OUT YESTERDAY AND SAY HOWARD SHUTS SHOULDN’T DO IT, A GUY AT
THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR AN
INDEPENDENT RUN.
INDEPENDENT RUN. >> LET’S GO TO HOWARD SCHULTZ.
FORMER STARBUCKS CEO HOWARD
SCHULTZ IS NOT BACKING DOWN FROM
A POTENTIAL 2020 INDEPENDENT
RUN.
RUN. SCHULTZ ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY HE
WILL BE MAKING A FORMER DECISION
ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN THE
NEXT THREE MONTHS.
NUMEROUS DEMOCRATS HAVE SINCE
WARNED THAT AN INDEPENDENT BID
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE BY SCHULTZ
WOULD RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. HERE IS HOW SCHULTZ RESPONDED TO
HIS CRITICS.
HIS CRITICS. >> IF I RUN FOR PRESIDENT, I
WILL RUN AS AN AMERICAN UNDER
ONE BANNER, THE AMERICAN FLAG.
THE QUESTION I THINK WE ALL
SHOULD BE ASKING OURSELVES IS AT
A TIME IN AMERICA WHEN THERE’S
SO MUCH EVIDENCE THAT OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM IS BROKEN, THAT
BOTH PARTIES AT THE EXTREME ARE
NOT REPRESENTING THE SILENT
MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
ISN’T THERE A BETTER WAY, A
BETTER CHOICE?
BETTER CHOICE? >> IF THERE IS A CHOICE BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A
PROGRESSIVE, LIBERAL-MINDED
PROGRESSIVE, LIBERAL-MINDED PERSON ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE,
IT WOULD KILL ME TO SEE
PRESIDENT TRUMP BE REELECTED.
AND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT WOULD
TAKE PLACE.
TAKE PLACE. >> FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WHO HAS TOYED
WITH AN INDEPENDENT BID IN THE
PAST IS NOW CONSIDERING A
DEMOCRATIC RUN RELEASED A
STATEMENT YESTERDAY WARNING OF
THE CONSEQUENCES AN INDEPENDENT
MIGHT HAVE IN 2020.
HE WRITES THERE’S A, QUOTE,
GREAT LIKELIHOOD IS THAT AN
INDEPENDENT WOULD JUST SPLIT THE
ANTI-TRUMP VOTE AND END UP
REELECTING THE PRESIDENT.
THAT’S A RISK I REFUSE TO RUN IN
2016 AND WE CAN’T AFFORD TO RUN
IT NOW.
IT NOW. HERE’S THAT MOMENT FROM THE NEW
YORK BOOK EVENT THAT WILLIE
MENTIONED.
MENTIONED. TAKE A LOOK.
>> I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE WORD
INDEPENDENT, WHICH I VIEW MERELY
AS A DESIGNATION ON THE BALLOT.
>> DON’T HELP ELECT TRUMP YOU
EGOTISTICAL BILLIONAIRE --
>> WHY WOULD HIS PUBLISHER DO
THAT?
THAT? AND HE’S GOT THIS TOP NOTCH PR
TEAM?
TEAM? YOU GO THERE TO DO A BOOK EVENT,
YOU WILL GET YELLED AT.
I HOPE HE WAS TOLD THAT.
IT’S PRETTY BASIC.
>> WE’VE DONE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE
OF THESE --
>> EVERY TIME.
>> IT’S MY FAVORITE PLACE TO
GO --
GO -- >> BECAUSE THEY YELL AT YOU A.
>> BECAUSE THERE’S ALWAYS ONE IN
THE CORD.
THE CORD. >>
>> -- IN THE CROWD.
>> OH, MORE.
>> THEY’RE VERY IMPASSIONED.
>> THAT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME
HE’S GOING TO HEAR IT EITHER.
THAT’S THE GRASS ROOTS SPEAKING.
HE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR IT.
>> THE IRONY TO ME AND I
UNDERSTAND EVERYONE’S OBJECTIONS
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT HOW THE
TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS BROKEN,
THERE’S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY
AND HIS ANSWER IS, OKAY, I’LL
TRY THIS WAY.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY’RE UPSET,
THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH, YOU
CAN’T LET DONALD TRUMP WIN
AGAIN.
AGAIN. BUT THEY WON’T EVEN LISTEN TO
HIM AGAIN.
HIM AGAIN. IT’S BEFORE HE EVEN ANNOUNCED
HIS CANDIDACY THAT HE’S BEING
VAPORIZED BY PROGRESSIVES.
>> GENE ROBINSON, I AGREE, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS RIGHT
NOW, IT MAKES NO SENSE AND HE
RISKS THE REELECTION OF DONALD
TRUMP BECOMING PRESIDENT AGAIN
WITH 44, 45% OF THE VOTE.
WE’RE LIKE 18 MONTHS OUT.
SHOULDN’T WE GIVE THE GUY A
LISTEN?
LISTEN? YOUR PIECE IS ON THIS IN THE
"POST."
"POST." >> IT DOES WORRY ME A LITTLE BIT
THAT I’M WITH THE CONVENTIONAL
WISDOM ON THIS, STRONGLY WITH
THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT HE
RISKS REELECTING TRUMP.
AND THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS
BEEN ALWAYS WRONG RECENTLY.
HOWEVER, I’M STICKING WITH THIS.
I MEAN, THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY I
CAN KIND OF SEE THIS AND I DON’T
THINK -- HE DOESN’T HAVE THE
KIND OF MESSAGE EITHER THAT I
THINK HAS ANY DANGER OF CATCHING
FIRE IN THIS COUNTRY, NUMBER
ONE.
