TOGETHER.% NOW YOU KNOW.%
>>> AMY KLOBUCHAR DROPPING OUT %
OF THE RACE AND SAYING SHE’LL
ENDORSE JOE BIDEN.%
ALI VITALI IS WITH ME FROM %
BOSTON.%
BOSTON.% TELL US THE LATEST FROM THE %
KLOBUCHAR CAMP.%
KLOBUCHAR CAMP.% >> YEAH THE, KLOBUCHAR CAMPAIGN
ANNOUNCING THEIR DROPPING OUT OF
THE RACE AND GOING TO DALLAS %
TONIGHT TO ENDORSE FORMER VICE %
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.%
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THIS BIG %
SEA-CHANGE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA %
TO NOW.
TO NOW. WE KNEW THAT THE 72 HOURS %
BETWEEN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SUPER
TUESDAY WERE GOING TO BE CRUCIAL
FOR ALL OF THESE CAMPAIGNS, BUT
REALLY WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS A
SEA-CHANGE IN FAVOR OF JOE %
BIDEN.%
BIDEN.% LET ME CHART THE PATH FROM THE
WAY THE YEAR BEGAN TO WHERE WE %
ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE SAW JOE BIDEN HAVE LESS THAN
NOT SFOOIRG%
NOT SFOOIRG% INSPIRING DEBATE STAGE %
PERFORMANCE.%
PERFORMANCE.% THIS MAY BE PUSHED BLOOMBERG TO
GET IN THE RACE REVERSING A %
DECISION HE MADE IN 2019.
AND THEN WE SAW JOE BIDEN IN %
IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEVADA, %
HAVING MIDDLING FINISHES, A LOT
OF PEOPLE WONDERING IF THERE WAS
A LANE TO TAKE ON JOE BIDEN AS
THE MODERATE ALTERNATIVE IN THE
MINDS OF VOTERS.%
THAT’S WHERE PEOPLE LIKE PETE %
BUTTIGIEG AND AMY KLOBUCHAR WERE
ABLE TO GET A LOOK FROM PEOPLE %
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS MAYBE
MODERATES.
MODERATES. THEN SOUTH CAROLINA COMES ALONG,
A STATE JOE BIDEN HAD LONG
CALLED HIS FIREWALL, AND
OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN
THERE.%
THERE.% I FEEL LIKE YOU AND I WERE %
TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE %
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN %
BETWEEN JUST WINNING SOUTH %
CAROLINA AND WINNING BIG, THIS %
IS THE DIFFERENCE.%
HE WON BIG THERE PROBABLY BIGGER
THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED.%
AND NOW THIS IS THE IMPACT OF
THAT.
THAT. SEEING PETE BUTTIGIEG DROP OUT %
KNOWING THERE WASN’T A PATH.%
SEEING AMY KLOBUCHAR DROP OUT, %
THERE WASN’T A PATH.
FOR HER IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOELT
SUPER TUESDAY WAS AN IMPORTANT %
DAY FOR THE DELEGATES ON THE %
TABLE, BUT SHE HAD A HOME STATE
VOTING THAT DAY.
MINNESOTA IS A SUPER TUESDAY %
STATE.%
STATE.% WHEN I TALKED TO HER A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO, SHE WAS BULLISH THAT %
SHE WAS GOING TO WIN.%
YES, THE POLLS SHOWED HER AHEAD.
IT DID SHOW BERNIE SANDERS ON %
HER HEELS THERE.%
SHE’S NOT THE ONLY SENATOR STILL
RUNNING WHO HAS BERNIE SANDERS %
ON HER HEELS IN THE HOME STATE.
ELIZABETH WARREN, IN
MASSACHUSETTS, HAS COMPETITION %
FROM BERNIE SANDERS HERE.%
AS FAR AS AMY KLOBUCHAR.
THEY MADE THE DECISION IT WAS %
NOT WORTH SUPER TUESDAY, INSTEAD
THROWING THEIR GOOD WILL BEHIND
JOE BIDEN.%
JOE BIDEN.% ENDORSEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT BUT
NOT ALL CREATED EQUALLY.%
THE POWER OF AN INDOERSMENT BY
SOMEONE LIKE JIM CLYBURN IN %
SOUTH CAROLINA, 50% OF VOTERS %
SAYING THEY MADE THEIR DECISION
BASED OFTEN WHAT HE SAID.
WHAT I’M INTERESTED IS SEEING %
ONCE HE TAKES THAT NATIONAL AND
AMY KLOBUCHAR IS ENDORSING JOE %
BIDEN, WHAT DOES THAT DO?%
OUT HERE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL,
VOTERS DON’T VOTE BY LANE LOGIC.
JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUPPORTED
AMY KLOBUCHAR AS THEIR FIRST %
CHOICE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN
THE SECOND CHOICE IS JOE BIDEN.
