WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT CONSENSUS.
"DAILY CALLER," VINCE COLLAGNESE
AND ANWAN SEAWRIGHT.
IF YOU HAD TO LIST OF STRONGER
CHANCES WHO WOULD THAT BE.
>> NOT SURE ONE STRONG CANDIDATE
STANDS OUT.
BIG-NAME CANDIDATES WITH PROFILE
ALREADY MOVE THEIR WAY TO THE
TOP OF THE LIST AS EARLY
FAVORITES BUT I ALWAYS GOVERN
MYSELF THIS WAY, THANKS TO THE
2007, 2018 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, NO ONE
THOUGHT OR NOT MANY PEOPLE
BELIEVED BARACK OBAMA WOULD MAKE
ITS WAY TO BE OUR NOMINEE.
IT IS STILL VERY EARLY ON THE
PROCESS.
I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE
QUALITY OF CANDIDATES AND
DIVERSITY.
IT I THINK WILL BE A FIGHT OF
THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
NEIL: YOU KNOW LOOKING AT THAT
CROWD, VINCE, I'M WONDER WHETHER
IT HELPS OR HURT THE PRESIDENT?
EVENTUALLY THE DEMOCRATS WILL
HAVE TO SETTLE ON A NOMINEE AND
IN CROWDED FIELDS BEFORE
REPUBLICANS DID A COUPLE YEARS
AGO WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW,
DEMOCRATS DID WHEN THEY WERE
FIELDING WHAT WERE CALLED,
SO-CALLED SEVEN DWARFS TO
CHALLENGE THE IMPENETRABLE
GEORGE BUSH, SR.
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS,
BILL CLINTON EMERGED.
GEORGE BUSH, SR. WHO ONCE HAD A
90% APPROVAL RATING SO YOU JUST
CAN'T TELL.
HOW DOES IT WORK TO THE
PRESIDENT'S ADVANTAGE OR
DISADVANTAGE?
>> I THINK EVERY DEMOCRAT THAT
JUMPS INTO THE RACE IS AN
ADVANTAGE TO THE PRESIDENT AND
HERE IS WHY.
THESE PRIMARY PROCESSES ARE
BRUISING.
ALL THE OPPOSITION RESEARCH
TEAMS, EACH POLITICAL GROUP
WORKING ON CANDIDATES HAVE TO
DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES WHY
THEY'RE BETTER AND ONLY WHY
THEIR OPPONENTS ARE WORK.
LOOK AT TULSI GABBARD OUT THE
GATE IMMEDIATELY.
SHE IS TOO CLOSE TO TRUMP,
DOESN'T LIKE WAR.
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND WAS MORE
PRO-IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION IN
THE PAST.
KAMALA HARRIS, SEEN ATTACKS ON
HER BASED ON TRYING TO KEEP MORE
PEOPLE IN PRISON WHEN SHE WAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CALIFORNIA.
DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY SAVAGING
EACH OTHER.
THAT WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BASICALLY
PICK HIS FAVORITE WEAKNESSES AND
EXPLOIT THEM.
NEIL: ANTWAN, FIRST OFF,
SOUTH CAROLINA THAT IS NEAR AND
DEAR TO YOU.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT ALREADY
WE'RE SEEING CORY BOOKER SPEND
INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME AND
ATTENTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
HOPES THERE I GUESS, REPORTING
IS, TO TAKE OUT BERNIE SANDERS
AND EMERGE AS SORT OF THIS NEW
SOUTHERN PHASE, NOT FROM THE
SOUTH OF COURSE BUT THAT STOPS
MOMENTUM OF PARTY HEAVYWEIGHTS
AND THEN EMERGES AS NOMINEE
HIMSELF.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT
STRATEGY?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL I THINK
ANY CANDIDATE WHO WANTS TO BE
OUR NOMINEE HAS TO FIND THE
SOUTHERN GROOVE AND THE PLACE TO
FIND THAT IS SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEIL, I GOVERN MYSELF THIS WHEN
IT COMES TO DEMOCRATIC POLITICS,
OPPORTUNITY WILL MEET YOU ON THE
DANCE FLOOR.
THE DANCE FLOOR IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
60% OF PEOPLE THAT CAST THE VOTE
WILL BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
THAT IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
NEIL: YOU HAVE CALIFORNIA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, IOWA, ARE YOU
WORRIED THAT SOUTH CAROLINA
LOSES ITS APPEAL BY THAT POINT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT BECAUSE MANY
OF THE STATE HAS FOLLOW
SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE PRIMARY
WILL HAVE VERY SIMILAR
DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO JUST LIKE IN 2018 AND JUST
LIKE IN 2016 SOUTH CAROLINA CAN
BE SAVING GRACE OR LAUNCHPAD FOR
ANY CANDIDATE THAT CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL T WILL BE REAL TEST
WHAT TYPE OF CAMPAIGN
INFRASTRUCTURE YOU HAVE, AS
SOMEONE DOING DEMOCRATIC
POLITICS IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR
VERY LONG TIME, IN FIRST CASE OF
ANY HIGH-TECH CAMPAIGN.
YOU WILL HAVE, YES, TO HAVE
MONEY TO GO ON THE AIR, DO TV,
ET CETERA.
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO PUT
TOGETHER A REAL GROUND GAME IN
ORDER TO PENETRATE THE
ATMOSPHERE HERE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT I'VE
SEEN FROM SOME OF THE CANDIDATES
WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT.
NEIL: LET ME GET YOUR SENSE,
THEN, VINCE, OF THE PRIORITIES
HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME,
EITHER DARK HORSE FIGURES OR
FIGURES WHO DON'T FIGURE INTO
THE NORMAL FIGURING IN AND THAT
IS BILLIONAIRE LIKE MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG, OR FOR THAT MATTER
STARBUCKS FORMER CEO HOWARD
SCHULTZ REPORTEDLY LOOKING AT
INDEPENDENT BID.
HOW MUCH IMPACT WILL THEY HAVE.
>> I DON'T THINK ACTUALLY MUCH.
THE THING IN PRESIDENTIAL
POLITICS TO WATCH, HOW CATCH LIZ
MA DO YOU HAVE AND CONNECT TO
THE BASE OF PARTY, I DON'T THINK
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG OR HOWARD
SCHULTZ CONNECTS WITH THE
AVERAGE DEMOCRATIC VOTER IN A
WAY TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH A
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ESPECIALLY
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HOWARD SCHULTZ IS FINE.
I DON'T THINK HE LIGHTS ANYBODY
UP.
IN BLOOMBERG'S CASE,
BILLIONAIRE, BACK AND FORTH
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
POLITICS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.
IN THAT SENSE HE WILL BE TOO
MODERATE DESPITE WHAT SOME
REPUBLICANS MIGHT THINK.
ISSUE WINNING PRESIDENTIAL
PARTY, SOMEBODY WHO HAS CHARISMA
AND HUGHES TO THE IDENTITY
POLITICS STANDARDS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.