GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 68%?
IF YOURE GOING TO BE THE
NOMINEE, PLAY BY THE RULES.
GET A MAJORITY.
>> JOINING ME IS THE CONGRESSMAN
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA JIM CLYBURN,
ALSO THE HOUSE MAJORITY CHIP.
CONGRESSMAN, WELCOME BACK TO
"MEET THE PRESS."
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> BERNIE SANDERS, DEMOCRATIC
FRONT RUNNER AT THIS POINT.
DO YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THE
FAVORITE TO BE THE NOMINEE?
>> ILL ACCEPT THE FACT HES THE
FRONT RUNNER.
FRONT RUNNER. I WANT SOUTH CAROLINA TO HAVE
ITS SAY BEFORE I TALK ABOUT WHO
WOULD BE THE ODDS ON FAVORITE.
>> LETS TALK ABOUT SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA.
I WANT TO THROW UP AN ENTRANCE
POLL GRAPHIC OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS IN NEVADA AND JUSTMERICAN
VOTERS IN NEVADA AND JUST BECAUSE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS
VOTE ONE WAY IN NEVADA DOESNT
MEAN THEY WILL VOTE THAT WAY IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA. BOOIDEN AT 39%, BUT SANDERS
GETTING 27%.
GETTING 27%. STIER A AT 16%.
WARREN A AT 10%.
I LOOKED A AT THAT AND IT FELT
LIKE A REASONABLE SOUTH CAROLINA
POLL GOING IN WITH A WEEK TO GO.
IS THAT HOW YOU WOULD SEE THE
SPREAD RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH
CAROLINA?
CAROLINA?
>> I DONT KNOW IF I SPENT ENOUGH TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY WHO HAS HOW MUCH, BUT
ALL THESE CANDIDATES WILL GET
SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTES.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I DO BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT IF
WE WERE HAVING THE ELECTION
TOMORROW, JBOE BIDEN WOULD HAVE
MORE OF THE VOTE.
HOW MUCH MORE, I DONT KNOW YET.
I THINK THE DEBATE ON TUESDAY
NIGHT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT AND I
THINK THAT SOME ACTIVITY AFTER THAT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ASER
THAT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT AS WELL.
WELL.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED -- JOE
BIDEN BELIEVES YOURE GOING TO
ENDORSE HIM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE YOU WANT
TO ENDORSE JOE BIDEN.
YOU HAVE SAID YOU KNOW WHO
YOURE GOING TO VOTE FOR AT THIS
POINT, BUT YOU WANT TO WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE DEBATE.
BUT HAS JOE BIDEN DONE ENOUGH TO
ASSUAGE ANY CONCERNS A ABOUT HIS ELECTABILITY YET?RNS A ABOUT HIS
ELECTABILITY YET?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IS THAT IN THE
FIRST TWO CONTESTS, PEOPLE FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA, LIKE AROUND THE
COUNTRY, ARE LOOKING A AT THIS
AND I HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE THEY THOUGHT THAT JOE
BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO
ENGAGE DURING THE DEBATES.
THOUGHT HE COULD HAVE DONE MORE
TO SAY WHY HE WOULD BE DESERVED.
SO I THINK HE SUFFERED FROM
THAT.
THAT.
HE DIDNT DO ENOUGH.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF
THAT HAD TO DO WITH OTHER
CANDIDATES.
I THINK THAT A AT THAT TIME YOU HAD 17 OR 18 PEOPLE ON THE STAGE
CALLING THE ERRORS.
SO ALL OF THIS CHANGE IS WHEN
YOU ONLY HAVE SIX PEOPLE, SO THE
DYNAMICS ON TUESDAY NIGHT WOULD
BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
THEY WERE ON THOSE TWO CONTESTS.
>> WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THE
LAST DEBATE?
LAST DEBATE? DO YOU THINK CANDIDATES SPENT
TOO MUCH TIME ON BLOOMBERG OR
TOO MUCH TIME ATTACKING EACH
OTHER?
OTHER?
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE AWAY FROM THE DEBATE?S YOUR TAKE AWAY FROM THE
DEBATE?
>> I THINK THEY SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON BLOOMBERG.ENT TOO MUCH
TIME ON BLOOMBERG. I THINK THAT THERES ENOUGH
GOING ON OUT THERE TO LEAVE IT
UP TO YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT HIS
RECORD.
RECORD. BUT I THOUGHT THAT ELIZABETH
WARREN DID HERSELF A LOT OF
GOOD.
