>>> CRITICIZED BY THE NEW LEFT. I’M THE MOST PROGRESSIVE RECORD
OF ANYBODY RUNNING FOR THE
UNITED -- OF ANYBODY WHO WOULD
RUN.
RUN. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> OF ANYBODY WHO WOULD RUN.
>> JOE BIDEN STILL HASN’T COME
ANY CLOSER THAN THAT TO
ANNOUNCING AN ACTUAL RUN.
THERE ARE NEW REPORTS THAT HE IS
ALREADY CONSIDERING A RUNNING
MATE, AND THIS GETS REAL
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. AXIOS REPORTED TODAY BIDEN’S
ADVISERS ARE DEBATING STACEY
ABRAMS AS AN OUT OF THE GATE VP
CHOICE.
CHOICE. SHE LOST HER RACE FOR GEORGIA
GOVERNOR, SHE’S SAID ALL OPTIONS
ARE ON THE TABLE FOR 2020.
ACCORDING TO AXIOS.
THE POPULAR GEORGIA DEMOCRAT WHO
AT AGE 45 IS 31 YEARS YOUNGER
THAN BIDEN WOULD BRING DIVERSITY
AND EXCITEMENT TO THE TICKET.
SHOWING VOTERS THAT BIDEN ISN’T
JUST ANOTHER OLD WHITE GUY.
NEW YORK TIMES ADDS THIS, ALSO
UNDER DECISION IS A POSSIBLE
PLEDGE TO SERVE ONLY ONE TERM.
AND FRAMING MR. BIDEN’S 2020
CAMPAIGN AS A ONE-TIME RESCUE
MISSION FOR A BELEAGUERED
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. SO MUCH TO DISCUSS.
SO LITTLE TIME.
AT LEAST WE HAVE A.B. STODDARD
AND ANITA KUMAR TO DO SO.
DESPERATE OR GENIUS.
>> I’M ACKNOWLEDGING MY
POTENTIAL LIABILITIES AND HE
WON’T DO THIS, OR IT’S REALLY
STUPID.
STUPID. HE REALLY SHOULDN’T DO IT.
THERE IS SO MUCH CONSENSUS TO BE
FORMED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
ELECTORATE.
ELECTORATE. WHAT IF HE PAIRED UP WITH STACEY
ABRAMS NOW AND DOWN THE ROAD SHE
CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT DEPENDING
ON SOMETHING STUMBLING OUT OF
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK.
YORK. YOU CAN’T CEMENT THIS PAIRING
THIS EARLY.
THIS EARLY. BUT I THINK THIS CONVERSATION
HAS TOLD THE VOTERS HE
UNDERSTANDS, HE COULD SORT OF --
YOU HAVE TO RUN AS VIBRANT AND
STRONG ENOUGH TO SERVE TWO
TERMS, BUT YOU COULD HINT, MAYBE
IT WILL BE ONE.
SAY I’M A LAME DUCK AT THE
START.
START. THIS COULD START THE
CONVERSATION THAT MAKES THEM
REALIZE HE’S SELF-AWARE AND HE
WANTS TO SHORE UP THOSE
VULNERABILITIES.
VULNERABILITIES. >> WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE LATEST
POLLING ON THE SCREEN.
I ASSUME THERE’S A REASON OF TWO
GUYS THAT ARE IN THE TOP
BRACKET.
BRACKET. BOTH AT 26%.
AND AFTER THEM THAT’S A SIZABLE
BIT OF THE ELECTORATE OUT THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS BIDEN
STORY.
STORY. >> THEY’RE ON THERE BECAUSE OF
NAME RECOGNITION, THEY’RE IN THE
PUBLIC EYE MORE THAN SOME OF
THESE OTHER PEOPLE.
I REMEMBER COVERING HILLARY
CLINTON IN THE RACE IN 2016, AND
THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
AGE AND YOU HAD HILLARY CLINTON,
BERNIE SANDERS AND DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT MUCH YOUNGER
THAN JOE BIDEN.
I TALKED TO A LOT OF VOTERS, TWO
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. WHO SAID THEY DIDN’T CARE.
WHO SAID AGE WAS EXPERIENCE, AND
THEY KIND OF WANTED THAT.
WE SAW THIS REMARKABLE -- THING
THAT HAPPENED IN 2016 WHERE AN
OLDER PERSON GOT ELECTED.
HE HAD NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL, IN
GOVERNMENT, SO I’M JUST NOT SURE
THAT THE AGE THING MATTERS SO
MUCH.
MUCH. IT’S INTERESTING THAT HE’S
FIXATING ON THAT, WHEN OTHERS
ARE JUST AS OLD AS HE IS.
OR ALMOST AS OLD AS HE IS.
>> THERE’S A CASE TO BE MADE
THAT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
GETS MORE AIR TIME ON FOX NEWS.
THERE’S CLEARLY AN EFFORT TO
BRAND HER AS THE BEATING HEART
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE
TALK OF SOCIALISM, THE TOWER OF
THE FAR LEFT GOING-FORWARD.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS STARTS
HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND
HE’S RUNNING AGAINST THE
SOCIALISTS.
SOCIALISTS. AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE GIVING HIM
WAY TOO MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY
TOE BE THREE FRESHMEN CONGRESS
WOMEN.
WOMEN. NO ONE ON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS PUSHING BACK
ON THEM AND THEY’RE LETTING THEM
TAKE UP.
TAKE UP. DON’T PUSH BACK, THEY’RE NERVOUS
ABOUT TRYING TO ABSORB THE
ENERGY ON THE LEFT, AND SEEN AS
SCARY MODERATE CENTRISTS.
IF THEY ALLOW AOC TO DICTATE THE
TERMS OF THE PARTY AND BECOME
THE IDENTITY OF THE PARTY,
THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN REAL
TROUBLE NEXT YEAR.
>> I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS
GENTLY, BECAUSE THE THREE OF US
IN THIS CONVERSATION, THIS IS
NOT OUR FIRST RODEO.
WE KNOW JOE BIDEN’S HISTORY,
LEGISLATIVE -- IF YOU HAVE ANY
YEARS ON YOU, YOU THINK IT’S
KIND OF BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND
EXAMINED OVER THE TIME.
A NEW GENERATION IS LEARNING JOE
BIDEN’S HISTORY, LEGISLATIVE AND
OTHERWISE IN WASHINGTON.
THINGS LIKE ANITA HILL, THE
THOMAS HEARINGS, AND THIS IS ALL
NEW TO THEM.
A LOT OF THEM ARE ON THE
SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE LEFT.
>> IT’S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE, AND
IT’S AN ISSUE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S
HAD A LONG HISTORY LIKE HE HAS.
IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR HILLARY
CLINTON.
CLINTON. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LONG
HISTORIES, SOCIETY HAS CHANGED.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HE’S GOING
TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
I THINK THAT HIS PEOPLE ARE
PERFECTLY WELL AWARE THAT’S