ONE. >> THAT’S A PROBLEM -- GET INTO
THAT, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THAT
IS THE PROBLEM.
I’VE LOVED NO LABELS AND I’VE
LOVED ALL OF THESE LET’S COME
TOGETHER AND HUG EACH OTHER
GROUPS, I HAVE, BUT THEY’VE
NEVER HAD A -- IT’S ALWAYS BEEN
LET’S MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE
MUSHY MIDDLE.
MUSHY MIDDLE. THERE’S A REASON WHY ITCHY AND
SCRATCHY NEVER GOT ALONG IN THE
SIMPSONS BECAUSE THE KIDS
STOPPED WATCHING AND WENT
OUTSIDE AND PLAYED.
WHY CAN’T SOMEBODY RUN AS AN
INDEPENDENT THAT HAS A STRONG,
POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT WILL
LITERALLY SCARE THE HELL OUT OF
VESTED INTERESTS IN WASHINGTON
AND ON WALL STREET.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. AN INDEPENDENT WITH A STRONG
FIERY POPULIST MESSAGE.
THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE THAT’S
DONE IN OUR LIFETIME IS PROBABLY
ROSS PEROT.
ROSS PEROT. HE HAD AN IDIOSYNCRATIC MESSAGE,
NOT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE’S.
THIS IS NOT A SORT OF HUG ME
MOMENT IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAYS
THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
BUT THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM RIGHT
NOW IS THE VESSEL FOR
POLARIZATION, FOR VERY STRONGLY
HELD VIEWS ON BOTH SIDES AND FOR
GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AT
ALL INTERESTED MEETING IN THE
MIDDLE BECAUSE THEIR SENSE IS
YOU MEET IN THE MIDDLE, YOU
DON’T GET ANYWHERE.
SO THERE’S A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
DIRECTION THE COUNTRY GOES IN
BUT IT WANTS TO GO IN A
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. I DON’T THINK IT WANTS HOWARD
SCHULTZ.
SCHULTZ. >> HERE’S HOWARD SCHULTZ’S
PROBLEM IT SEEMS TO ME RIGHT NOW
WITH HIS MESSAGE.
HOWARD SCHULTZ SPEAKS LIKE THE
PERSON HE, IS THE POLITICAL
ANIMAL THAT HE IS AND THAT IS A
VERY WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC CEO.
I’VE HEARD HOWARD SCHULTZ’S
COMPLAINT ABOUT THE LEFT WING OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW FOR
ABOUT FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS,
THEY’RE TOO FAR LEFT, THEY’RE
GOING TO CHASE OFF -- PEOPLE
THAT ARE SCARED OF ELIZABETH
WARREN, THE BOB REUBEN WING OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WHEN HOWARD SCHULTZ RUNS THAT
WAY, HE’LL KILL OFF SOME
DEMOCRATS AND SOME CONSERVATIVE
DEMOCRATS BUT THIS IS WHAT
BLOOMBERG’S TALKING ABOUT.
HE’S NOT GOING TO LIGHT THE
PRAIRIES ON FIRE WITH THIS
MESSAGE AND PULL FROM BOTH
SIDES.
SIDES. >> AND THAT’S THE POINT, IS IT
NOT?
NOT? IF WE REPLAYED THE SCHULTZ
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE JUST SHOWED
HERE, WHAT’S IN IT?
NOTHING’S IN IT.
IT’S MUSH.
IT’S MUSH. IT’S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW,
NOTHING’S WORKING, I’M GOING TO
RUN, I’M GOING TO MAKE IT WORK.
HE’S A NICE GUY, HE A RICH GUY,
I’M SURE HE HAS SOME
CONSIDERABLE THOUGHTS THAT ARE
RELEVANT TO WHAT’S GOING ON
TODAY BUT WHAT THAT MESSAGE, IT
AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM.
HE’S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BECAUSE
HE’S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS APPARENTLY
DECIDED THAT HOWARD SCHULTZ IS
GETTING IN.
GETTING IN. AT A FUND-RAISER AT THE TRUMP
HOTEL HE TOLD THE AUDIENCE HOW
EXCITED IT WAS THAT HOWARD
SCHULTZ WAS CONSIDERING, WRITING
SCHULTZ DOESN’T HAVE THE GUTS
AND, QUOTE, I AGREE WITH HIM
THAT HE’S NOT THE SMARTEST
PERSON
PERSON PERSON.
PERSON. >> WHICH LEADS A DASH TO MY
QUESTION WHO THE HELL IS THAT
32%?
32%? WHO ARE THE 32% THAT THINK HE’S
SMART AND KNOWLEDGEABLE TO BE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
>> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS
GOING ON I WOULD SUBMIT IS FIRST
OF ALL, 80, 90% OF THE COUNTRY,
THEY’RE NOT ON TWITTER.
THEY’RE NOT LOOKING AT TWITTER
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
BUT WHAT THEY ARE AWARE OF,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE EVENTS OF
THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
PURE AND SIMPLE IS INCOMPETENT.
HE DIDN’T DO THE JOB.
>> BY THE WAY, EVEN HIS
SUPPORTERS AND YOU ARE STARTING
TO SEE PEOPLE ON TWITTER SAYING,
LISTEN, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY
THEY SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP
DOESN’T MEAN THEY AREN’T
WHISPERING TO ME, THESE ARE
CONSERVATIVE TRUMPISTS TALKING
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HE’S NOT UP
FOR THE JOB.
I THINK WE’RE GOING TO START
SEEING SOME REALLY SERIOUS
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGES HERE.
>> YEAH, BUT ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE, WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE