ALL THE STORIES COMING UP THIS
MONDAY MORNING, FIRST TOP STORY
THIS HALF AN HOUR, 2020,
PRESIDENT TRUMP LOOKING FOR
REPEAT PERFORMANCE NEXT YEAR.
>> WHAT WE DID IN 2016, THE
ELECTION WE CALL IT WITH A
CAPITAL E, IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE
BEFORE AND WE ARE GOING TO DO
IT, I THINK, AGAIN IN 2020 AND
THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE EVEN
BIGGER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MARIA: THE PRESIDENT SPEAKING AT
CPAC THIS WEEKEND, NEW WALL
STREET JOURNAL NBC POLL SHOWS
THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL RATING
IS CLIMBING, 46%, COMPARABLE TO
WHAT FOR CLINTON AND PRESIDENT
OBAMA WERE.
JOINING US FORMER CAMPAIGN
ADVISER AND DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGISTS ROBIN BYRO, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
>> YOU TOO, THANK YOU, MARIA.
MARIA: LET'S TALK 2020 FOR A
SECOND, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
GOING TO BE THE -- THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AND TELL ME
HOW YOU SEE THINGS PLAYING OUT
HERE WITH THAT FIELD GETTING
LARGER ON THE DEM'S SIDE?
>> YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD HAD TWO
JUMP IN WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS, GETTING LARGER BY THE
DAY AND THAT'S GOING TO FAVOR
HONESTLY BERNIE SANDERS RIGHT
NOW UNLESS JOE BIDEN DOES ENTER
THE RACE, HE DID JUST RECENTLY
GET HIS FAMILY'S BLESSING TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT, SO WE ARE ALL
WAITING, IF YOU RECALL, MARIA,
HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE A DECISION
BY JANUARY, IT'S NOW MARCH, SO
WE ARE ALL STILL WAITING TO SEE
IF HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO THROW
HIS NAME IN THE RACE.
MARIA: I WONDER WHY -- WE ARE
STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.
ROBIN, THE SAME POLL IS ASKING
ABOUT DESIRABLE TRAITS FOR
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES COMING
IN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST,
OVER THE AGE OF 75 AND BEING A
SOCIALIST.
2020 DEMOCRATIC HOPEFUL CHECKS
BOXES AND THAT'S SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS.
>> CORRECT.
MARIA: FROM THE SURVEY.
>> YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
HE'S GOT A DISTINCT FINANCIAL
ADVANTAGE RIGHT NOW, HE'S
RAISING -- OUTRAISING EVERYONE
ELSE AND HAS ENTHUSIASM, OF
COURSE, AS MODERATE DEMOCRAT
I'VE BEEN OPPOSE TODAY ANY
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM FOR YEARS
NOW BUT HE'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S
JUST SEE WHAT HE HAS, SOMEONE
THAT I'VE LEARN TODAY NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE, MARIA.
MARIA: YEAH.
THOUGHTS, THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS
TAKING A LOT OF THE OXYGEN IN
THE ROOM, ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ BEING CRITICIZED
FOR TRAVELING HOME FROM A PARADE
IN A 17-MILE PER GALLON MINIV
VAN OVER THE WEEKEND, BLOCKS
OVER THE SUBWAY, AOC RESPONDING
TO NEW YORK POST, I WILL HAVE
YOU KNOW MY TIA, AUNT WAS UPSET
THAT THEY INSULTED HER MINI VAN.
IF THEY SAW SO MANY GUILD FISH,
THEY WOULD SAY I'M KILLING THE
OCEAN TOO.
DAGEN: FOLLOW UP BY THE POST,
GREEN HYPOCRISY EXPOSE LISTING
AOC AND CAMPAIGN'S TRANSACTIONS
ON UBER AND LYFT AND THE LIKE,
SO I WANT TO POINT THESE OUT
REAL QUICK SINCE SHE DECLARED
CANDIDACY IN MAY OF 2017,
ACCORDING TO NEW YORK POST THERE
WERE 1,049 CAR SERVICE
TRANSACTIONS ON UBER, LYFT AND
OTHER SERVICES.