GOOD.
SHE DEMONSTRATED TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT SHE HAS TENACITY AND
SHE WAS NOT UNWILLING TO ENGAGE.
SO SHE DID HERSELF A LOT OF
GOOD.
GOOD.
>> I THINK AT ONE POINT, YOU AND
OTHERS BELIEVE THE WINNER OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY WOULD BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.WOULD BE
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT NOW?
>> WELL, I STILL BELIEVE THAT
SOUTH CAROLINAS RECORD -- IM A HISTORY GUY.NAS RECORD -- IM A
HISTORY GUY.
IM INFORMED ABOUT HISTORY.
AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CARD, I
REMEMBER JOHN McCAIN COMING INTO
SOUTH CAROLINA THE ODDS ON FAVORITE.OLINA THE ODDS ON
FAVORITE. HE LEFT SOUTH CAROLINA IN BAD
SHAPE.
SHAPE.
WE HAD BARACK OBAMA TO WIN SOUTH
CAROLINA AND BE LAUNCHED ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESIDENCY.ED ALL THE
WAY TO THE PRESIDENCY. HILLARY CLINTON WON SOUTH
CAROLINA AND BECAME THE ODDS ON
FAVORITE, AND SHE WON THE
NOMINATION.
NOMINATION.
SO SOUTH CAROLINA HAS A DEMOGRAPHIC, IT LENDS ITSELF
WELL TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
ESPECIALLY.
ESPECIALLY.
SO IF YOU CAN WIN SOUTH CAROLINA, I THINK IT WILL SET
THE STAGE FOR SUPER TUESDAY.
AND YOU WILL BECOME THE ODDS ON
FAVORITE.
FAVORITE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SANDERS AS THE
NOMINEE.
NOMINEE.
ONE OF YOUR DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES IN THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA APPEARS TO BE QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. BE QUITE
NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. HERES WHAT HE SAID.
SOUTH CAROLINIANS DONT WANT
SOCIALISM, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW
YOURE GOING TO GET THINGS DONE
AND HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR
THEM.
THEM. BERNIES PROPOSALS TO RAISE
TAXES ON EVERYONE IS NOT
SOMETHING THE COUNTRY WANTS AND
NOT SOMETHING ID EVER SUPPORT.
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF CONGRESS
JOE CUNNINGHAM, THIS IS ONE OF
THE TRUMP DISTRICTS THAT YOU
SUCCESSFULLY FLIPPED IN 18.
DO YOU CONCUR WITH YOUR
COLLEAGUE?
COLLEAGUE? >> WELL, I CONCUR WITH HIS
CONCLUSIONS.
CONCLUSIONS.
I DONT KNOW THAT ALL THAT
SHOULD APPLY TO BERNIE SANDERS. I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITHDERS.
I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH BERNIE SANDERS ON MANY ISSUES.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER
FOR 15 YEARS.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY
HEALTH CENTERS AS WELL AS OTHER
INITIATIVES IN RURAL AMERICA, I
THINK THAT BERNIE SANDERS BRINGS A LOT TO THE TABLE FOR PEOPLE TO
CONSIDER.
CONSIDER.
SO I KNOW WHY HES NERVOUS LIKE THAT.KNOW WHY HES NERVOUS LIKE
THAT.
ANYBODY WHO REFERS TO THEMSELVES
AS A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST, THAT WORD HAS ALWAYS HAD REALLY DIRE
CONSEQUENCES THROUGHOUT SOUTH
CAROLINA
CAROLINA CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. >> IS THERE A CHANCE YOU DECIDE
NOT TO ENDORSE PUBLICLY BEFORE
THE PRIMARY?
THE PRIMARY? I SAY THAT BECAUSE MAYBE YOURE
NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE A
CERTAIN CANDIDACY IS HEADED.
>> THERES NO CHANCE I WONT
ENDORSE.
ENDORSE.
I WILL ENDORSE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
IVE JUST GOTTEN THERE.
I JUST BELIEVE IT WOULD NOT BE
GOOD FOR ME TO HOLD MYSELF OUT
AS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IN
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS FOR AS
LONG AS I HAVE BEEN AND NOT SAY
TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID TO ME
WHO IM FOR. IM GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY WHO
IM BEGINNING TO VOTE FOR.
IM JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT
TODAY.
TODAY.
>> JIM CLYBURN, DEMOCRATIC