE
UNDER OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION
FELT LIKE THEY WERE LEFT OUT.
IS ONLY BECAUSE OF TRUMP OR ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICANS.
CHARLES: WHEN YOU START OFF YOUR
PRESIDENTIAL RUN TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE'S GUNS AND RELIGION,
THAT'S PRETTY OFFENSIVE, ISN'T
IT?
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CHARLES: FOR YOU SURPRISED BY
THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT --
DEMOCRATS WERE THE ONES PUSHING
SLAVERY.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, UNTIL VERY
RECENTLY YOU SAW REPUBLICANS WHO
WERE AT THE FOREFRONT, CIVIL
RIGHTS BILLS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT
HE DIDN'T TRY TO SAY THAT THOSE
WERE REALLY NOT TODAY'S
REPUBLICANS.
HE GAVE THE REPUBLICANS CREDIT
FOR THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
THAT THE PARTY OF TRUMP IS NOT
THE PARTY OF REAGAN.
CHARLES: HE DIDN'T SAY THAT,
THOUGH.
PRESIDENT OBAMA DIDN'T TAKE TIME
OUT TO SAY THAT
HE SIMPLY GAVE REPUBLICANS
CREDIT FOR SLAVERY, FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REFRESHING.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
CHARLES: JILLIAN?
>> THAT CERTAINLY WAS
REFRESHING.
I THINK THE RISK HERE IS HE'S
COMING IN WITH A HIGH APPROVAL
RATING.
PAST PRESIDENTS.
CHARLES: COULD HE RUIN THAT
THOUGH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THE
ABSENCE HAS MADE THE HEART GROW
REMINDING PEOPLE WHAT HE STOOD
FOR FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT,
THE HEAVY REGULATION, THE LACK
OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT
WE SAW BECAUSE GOVERNMENT WAS
STIFLING IT.
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CHARLES: EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE BERNIE
MOMENTUM, HE TALKED ABOUT THE
FRESH IDEA OF MEDICAID FOR ALL.
REITERATED NO STUDENT DEBT.
MAYBE THERE'S A MAGIC WAY OF
GETTING THAT DONE.
WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE MESSAGE FOR
DEMOCRAT TOS DO AFTER TODAY'S
PERFORMANCE.
DO THEY WANT HIM TO DO THIS MORE
OFTEN?
>> I THINK THIS COULD BE
DETRIMENTAL FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN
GET OUT THE DEMOCRAT VOTE.
BUT THIS MAKES THE REPUBLICANS
WANT TO GET OUT THERE BECAUSE
THEY LISTEN TO OBAMA AND THEY'RE
LIKE, HEY, WE DON'T WANT MORE OF
THAT.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I THINK
JUST SHOWS WHY PEOPLE DON'T WANT
OBAMA IS HE WAS TAKING CREDIT
FOR THE ECONOMY.
AND THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
LET'S NOT FORGET DURING HIS
EIGHT YEARS AS PRESIDENT HE
BLAMED BUSH FOR THE RECESSION.
NOW HE'S TAKING CREDIT FOR THE
THROUGH A LOT OF HIS RHETORIC.
HE'S A SMOOTH SPEAKER, A GOOD
COMMUNICATOR.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SUBSTANCE, I ACTUALLY DON'T
THINK HE DOES A LOT TO HELP THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDTERM.