WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE COMING
UP.
>> Trace: MEANTIME, DESPITE
JOE BIDEN’S GAFFES, FOX NEWS
POLL MAX SHOWS THE
VICE PRESIDENT EITHER LEADING OR
NECK AND NECK WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SOME KEY BATTLEGROUND
AND SOME KEY BATTLEGROUND
STATES.
FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF AND A FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IN ITS YOUR HOME STATE, AND I
JUST WANTED TO START IF I COULD
WITH SOME OF THESE POLLS COMING
OUT OF TEXAS HERE.
IS ABOUT WHO DO YOU TRUST TO DO
A BETTER JOB AND LET’S PUT THIS
ON THE SCREEN WHEN IT COMES TO
THE ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION, THE
PRESIDENT IS DOING PRETTY WELL
IN TEXAS AS YOU CAN SEE, HE
LEADS THEY ARE.
WHEN IT COMES TO RACE RELATIONS
AND CORONAVIRUS, JOE BIDEN
LEADS.
A KIND OF SURPRISING BECAUSE
OVERALL, HE HAS A ONE POINT LEAD
AND WELL WITHIN THE MARGIN OF
ERROR BUT IS THERE SOMETHING
HERE THAT SURPRISES YOU WHEN IT
COMES TO WHO WOULD DO A BETTER
JOB?
>> NOT REALLY.
I THINK THE CORONAVIRUS AND RACE
ISSUES ARE DIFFICULT FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO DEAL WITH ONE
BECAUSE HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND
BIDEN IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN
EXCEPT WHEN HE WANTS TO SURFACE
SO BIDEN CAN PICK AND CHOOSE THE
MOMENTS THAT HE COMES FORWARD
AND THE PRESIDENT CAN’T.
LET’S STEP BACK.
THIS IS PART OF A BROADER DRAMA
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK NOT ONLY
AT THE FOX POLL’S BUT
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" POLLS AND
KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES, THE
PRESIDENT AND MANY OF THOSE
STATES IS BEHIND AND IN SOME
STATES, IT IS CLOSE AND WITHIN
THE MARGIN OF ERROR AS YOU SAY
BY THE PRESIDENT IS BEHIND
TODAY.
ALL THE NATIONAL POLLS SUGGEST
HE IS BEHIND, REAL CLEAR
POLITICS AVERAGE IS NOW CLOSE TO
NINE POINTS, SIX WEEKS AGO, IT
WAS FIVE.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN
CAMPAIGNS.
IN MAY OF 1988, GEORGE HERBERT
WALKER BUSH WAS BEHIND MICHAEL
DUKAKIS BY 19 POINTS AND WON BY
NEARLY EIGHT.
A 1948, AUGUST OF 1948, HARRY S. TRUMAN THE INCUMBENT
HARRY S. TRUMAN THE INCUMBENT
PRESIDENT WAS BEHIND, CHARTING A
STRATEGY.
SO THE QUESTION IS NOT WHERE OUR
PEOPLE TODAY, BUT WHERE DOES IT
REGAIN THE ADVANTAGE?
GOT SOME POWERFUL TOOLS.
THE PRESIDENT AND ALL OF THESE
POLLS SHOW TENDS TO BE NUMBER
ONE IN THE CAMPAIGN, NAMELY THE
ECONOMY THAT STILL HAS AN
ADVANTAGE.
BUT HE’S GOT TO DO IN MY OPINION
THREE THINGS.
WHAT DOES HE WANT TO DO NEXT?
NO PRESIDENT GETS REELECTED BY
SIMPLY SAYING I’VE DONE A
GOOD JOB SO LAST NIGHT, HE WAS
ASKED THIS QUESTION BY
SEAN HANNITY AND NEEDS TO GET A
BETTER ANSWER BUT THIS IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING.
THE SECOND IS WHAT ARE THE BIG
CHOICES THAT HE MUST TO MAKE
THIS ISSUE ABOUT.
THINGS ON WHICH HE CAN CONTRAST
HIMSELF WITH JOE BIDEN, AND THE
LEAST IMPORTANT BUT STILL
IMPORTANT IS WHAT ARE THE BIDEN
WEAKNESSES HE OUGHT TO EXPLOIT?
THINGS LIKE THE STATEMENTS HE’S
MADE ABOUT CHINA, WEAKNESS IS ON
CHINA POLICY FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT YOU CAN’T WIN UNLESS YOU’VE
GOT A DISCIPLINE FOCUSED
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND THESE
POLLS POINT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS TEAM NEEDING TO RE-EXAMINE
WHAT THEY’RE DOING AND COME UP
WITH A BETTER GAME PLAN.
>> Trace: I’M CURIOUS BECAUSE
YOU PUT THAT BOARD BACK UP, YOUR
TOP ONE IS WHAT IS HE GOING TO
DO NEXT AND HE’S GOING AFTER
OBAMACARE NOW, HE WANTS A
SUPREME COURT TO LOOK AT THAT
AND IT’S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES
THAT PULLED VERY WELL FOR
DEMOCRATS AND YOU SAY SOME
POLITICAL PUNDITS THINK MAYBE
THAT’S NOT THE BEST MOVE TO BE
GOING AFTER OBAMACARE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT
DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE
ANSWER FOR THAT TOUGH QUESTION
YOU JUST ROLLED OUT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, HE’S GOT TIME
TO DO THIS.
FOR HE’S GOT TO HAVE THIS
ALREADY IS IN THE THIRD WEEK
OF AUGUST WHEN HE STANDS UP IN
FRONT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I REALIZE BIDEN DOESN’T HAVE AN
AGENDA OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
HE HAS OUTSOURCED THIS.
HE’S GOT THESE COMMITTEES
DOMESTICS COMMITTEES.
HE APPOINTED FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEES.
BERNIE AND BIDEN BOTH APPOINTED
A COCHAIRMAN AND THOSE SIX
COMMITTEES ON THE BIG ISSUES OF
THE CAMPAIGN ARE SUPPOSED TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT JOE BIDEN
BELIEVES.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S GOING TO
DO FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
EITHER.
BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE IN THE
SAME PLACE.
BUT YOU MENTIONED HEALTH CARE,
THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO HAVE AN
AFFIRMATIVE AGENDA AND THE GOOD
NEWS IS REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ONE.
LET’S LET SMALL BUSINESSES BAND
TOGETHER AND GET THE SAME
DISCOUNTS FOR INSURANCE AT BIG
COMPANIES GET.
LET’S EXPAND THE ABILITY OF
PEOPLE TO SAVE MONEY TAX-FREE
FOR THEIR OUT-OF-POCKET MEDICAL
EXPENSES.
LET’S HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN
PRICING AND OUTCOMES.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT IN THIS
REGARD AND CAN EXPLAIN WHAT
THEY’RE GOING TO DO MORE IN THAT
REGARD BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO
LAY OUT WHAT IT IS HE WANTS TO
DO OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
>> Trace: YOU TALKED ABOUT
GOING AFTER JOE BIDEN’S
WEAKNESSES.
I WANT TO PLAY THE JOE BIDEN
GAFFE AND GET YOUR RESPONSE ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
>> PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A JOB,
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE TO
GO, THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE
GOING TO DO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,
YOU HAVE UNNECESSARILY, NOW OVER
120 MILLION DEAD FROM COVID.
>> Trace: THE PRESIDENT WEEDED
OUT SAYING HE IS NOT PLAYING
WITH A FULL DECK, SO THE
PRESIDENT GOING AFTER HIS
WEAKNESSES.
YOU DON’T THINK THAT’S
EFFECTIVE?
>> I DON’T THINK IT’S EFFECTIVE,
BUT IS NUMBER THREE ON THE LIST.
YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND
NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS IT ONE ONE W
I WANT TO DO.
HERE IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
THESE WEAKNESSES LIKE BIDEN’S
INABILITY TO CONNECT TWO
SENTENCES TOGETHER, THAT IS
GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT IS
GOING TO EMERGE AND GROW ITSELF
OVER THE COURSE THE CAMPAIGN.
THEY’VE BEEN WATCHING THESE
INTERVIEWS THAT HE DOES WITH
LOCAL TV STATIONS EVERY DAY OR
TWO.
HE IS NOT GOOD.
HE IS DREADFUL.
HE CAN’T STRING TOGETHER TWO
SENTENCES.
WHEN THEY GET INTO THE HEAT OF
THE CAMPAIGN IN AUGUST,
SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER, WE ARE
GOING TO SEE IT MOST PROMINENTLY
IN THE DEBATES.
BIDEN DOESN’T HAVE A BETTER GAME
TOGETHER BY THE TIME WE GET TO
THE DEBATES, SAME THING LIKE YOU
SAID YESTERDAY KEVIN CUTLER
THOSE DEBATES AND A LOT OF