RELATIONSHIP. THAT HAS BOTH SHORT TERM AND
LONG TERM IMPACTS, AND
DISCUSSING IT.
DISCUSSING IT. >> THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
CANDIDATE TO SEEK THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION JOINED
THE RACE THIS MORNING.
PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA.
BEND, INDIANA. HARVARD EDUCATED RHODES SCHOLAR,
VETERAN OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
ANNOUNCED SATURDAY AND HIS
MESSAGE CONTRASTS WITH THE
PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN SLOGAN WITH A MESSAGE FOR
A NEW GENERATION.
>> THE SHOW IN WASHINGTON IS
EXHAUSTING, CORRUPTION, LYING,
THE CRISIS, IT’S GOT TO END.
THE REALITY IS THERE IS NO GOING
BACK AND THERE’S NO SUCH THING
AS AGAIN IN THE REAL WORLD.
WE CAN’T LOOK FOR GREATNESS IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST. I BELONG TO A GENERATION THAT IS
STEPPING FORWARD RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE THE GENERATION THAT LIVED
IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND SERVED
IN WARS AFTER 9/11, AND WE’RE
THE GENERATION THAT STANDS TO BE
THE FIRST TO MAKE LESS THAN OUR
PARENTS UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. >> THE ENTRANCE OF MAYOR PETE
GIVES US EIGHT DEMOCRATS WHO
ANNOUNCED THEIR CANDIDACIES OR
EXPLORATORY COMMITTEES FOR THE
2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
SO, PROFESSOR, AS YOU LOOK AT
THIS FIELD AS IT’S SHAPED UP SO
FAR AND FACTOR INTO THOSE WE
EXPECT TO GET FULLY INTO THE
RACE DOWN THE ROAD.
WHAT’S IT SAY ABOUT A BIG BIG
PARTY.
PARTY. >> FIRST OF ALL, IT’S A BIG BIG
PARTY.
PARTY. SECOND OF ALL, THAT MESSAGE IS
POWERFUL AND I THINK ALL THE
FOLKS RUNNING SHOULD PICK IT UP
AND THE INTERNAL INTENTIONS OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THERE’S A CORE, THIRD WAVE OF
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> YOU LOOKING AT ME?
>> THOSE FOLKS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
PROGRESSIVE BASE AND THE
QUESTION IS HOW THE PRIMARY
WORKS IT OUT.
I’M INTERESTED TO SEE WHO SHOWS
UP, WHAT HAPPENS.
IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING
FIGHT.
FIGHT. I JUST HOPE THE PARTY IS WISE
ENOUGH TO COME OUT OF IT UNIFIED
SO WE CAN RESPOND TO THE
DISASTER, DONALD TRUMP.
>> PETE BUTTIGIEG?
I GOT IT RIGHT.
WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AN EXCITING
PERSON AT THE DMC.
IF WE’RE NOT GOING ELECT HIM
NOW, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HE
TALKS BECAUSE OF THE
GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
GENERATIONAL CHANGE. ALSO, HE’S FROM THE MIDWEST.
THAT IS SOMETHING IN THIS CYCLE,
A HUGE FOCUS, WHO CAN TALK TO
THOSE MIDWESTERN VOTERS ABOUT
REAL KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.
THE GENERATIONAL THING IS HUGE.
BOTH RUDY GUILIANI AND DONALD
TRUMP HAVE SAID, HEY, IF THERE
ARE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE, WE
WILL BE DEAD, CLIMATE CHANGE,
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THESE ARE
THINGS REALLY PERSISTENT
PROBLEMS WILL BE FACED BY THE
NEXT GENERATIONAL LEADERS
UNDER-REPRESENTED IN THIS PARTY.
>> IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT WE JUST
HEARD, THE MAYOR’S MESSAGE,
THERE’S ONE STRIKING DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HIS MESSAGE AND THE
MESSAGES DELIVERED THUS FAR BY
UNITED STATES SENATORS THINKING
OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, HE
ADDRESSED HOW AVERAGE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY LIVE DAY-TO-DAY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THAT’S A KEY.
>> THAT’S WHAT WORKS EVERYDAY.
>> AND THE PROBLEM IS PETE
BUTTIGIEG, IF I GOT THAT RIGHT,
HOWEVER TOWN THEY ARE, HOWEVER
MUCH THEY REPRESENT GENERATIONAL
CHANGE, HOWEVER MUCH THEY SPEAK
TO PROBLEMS OF ORDINARY
AMERICANS, YOU ALREADY HAVE WHAT
WE ALREADY HAVE A GROUP OF
AMERICANS WITH SUCH STAR POWER
AND PRESENCE --
>> AND MONEY.
>> AND DO HAVE MONEY.
THERE WILL BE 25 OR 30 OF THEM
WHO WILL PROBABLY DECLARE BEFORE
THIS IS ALL OVER, IT WILL BE
VERY HARD, NOT IMPOSSIBLE, YOU
GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO JIMMY
CARTER IN 1976, PEOPLE WHO BROKE
THROUGH WHEN THEY WEREN’T
EXPECTED TO J THEY WILL HAVE A
FIGHT FOR AIRTIME WITH KAMALA
HARRISS AND OTHERS.
>> I THINK THEY’RE HAPPY TO HAVE
THAT FIGHT THIS TIME WHERE THERE
ARE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW
WITHIN THAT PROGRESSIVE SPECTRUM
TO DEBATE IT OUT INSTEAD OF ONE
PERSON AND HILLARY CLINTON
CONTROLLING THE DEBATE.
>> BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS PLAY OUT THAT
WAY.
WAY. RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A REAL
SERIOUS DISCUSSION INSIDE THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ABOUT WHO THEY
ARE.
ARE. ARE THEY REPRESENTED BEST BY
ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER ALEXANDER CORTEZ’S OR PETE
BUTTIGIEG, AND THE MIDWEST
MENTALITY WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS A STRUGGLE.
THE BOTTOM LINE, AS WE ALL KNOW,
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE VOTING
BOOTH IN THE PRIMARIES, CAN THIS
PERSON DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP?
CAN THIS PERSON WIN IN NOVEMBER,
NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING THE
PRIMARY, ABOUT CONVINCING THE
NATION IN THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER
THIS ONE IS BETTER SUITED TO BE