THE HOST OF A.M. JOY AT THE BICK BOARD TONIGHT OUR NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT STEVE KORNACKI.
WELCOME TO YOU ALL.
SENATOR, WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. WERE KINGS OR QUEENS MADE OR
DESTROYED ON THAT STAGE TONIGHT?
WHAT’S YOUR HEADLINE?
>> I THINK CASTRO IS HURT.
I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO SWING
FOR THE FENCES.
PEOPLE KEPT TALKING ABOUT THE
TENSION BETWEEN WARREN AND
BIDEN.
BIDEN. THE TENSION I FELT ON THE STAGE,
THIS WAS THEIR -- IN SOME WAYS
THEIR LAST MOMENT TO MAKE A
LASTING IMPRESSION TO TRY TO GET
IN TO THE KIND OF DEBATE THAT
WILL PROBABLY MOVE THE NEEDLE
SOME DOWN THE LINE.
I’M NOT SURE ANYTHING TONIGHT
MOVED THE NEEDLE EXCEPT I THINK
CASTRO OFFENDED PEOPLE THE WAY
HE DID THAT.
AND IT WON’T SURPRISE ME IF IT
HELPS BIDEN.
HELPS BIDEN. >> I TOTALLY AGREE.
FOR LONG STRETCHES THE DEBATE
SEEMED LIKE BIDEN VERSUS THE
FRINGES.
FRINGES. THEY WERE TRYING TO GET SOME
SORT OF PURCHASE.
I THINK YOU UNDERSTATE THE
DAMAGE THAT CASTRO DID.
HE WOULD HAVE LOST A LOT OF
SUPPORT IF HE HAD A LOT OF
SUPPORT TO LOSE.
HE DIDN’T.
HE DIDN’T. HE HAD A LITTLE SUPPORT.
I THINK IT’S BASICALLY OVER.
HE TOOK A SHOT.
IT WAS NOT A GOOD SHOT.
AND IT JUST REALLY WENT OVER
LIKE A BALLOON.
THAT WAS A BAD MOMENT FOR HIM.
I THOUGHT CORY BOOKER AT TIMES
SORT OF LOOKED WISE AND
PRESIDENTIAL.
PRESIDENTIAL. AND HE PRESENTS HIMSELF IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN SORT OF IMAGINE.
I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE DONE
HIMSELF SOME GOOD TONIGHT IN THE
DEBATE.
DEBATE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES HE
WASN’T PRESSED ON.
MAYBE HE WILL BE IN FUTURE
DEBATES.
DEBATES. OTHER THAN THAT, I DIDN’T SEE A
LOT OF MOVEMENT.
>> IT’S INTERESTING WHAT WAS
SAID.
SAID. >> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
PLACE TO BE.
>> WE DID HAVE A GREAT TIME.
>> I THINK BECAUSE YOU RUN IN
CAMPAIGNS YOU KNOW THE
LIKABILITY ARGUMENT IN POLITICS
GETS THROWN AT WOMEN.
WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING A CAMPAIGN
HAVING WORKED ON THE PRESS SIDE,
YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER WHO
IS LIKABLE AMONG YOUR OPPONENTS.
I THINK THAT GOING AFTER BIDEN
IS SMART IN THE SENSE THAT HE IS
AT THE TOP.
IF YOU WANT TO GET AT THE TOP
YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIM ON.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER PEOPLE LIKE
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. JOE BIDEN IS NOT DONALD TRUMP.
PEOPLE LIKE JOE BIDEN.
THEY MAY NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT
JOE BIDEN TO KNOW THE DINGS IN
HIS PAST.
HIS PAST. WHEN THEY FIND HIM OUT THEY MAY
BE DISAPPOINTED.
BE DISAPPOINTED. FUNDAMENTALLY DEMOCRATS LIKE
HIM.
HIM. >> DEMOCRATS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY
HORRIFIED AND TERFIRED.
>> FOR THE SAME REASON THEY ARE
TURNED OFF BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO COME
FRAPRESIDENT OBAMA THEY WOULD
DEFEND HIM.
DEFEND HIM. HE IS ON THEIR SIDE
FUNDAMENTALLY.
FUNDAMENTALLY. I THINK WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO
TAKE OUT A FRONT RUNNER, YOUFR
DON’T DO IT IN A WAY THAT
PRESUMES PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THIS
PERSON.
PERSON. I THINK THAT WAS TOO HARSH ON
HIS PART.
HIS PART. I THOUGHT BETO HAD A GREAT
NIGHT.
NIGHT. NOW I CAN SEE IN HIM THE
CONFIDENCE.
CONFIDENCE. HE JUST WANTS TO SEND A MESSAGE
THAT I THINK IS AUTHENTIC.
AND THEN MY LAST IS THAT WARREN,
NO ONE TOUCHED HER.
SHE HAS BEEN COHERENT ON
EVERYTHING SHE SAID.
>> DID SHE GET ENOUGH AIR TIME?
>> NO ONE DID.
IT’S THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE TO GO.
NOBODY SAID A WORD ABOUT SENATOR
HARRIS.
HARRIS. AN ATTACK ON TRUMP IS EXACTLY