MORE THAN $29,000 SPENT ON THE
SERVICES WHEN HER QUEENS
HEADQUARTERS WAS A ONE-MINUTE
WALK FROM THE TRAIN AND YOU
COMPARE THAT TO CONGRESSMAN MAX
ROSE WHOSE DISTRICT IS TWICE THE
SIZE OF AOC, ONLY 329
TRANSACTIONS FOR CAR SERVICES,
TOTALING MORE THAN $6,000, THEY
WILL HOLD HER FEET TO THE FIRE
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE PROBLEM THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WITH THE
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, THEIR
ATTITUDE IS DO AS I SAY, NOT AS
I DO.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ROBIN
BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED HOW FOLKS
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE
THINKING ABOUT THE AOC ISSUE, I
KNOW FOR THOSE ON THE RIGHT A
MIX OF ACON THE MESHMENT OF
SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS BUT THE
LEADERSHIP HAS GIVEN HER THE
REIGNS OF THE PARTY AND TWEET
FROM DEMOCRATIC POLLSTER I
ADMIRE HER A LOT.
I RESPECT HER VOICE IN THE
PARTY, I DON'T THINK SHE
RESPECTS MINE OR ANYONE ELSE'S
WHO DIFFERS WITH HER ON POLICY
OR COMES FROM A DIFFERENT
POLITICAL ELECTORAL REALITY, I
MEAN, IS THE LOVE AFFAIR WITH
AOC, IS THIS A DEMOCRATIC WIDE
THING OR IS SHE --
>> SHE'S SOMEWHAT OF AN ANOMALY.
HERE ON THE LEFT WE ARE CONTENT
WITH HER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S
THE NEW BOOGIE MAN FOR THE
RIGHT, IF YOU'LL CONSIDER FOR
THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED
ABOUT HILLARY'S EMAILS EVER
SINCE SHE WAS ELECTED AND THAT'S
A LIKE FOR ME.
AND THAT'S JUST BEING BRUTALLY
HONEST BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN
HYPOCRISY IS BEING CALLED
REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OF THE
AISLE AND I DO THINK SHE HAS --
IT'S NOT JUST CUT AND DRY, SHE
WAS IN HER AUNT'S MINI VAN, THE
GREEN NEW DEAL PUSHES TO OUTLAW
ALL CARBON -- ALL FOSSIL FUEL
VEHICLES IN 12 YEARS AND, YOU
KNOW, SHE'S GOT TO PUT HER FEET
TO THE FIRE ON THAT.
>> I THINK IT'S OUTLAWING COWS
AND A PHOTO OF HER EATING A
CHEESEBURGER ON THE WEEKEND.
DAGEN: CAN I JUST POINT THIS
OUT, ROBIN, FORMER COLORADO
GOVERNOR HICKENLOOPER TO LAUNCH
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY.
DOES HE HAVE A SHOT?
>> IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH ALL
OF THE NAMES RIGHT NOW.
A CANDIDATE THAT ENTERED FROM
PUERTO RICO, HE GOT ENOUGH
SUPPORT TO NOW ENTER THE
DEMOCRATIC DEBATES AND HIS
PLATFORM IS SPEAKING STATEHOOD
FOR PUERTO RICO.
IT GOES ON AND ON.
MARIA: ARE THE POLICIES OF THIS
NEW GROUP, OF DEMOCRATS TRYING
TO BECOME PRESIDENT, ARE THE
POLICIES WORTH TALKING ABOUT, DO
WE KNOW WHAT THEIR POLICIES ARE
OR ARE THE POLICIES AOC'S
POLICIES LIKE THE GREEN DEAL OR
IS THERE REASON FOR RUNNING JUST
TO STOP TRUMP?
I MEAN, IS THAT GOING TO WORK,
YOU KNOW, TRY RUN FOR PRESIDENT
SO THAT YOU COULD RESIST,
RESIST, RESIST AND TRY TO TAKE
DOWN THE PRESIDENT, DUALLY
ELECTED PRESIDENT OR DO YOU
THINK THAT HICKENLOOPER, KAMALA
HARRIS, HAVE THEY ARTICULATED A
PROPOSAL TO HELP PEOPLE?
>> THEY HAVE.
SOME OF THEM HAVE HAD VERY
SPECIFIC IDEAS AND A LOT OF THEM
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU
KNOW HOW THIS WORKS, A LOT OF
THEM ARE ENTERING THIS RACE
BECAUSE THEY'RE HOPING THAT A
DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE ACTUALLY WINS
AND THEY COULD GET A CABINET
POSITION, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS
AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS IN TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S JUST
HOWIE: IT IS.
AND I DON'T -- ONE THAT STANDS
OUT FOR ME IS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND
I THINK SHE WILL DO WELL IN IOWA
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND GAIN
TRACTION BECAUSE SHE'S A
MODERATE AND THAT WILL APPEAL TO
MORE CENTRIST PEOPLE AND MAYBE
PULL PEOPLE FROM ACROSS AISLES