THEN WE’LL TALK TO OUR FRIEND
JAMES.
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206-136 RACE RIGHT NOW, AND
THERE IT MAY REMAIN RATHER
PARALYZED.
JAMES, YOU PREDICTED A NIGHT
LONG DONE AND DUSTED BEFORE
THIS.
HOW DO YOU VIEW THIS FIGHT AND
WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> FIRST THING IS EVERY DEMOCRAT
JUST PUT THE RAZOR BLADES AND AM
AMBIEN BACK IN THE MEDICINE
CABINET.
WE’RE GOING TO BE FINE.
MY DEAR FRIEND SAID MICHIGAN IS
A RED MIRAGE.
PENNSYLVANIA LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
I THINK A BIG SURPRISE IS
GEORGIA.
STEVE KORNACKI DID A REALLY GOOD
JOB TELLING PEOPLE WHAT’S OUT.
SO I -- LOOK, I HOPED WE WOULD
KNOW EARLIER THAN WE DID.
I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE JUST
FINE.
I’M VERY OPTIMISTIC.
I’VE BEEN TALKING ALL NIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE RERUNNING THE
NUMBERS.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO HANG IN
THERE, AND WE’RE GOING TO WIN
THIS THING.
I PROMISE YOU.
BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, STAY UP THE
NIGHT, WATCH THE RETURNS.
WE’RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
I’LL BE ABLE TO CRACK IT OPEN
MAYBE NOT TONIGHT AS I OPEN, BUT
I WILL CRACK THAT LITTLE PUPPY
OPEN BEFORE THIS IS OVER.
>> I’M STARING AT THE ROSES, OLD
GLORY AND THE BOTTLE AND
WONDERING WHICH ONE IS GOING TO
TAKE PRECEDENCE BY THE TIME
WE’RE OFF THE AIR.
JAMES, WHAT IN YOUR VIEW DID
HAPPEN?
YOU AND I TALK OFTEN ON IT AIR.
WHAT DID HAPPEN BETWEEN YOUR
PREDICTION OF MAYBE 10:00
EASTERN TIME, 10:30 AND WHERE WE
ARE NOW AND WHERE WE MAY BE
THURSDAY THE NEXT TIME WE TALK?
>> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE
BIGGEST STORIES WAS THE LATINO
VOTE IN FLORIDA.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK BEYOND
MIAMI-DADE WE PERFORMED WELL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT DUVAL, WHICH
I THINK IS GOING TO STILL SPEV
THE MAJORITY, IN EVERY COUNTY I
SEE IN GEORGIA WE’RE DOING A
LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I’D BE THE FIRST TO SAY, LOOK, I
WAS MORE BULLISH.
I FEEL THAT’S MY -- THAT’S WHAT
I DO IN LIFE.
I ALWAYS THINK I’M GOING TO WIN.
I NEVER GO INTO ANY CONTEST WITH
DEFEAT ON MY MIND.
I DO NOT HAVE DEFEAT ON MY MIND.
I HAVE REALLY GOOD REASONS TO
THINK THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE
FINE.
I’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
TONIGHT.
IT MIGHT TAKE A BIT LONGER TO
MOVE ON IT, BUT EVERYBODY JUST
HANG IN THERE.
AMERICA’S COMING BACK, AND I
FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
OF COURSE I WISH WE WERE SITTING
HERE, YOU KNOW, CRACKING OPEN
LIKE THIS GREAT BOTTLE OF
CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW.
BUT I’M GOING TO PUT IT ON ICE,
AND I THINK I’M GOING TO CRACK
IT OPEN ABOUT FRIDAY.
AND I’M OPTIMISTIC.
I REALLY AM.
>> I’M DUTY BOUND TO ASK IF THE
BOTTLE BEHIND YOU STARTED THE
NIGHT FULL.
>> WELL, NO.
THAT’S STUFF IS ABOUT $200 AN
OUNCE, AND I PARSED IT OUT
PRETTY GOOD, SO I’LL BE -- UNCLE
PAPPY HE’S NOT COMING OUT UNTIL
I’M SURE, BUT RIGHT NOW I FEEL
GOOD.
WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT, AND WE’RE
GOING TO SUPPORT OUR LAWYERS OUT
THERE.
WE’VE GOT SOME FINE ATTORNEYS,
AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD
LEAD GOING INTO THIS.
THERE’S MORE REASONS TO FEEL
GOOD NOW, AND I’VE BEEN ON THE
PHONE WITH A LOT IN GEORGIA AND
THEY FEEL GOOD.
A LOT OF FULTON, A LOT OF COBB
IS NOT IN.
ALL THIS STUFF FAVORS US.
ALL THE STUFF I SEE IN
PENNSYLVANIA FEELS GOOD.
AND EVERYBODY HANG IN THERE.
WE’RE JUST GOING TO BE FINE.
WE’VE GOT TO HAVE THE ATTITUDE
OF A WINNER HERE, AND WE’RE
GOING TO BE A WINNER.
>> RACHEL MADDOW HERE IN NEW
YORK.
I WANTED TO JUMP IN AND ASK YOU
ABOUT THAT MENTION OF THE
LAWYERS THERE.
DO YOU EXPECT THIS MAY BE
ULTIMATELY DECIDED BY LIARS
FIGHTING IT OUT RATHER THAN JUST
BY WAITING FOR THE COUNT?
>> WELL, I THINK A COUNT IS
GOING TO BE GOOD FOR US.
AND I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
TROUBLE -- YOU KNOW, THEY’LL
TRY.
THEY’LL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
I THINK WHEN THE COUNT COMES IN
PENNSYLVANIA I THINK WE’LL SEE A
LOT OF STUFF LATER TONIGHT.
THESE NUMBERS IN MONTGOMERY AND
DELAWARE AND CHESTER ARE JUST
AWESOME.
AND WE’RE RUNNING THEM UP PRETTY
GOOD.
WE’RE GOING TO RUN THEM UP MORE.
THE ALLEGHENY NUMBERS LOOK
REALLY GOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE
TO -- WE’RE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING
ELECTIONS WHERE WE KNEW THINGS A
LOT EARLIER, AND I SUSPECT WHAT
WE FIND OUT IS GOING TO BE GOOD,
AND I THINK THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA IS REALLY ON THE ROAD
BACK.
I REALLY DO.
I’M VERY OPTIMISTIC.
OF COURSE I WISH WE WERE POPPING
OPEN CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW, BUT I
DON’T MIND PUTTING IT ON ICE,
BUT I CAN WAIT.
I’VE WAITED FOUR YEARS FOR THIS.
I CAN WAIT ANOTHER FOUR DAYS.