>> Bill: TRYING TO BUILD HER UP.
SEE HOW IT GOES.
MARK, NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Dana: THE SAME POLL FINDS
MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL.
JUST 32% OVERALL THINK HE HAS
THE MENTAL SHARPNESS NEEDED TO
SERVE EFFECTIVELY.
DOWN SHARPLY FROM 51% WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING THREE YEARS AGO.
A FORMER CLINTON ADVISOR, MARK
PENN.
WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU.
THE NUMBER IS STARK.
36% APPROVAL GOING INTO YOUR
RE-ELECTION.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> WHEN HE DROPS HERE FROM 42 TO
36 IN APPROVAL IN THIS POLL,
THAT’S ALL DEMOCRATS WHO ARE
JUMPING SHIP AND SAYING I DON’T
APPROVE OF THE PRESIDENCY HE IS
DOING.
AND I THINK WE’VE SEEN FOR A
LONG TIME THE HARRIS POLLING
SHOWED THE SAME THING FOR A LONG
TIME.
PEOPLE QUESTION HIS FITNESS FOR
CONTINUED OFFICE.
MOST DEMOCRATS DIDN’T WANT HIM
TO RUN.
THIS POLL HAS TO SEND SHOCK
WAVES.
HE JUST ANNOUNCED FOR
PRESIDENCY.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GO UP WHEN
YOU ANNOUNCE, NOT DOWN.
>> Bill: YOU DO THIS, TOO,
THOUGH, RIGHT?
YOU DO THE POLLING.
YOUR POLLING HASN’T BEEN THIS
LOW.
WHAT DID THEY FIND THAT ALL OF A
SUDDEN TRIGGERED THIS?
>> WELL, I THINK THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I THINK THE FACT THAT HE SAID HE
IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WHEN
LESS THAN 40% OF DEMOCRATS
REALLY SUPPORT HIS RE-ELECTION.
REMEMBER, THEY RUSHED UP THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN JULY.
THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN EVERYONE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW HE IS
DOING AND NOT FREEZE THE FIELD.
INSTEAD HE FROZE THE FIELD IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
EVERYBODY HAS TO SUPPORT HIM
NOW.
AND WITH NUMBERS LIKE THIS, THEY
ARE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL
TITANIC AT THIS POINT UNLESS IT
CHANGES.
>> Dana: WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
WHO MIGHT BE THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
OBVIOUSLY IS THE HIGHEST IN THE
POLLS ON THAT SIDE.
BIDEN VERSUS TRUMP, TRUMP OVER
HIM.
RON DESANTIS NOT A DECLARED
CANDIDATE LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING
TO BUT NOT YET, 42-37%.
IS THAT JUST PEOPLE SAYING WE
WOULD RATHER HAVE A REPUBLICAN
-- GENERIC REPUBLICAN VERSUS
BIDEN OR THINKING THESE TWO ARE
THE POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THEIR
CONCERNS?
>> I THINK IT’S A LITTLE OF
BOTH.
I THINK THIS IS A REFLECTION OF
THE LOW APPROVAL RATINGS FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
SO HE IS DIPPING IN HIS NUMBERS.
AND THE REPUBLICAN NUMBERS ARE
GENERALLY UP.
AND I’M SHOCKED TO SEE TRUMP
WITH A 6-POINT LEAD.
IT SAYS THE BIDEN RE-ELECTION
THING IS A VERY RISKY
PROPOSITION IF YOU DON’T WANT
TRUMP TO GET REELECTED.
I GAVE ADVICE TO THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" TO DESANTIS.
GET OUT OF THE CULTURAL ISSUES
AND GET IN THE CENTER.
MODERATE CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICANS WHO PUT ROMNEY AND
MCCAIN IN.
YOU ARE BARKING UP THE WRONG
TREE TRYING TO GET CORE TRUMP
VOTERS.
WILL HE LISTEN?
>> Bill: I WAS LOOKING FOR THE
GOOD NEWS IN THIS.
HERE IS THE LIBERAL PATRIOT
WRITING HOW THE WHITE WORKING
CLASS COULD SINK THE DEMOCRATS
AGAIN.
EXPLAIN THAT.
>> WELL, BECAUSE THAT’S REALLY
WHERE THE TRANSITION HAS BEEN
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY YEARS
AGO TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
LET’S FACE IT, THIS ELECTION IS
REALLY ABOUT THE SUBURBS.
WHO IS GOING TO BE THE MOST
ACCEPTABLE CANDIDATE TO THE
SUBURBS?
THAT’S REALLY GOING TO DETERMINE
THE OUTCOME.
YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
"WASHINGTON POST" ANALYSIS, THEY
DON’T MENTION IMMIGRATION, THEY
DON’T MENTION CRIME.
THEY BARELY ALMOST WONDER WHAT’S
WRONG WITH THE ECONOMY?
DEMOCRATS DON’T SEE THE FULL
PICTURE HERE.
SURE THERE ARE SOME THINGS
PEOPLE THINK BIDEN DID WELL.
HE PUT IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE
AGENDA.
BACKING A RACIAL EQUITY AGENDA.
HE IS DOING WHAT HE -- WHAT THE
LEFT WANTS.
BUT EVEN WHAT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS
WANT IN TERMS OF EXPANDING
PROGRAMS.
ON THE OTHER HAND PERFORMANCE ON
THE ECONOMY, CRIME, IMMIGRATION,
40% OR BELOW.
THAT’S A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU --
>> Dana: MAYOKAS COMES OUT ALL
THE TIME AND SAYS THE BORDER IS
SECURE AND HE SAYS THAT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
PEOPLE AREN’T BUYING IT.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN EYES.
>> AS YOU KNOW, IN "STAR WARS"
THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR.
IT IS NOT CREDIBLE.
>> Bill: IF HIS VOTERS AREN’T
WATCHING FOX NEWS, THEY DON’T
SEE IT.
YOU CAN FLIP THE DIAL AND IT IS
REALLY HARD TO FIND.
>> Dana: IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS
WORKING SOMEWHERE.
HIS IMMIGRATION NUMBERS ARE
REALLY BAD.
>> CRIME, IMMIGRATION, HUNTER
BIDEN STORY IS BEGINNING TO
BUBBLE UP.
THERE IS A LOT OF ROADBLOCKS
HERE.
LOOK, EVERYONE SEES HIS AGE AND
EVERYONE SEES THE QUESTION OF
CAN HE REALLY GO A SECOND TERM
HERE?
BY ANNOUNCING EARLY THINK HE
MADE A MAJOR MISTAKE.
HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED A BIT.
GET HIS NUMBERS UP.
BE LESS POLITICAL.
>> Dana: HIS FUNDRAISING NUMBERS
IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS WERE NOT
VERY GOOD AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT.
OTHERWISE, HAPPY MONDAY,