GOOD MORNING TIME TO GO "ON THE
, RECORD."
JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT CAN'T GET
ANY CRAZIER.
SHUT UP, SILLY WOMAN, SAID
THE REPTILES WITH THE GRIN.
YOU KNEW I WAS A SNAKE BEFORE
YOU TOOK ME IN.
ED: THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES HEAD TO NEW YORK.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, CAP
HILLARY CLINTON KEEP HER
CAMPAIGN ON TRACK?
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SENATOR KELLY
AYOTTE PREPARES TO MEET WITH
JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND.
HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SCOTUS
CHOICE COMPLICATES HER CHALLENGE
BY GOVERNOR MAGGIE HASSAN.
AND, DOUG RUBIN, A POLITICAL
FORCE IN THE BAY STATE, IS OUR
GUEST THIS MORNING.
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ED: GOOD MORNING.
I'M ED HARDING ALONG WITH
NEWSCENTER 5'S POLITICAL
REPORTER JANET WU.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
DEMOCRAT POLITICAL STRATEGIST
DOUG RUBIN IS WITH US TODAY.
HE HAS RISEN IN BAY STATE
POLITICAL CIRCLES ADVISING SUCH
DEMOCRATS AS GOVERNOR DEVAL
PATRICK, SENATOR ELIZABETH
WARREN, AND JOE KENNEDY.
RUBIN IS ALSO A FOUNDING PARTNER
AT NORTHWIND STRATEGIES WHERE HE
ALSO DOES BUSINESS AND
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES.
DOUG: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
ED SNOW AND COLD AND WHATEVER.
JANET: BUT WE HAVE THE BEST OF
POLITICS.
LET'S START WITH YOUR PARTY.
REPUBLICANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES
IN DISARRA
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF
THE RECENT CAUCUSES AND
PRIMARIES, DO YOU SEE A SCENARIO
WHERE BERNIE SANDERS WINS THE
NOMINATION?
DOUG: I THINK NEW YORK IS WHERE
THIS WILL REALLY COME TO A HEAD.
IF SANDERS CAN GET THE UPSET,
THAT CHANGES THE NARRATIVE IN
THE RACE IF NOT, THE MATH IN THE
DELEGATE COUNT WORKS IN
HILLARY'S FAVOR.
JANET: SO NEW YORK IS A CRITICAL
POINT.
DOUG: BECAUSE IT IS HILLARY
CLINTON'S HOME STATE, IF SANDERS
WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF A VICTORY,
THAT CHANGES THE DYNAMICS.
JANET: IS THIS WHY SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN, YOUR FORMER
CLIENT, IS STILL SITTING ON THE
SIDELINES?
DOUG: THE REASON IS BECAUSE SHE
IS HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE
RACE.
SHE HAS PUSHED THE DEBATE INTO
AREAS THAT SHE CARES ABOUT
AROUND INCOME INEQUALITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND NOT ONLY ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE.
SHE HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON
THE RACE.
I THINK
WHAT SHE IS DOING IS
TRYING TO PUSH THE RACE INTO
AREAS THAT SHE CARES ABOUT.
ED: IS
IT OUT OF RESPECT FOR
SENATOR ZANDERS, A COLLEAGUE IN
THE SENATE WHO IS STILL IN THE
RACE?
DOUG: IF YOU KNOW SENATOR
WARREN, SHE IS THE MOST MISSION
DRIVEN PERSON.
SHE HAS CARE ABOUT THESE ISSUES
EVEN BEFORE THE SENATE.
ED: LET'S TALK ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
IF HE WINS THE NOMINATION, THE
DEMOCRAT'S DREAM COME TRUE?
DOUG: I THINK IT IS A MISTAKE TO
UNDERESTIMATE DONALD TRUMP, BUT
I THINK REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
DOING THAT CONSISTENTLY, AND
THAT IS WHY HE IS LEAVING THE
FIELD WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR
NOT -- AND I DON'T AGREE WITH
ANYTHING HE SAYS -- HE HAS
TOUCHED UPON AN ANCHOR IN THE
ELECTORATE THAT ISRAEL.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AND PUT FORWARD MORE
EFFECTIVE PLANTS.
ED: MIGHT IT BE FAIR THAT HE HAS
STALLED?
DOUG THERE HAVE BEEN RUMORS OF
HIS DEMISE ALONG THE TRAIL AT
MULTIPLE POINTS.
I THINK HE WILL
HAVE A GOOD WEEK
IN NEW YORK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
MOMENTUM AFTER THAT.