WHEN PETE BUTTIGIEG DROPPED OUT
THE POLLING THAT STARTED %
PERCOLATING ONLINE WADS ALL OF %
THE POLLING THAT SHOWED PEOPLE %
WHO SUPPORTED PETE BUTTIGIEG %
FIRST HAD BERNIE SANDERS AS %
THEIR SECOND CHOICE.%
VOTERS DON’T NECESSARILY THINK %
ABOUT THEIR CHOICES IN TERMS OF
LANES OR EVEN IN TERMS OF POLICY
THAT STICKS TOGETHER IF YOU
COULD PUT IT DOWN IN A COLUMN AS
QUOTE/UNQUOTE MODERATE.%
QUOTE/UNQUOTE MODERATE.% THEY’RE VOTING BASED ON %
PERSONALITY, ON OTHER FACTORS.%
AS WE GO INTO THE CALENDAR AND %
SEE THE IMPACT OF THESE %
ENDORSEMENTS, LET’S NOT BE %
SURPRISED IF VOTERS DON’T SHIFT
FROM KLOBUCHAR’S CAMP TO %
BIDEN’S.%
BIDEN’S.% THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE WAY
IT WORKS. %
>> I’VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS, ONE %
ABOUT KLOBUCHAR, ONE ABOUT %
WARREN.%
WARREN.% START WITH KLOBUCHAR.%
YOU MECHKSED SHE WAS STILL %
BULLISH ABOUT SUPER TUESDAY OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THE WEEKEND. WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT SHE %
DECIDED NOT TO HANG ON THROUGH %
TOMORROW?%
TOMORROW?% AND DO YOU THINK THAT PETE %
BUTTIGIEG’S EXIT YESTERDAY PUT %
EXTRA PRESSURE ON HER?
>> ALISON, I’M SORT OF IN THE %
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN CAMP,R.
MAYBE THAT STEMS FROM MY FIRST
CAMPAIGN COVERING TRUMP WHERE %
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN AND DID. %
>> THAT WILL DO IT. %
>> BUT I THINK WHEN YOU’RE
CONSIDERING THOSE MISTAKES OF %
WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
WE REALLY CAN’T UNDERSTATE THE %
PRESSURE THAT A LOT OF THESE
OTHER CANDIDATES WERE UNDER, TO
RECONSIDER WHY THEY WERE IN THE
RACE.%
RACE.% PETE BUTTIGIEG, AMY KLOBUCHAR, %
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL %
BLOOMBERG, ALL THE STRATEGISTS
YOU HEAR TALKING ABOUT THEY %
SHOULD BE CONSIDERING WHY AND IF
THEY SHOULD STAY IN.%
PETE BUTTIGIEG AND AMY KLOBUCHAR
MADE THE DECISION TO GET OUT.%
IT’S SURPRISING WHEN ANY %
CAMPAIGN DROPS OUT SO CLOSE TO A
DAY OF BIG ELECTIONS.%
BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE TO
CONSIDER THAT BOTH KLOBUCHAR AND
BUTTIGIEG ARE YOUNG, KLOBUCHAR
YOLK JOKING ON THE DEBATE STAGE,
50 IS THE NEW 30.%
TO DROP OUT EARLY AND NOT HAVE A
POTENTIALLY EMBARRASSING VET IN
HER STATE, IT LENDS TO THE %
INEVITABILITY AROUND JOE BIDEN %
AS THE NONSTANDARD OPTION FOR %
VOTERS. %
VOTERS. % >> YOU CHECKED ON THIS, UP IN %
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ELIZABETH
WARREN’S HOME STATE.%
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
SUPER TUESDAY, NOW A TWO-MAN %
RACE BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS AND
JOE BIDEN.%
JOE BIDEN.% WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR %
WARREN?%
WARREN?% >> SO ELIZABETH WARREN’S THEORY
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT SHE KIND OF
WANTED IT TO COME DOWN TO %
BERNIE, BIDEN AND HERSELF.
THAT’S SOMETHING THE CAMPAIGN %
HAS EVEN BEEN SAYING IN A IN YOU
MEMO THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY.%
THEIR STRATEGY WAS TO STAY IN AT
LEAST THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY.%
BUT THEY USE WORDS LIKE
LONG-HAUL AND CALL MILWAUKEE %
THEIR FINAL PLAY.
THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE %
BUSINESS AS TRYING TO EARN AS
MANY DELEGATES AS POSSIBLE.
THEY FEEL REALLY GOOD ON TUESDAY
IN TERMS OF PICKING UP
DELEGATES.
DELEGATES. THE THING THAT IS LESS ASSURED,
WHAT STATES SHE’S GOING COME OUT
OF WITH AN ACTUAL TANGIBLE WIN.%
IT’S ALL WELL AND GOOD TO SAY %
THAT MILWAUKEE IS YOUR FINAL %
PLAY.%
PLAY.% BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DO SORT %
OF HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING %
SHE’LL WALK INTO THE ELECTION
AND SAY SHE HASN’T WON STATES %
BUT HAS A RIGHT TO BE THE
NOMINEE.%
NOMINEE.% THAT BEING SAID, THERE’S A %
QUESTION OF A WILL AND A WAY TO
STAY IN.%
STAY IN.% THE WAY FORWARD IS TO HAVE THE %
STRATEGY OF GETTING INTO SUPER
TUESDAY AND KNOWING WHAT %
DELEGATES YOU WANT TO PICK UP %
BUT HAVING THE WAY TO DO THAT %
MEANS HAVING THE CASH TO DO IT.%
FOR THE WARREN CAMPAIGN COMING %
OFF OF FEBRUARY WITH $29 MILLION
EXTRA IN THEIR POCKETS, THAT’S
WHY THEY FEEL BULLISH ABOUT
STAYING IN.%
STAYING IN.% THAT’S WHY THEY’RE PLAGUE THREW
SUPER TUESDAY.%
SUPER TUESDAY.% THE KEY ALWAYS WAS BEING THE
BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SO-CALLED %
MODERATE LANE AND SO-CALLED
PROGRESSIVE LANE. %
>> MONEY WILL BUY YOU MORE TIME.