THE STATE FOLLOWING FAVOR HIM.
JANE YOU SAY THE ANGER IS WHAT
HE HAS TAPPED INTO.
WHAT HAS MADE HIM MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN BERNIE SANDERS,
WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT BERNIE
SANDERS IS OUT OF THE GAME, BUT
HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO AS
SUCCESSFUL AS DONALD TRUMP UNTIL
NOW.
DOUG: I'M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH
THE PREMISE BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP
IS IN A MULTICANDIDATE WASTE --
RACE.
BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE REALIZED,
THERE IS A LARGE SWATH OF PEOPLE
IN THIS ECONOMY WHO FEEL THEY
ARE NOT GETTING AHEAD, WHO ARE
FALLING FARTHER AND FARTHER
BEHIND, THAT THE POLITICAL
SYSTEM HAS ABANDONED THEM.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS FUELING
TRUMP AND SANDERS.
JANET: BOSTONIANS ARE PRETTY
WARY OF NEW THINGS.
YOU WERE AMONG THOSE WHO
COULDN'T CONVINCE THEM TO TAKE
ON THE BOSTON OLYMPICS.
WHILE A SPORTS VENUE AND A
COMPANY AREN'T THE SAME THING,
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS BATTLE
ISN'T THAT DIFFERENT.
WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE TO GE WHICH
GOT A SWEET DEAL FROM THE STATE
AND CITY?
DOUG THEY
TOOK A POSITIVE FIRST
STEP THIS WEEK, ANNOUNCING THE
$50 MILLION TO GO TO THE CITY
AND SCHOOLS.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
PARTICULARLY IN BOSTON AND
MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH HAS A
HISTORY OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
IT IS ALSO INCUMBENT UPON THE
GOVERNOR AND ADMINISTRATION TO
EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHY THEY
HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO BRING GE
THERE.
THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT WERE
IMPACTED BY THAT CHOICE, AND
THAT IS PART OF THE DEBATE THAT
HAS TO HAPPEN.
JANE DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE
DETAILS OF WHERE THIS MONEY WILL
GO AND HOW IT BENEFIT PEOPLE?
DOUG: THERE ARE STILL DETAILS
THAT MONEY TO BE LEARNED ABOUT A
DEAL THEY HAVE AND HOW MUCH
MONEY WILL GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
I HAVE SEEN ANYWHERE FROM $120
MILLION TO $250 MILLION IN TERMS
OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
JANET: WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THE EXACT DETAILS.
DOUG: AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE ARE
OPERATING UNDER A BUDGET WHERE
WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
REVENUE REVENUE OPTIONS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.
WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION TO
SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY
TO BRING IN GE, OTHER THINGS GET
LEFT BEHIND.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF
BROCKTON.
THEY NEEDED SOME DEVELOPMENT.
PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION.
THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.
ED: GENERAL ELECTRIC IS A BIG
FISH.
IT IS NOT A GEORGIA POWER
COMPANY.
DOUG: IT
IS GREAT THAT THEY WERE
ABLE TO DO IT, I COMMEND THE
MAYOR FORGETTING THAT THERE, BUT
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SINCERE
CONVERSATION WITH THE TRADE-OFFS
ARE.
JANET: DO YOU THINK THERE WILL
BE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
BOSTONIANS THAT THEY ARE
ACTUALLY GOOD GUYS?
DOUG: I THINK THEY HAVE
RECOGNIZED THE TALENT WE HAVE IN
THIS CITY, THE WORK OR SCUM OF
THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS WE HAVE.
THAT IS GOOD FOR BOSTON.
ED: ARE YOU READY FOR THE POP
QUIZ?
TELL US WHAT YOUR DAUGHTER SAID
ABOUT THE POP AS BEFORE.
DOUG
SHE IS DOING WELL IN
SCHOOL AND SAYS THAT SHE WILL BE
WATCHING.
ED HERE IS QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
WHAT FORMER GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE DEFENDED DONALD
TRUMP'S ABORTION GAFFE BY SAYING
HE WASN'T WARNED THE QUESTION
WAS COMING?
A FORMER GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, DEFENDING DONALD
TRUMP.
DOUG: BEN CARSON?
ED: EXACTLY RIGHT.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO.
WHAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TOLD
A NATION-WIDE TV AUDIENCE THIS
PAST WEEK THAT THE ROUGH NATURE
OF POLITICS REQUIRES AN
ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURIZING
CREAMS.
DOUG: THAT I DO NOT KNOW.
ED: MOISTURIZING CREAM, PERHAPS.