THE WASHINGTON
POST MADE A LIST, THEY CHECKED IT TWICE.
THE PEOPLE THEY PUT ON
THERE, AND THE ONES THEY DIDN'T PUT ON THERE, RATHER CURIOUS.
SOME WERE COMPLETELY EXPECTED, IN FACT IT WAS EXPECTED BY ME.
A LITTLE WHILE BACK IN THE MIDST OF A VIDEO ABOUT WHO WOULD
LEAD THE DNC, I SAID THIS.
>>IN THE BEGINNING, ESTABLISHMENT FOLKS WERE
CONSIDERED.
THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE GUYS CONSIDERED
FOR THE DNC, BUT THESE ARE TALKED ABOUT SOMETIMES IN TERMS
OF MAYBE RUNNING IN 2020, AND IN OTHER WAYS TALKED ABOUT AS THE
NEW STARS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HILLARY CLINTON LITE.
HILLARY CLINTON
MAJOR DIDN'T WORK, WHY WOULD WE GO TO HILLARY CLINTON MINOR?
CORY
BOOKER, BARACK OBAMA LITE, SECRETLY TAKES MORE MONEY THAN
MOST ANYONE IN CONGRESS FROM WALL STREET AND DONORS.
NOT
REMOTELY INTERESTED, NO IS THE ANSWER.
>>OBVIOUSLY I GOT THAT PARTLY FROM THE BUZZ GOING AROUND IN
WASHINGTON, BUT NO ONE HAD MADE A LIST YET OF 2020
CONTENDERS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE IF BOOKER AND GILLEBRAND
WOULD BE ON IT, LET ALONE THE OTHERS.
LET'S FIND OUT, GUESS
WHO IS NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST?
SENATOR CORY BOOKER.
THEY
EXPLAIN --
>>ALMOST EXACTLY HOW I SAID THEY WOULD FRAME HIM A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO.
THEN THEY GO TO SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND.
WHY
DO THEY LIKE HER SO MUCH?
BECAUSE OF HER, QUOTE, ROCKSTAR
FUNDRAISING.
HOW DID THAT WORK OUT FOR HILLARY CLINTON?
SHE
OUT-RAISED DONALD TRUMP.
ONE MORE ON GILLIBRAND --
>>THIS IS SO GROSS.
THESE ARE THE TOP TWO CONTENDERS, THE ONE
WHO LOOKS LIKE OBAMA AND THE ONE WHO LOOKS LIKE HILLARY CLINTON,
AND THEY BOTH RAISE MONEY JUST LIKE OBAMA AND CLINTON.
AND THEY
ARE EVEN GOING TO THE SAME DONORS, THE ONES THAT TOLD THEM
NOT TO FIGHT AGGRESSIVELY AND CAPITULATE TO REPUBLICANS, THE
ONES WHO LED TO THE DISASTER WE ARE IN.
HAS THE ESTABLISHMENT IN
WASHINGTON LEARNED ANYTHING?
NOTHING AT ALL.
LET'S JUST GO
BACK TO THE SAME OLD PLAYERS.
HILLARY CLINTON LOST, SO LET'S
GO TO THE PERSON WHO'S MOST LIKE HILLARY CLINTON.
HER DONORS LED
HER TO THIS DISASTER, LET'S GO BACK TO THE SAME DONORS.
AND ALMOST EVERYONE ON THIS LIST, OH, THEY ARE FROM THIS
STATE -- ALMOST NO POLICY CONVERSATION.
HE HARDLY
MENTIONED IT AT ALL.
HE MIGHT SAY OH, MAYBE SOMEBODY IS TOO
MODERATE IN THESE TIMES, KAMALA HARRIS FROM CALIFORNIA IS
PROGRESSIVE, BUT MOSTLY JUST FUNDING, FUNDING.
GIVE THE
DONORS WHAT THEY WANT.
ON SENATOR HARRIS --
>>THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE HE PUT ON THE LIST WAS SENATOR
KLOBUCHAR, SHE'S NOT AS PROGRESSIVE AS SOME OF THE
BERNIE SANDERS, ELIZABETH WARREN, ETC.
SHE IS THE BORING
PROGRESSIVE.
BUT THERE WAS A NOTE ñ THAT'S THE ONLY OLIVE
BRANCH YOU GET -- BUT THERE WAS A NOTE IN HER DESCRIPTION --
>>NOW, CILLIZZA DOESN'T KNOW HE IS DOING IT.
HE LIVES IN A
BUBBLE WHERE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS DONORS.
IF HE WATCHED
THIS VIDEO HE WOULD BE LIKE, THE DONORS ARE SUPER RELEVANT.
ONLY
THE PERSON WITH THE MOST MONEY WINS.
THAT WAS TRUE IN THE PAST,
BUT BERNIE SANDERS JUST SHOWED YOU DON'T NEED THOSE SAME
BIG DONORS.
HE JUST DID IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE I FORGOT, WHAT
HAPPENED?
HE JUST DID IT.
AND HE HAD NO NAME RECOGNITION, AND
ALMOST CAUGHT THE PERSON WITH THE MOST NAME RECOGNITION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESTABLISHMENT HELP, IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE
COME FROM BEHIND RACE, HE LOST THAT RACE, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD
ALL THOSE MONUMENTAL ADVANTAGES SHE BARELY WON, BUT THEN THE
NEXT RACE, WHO IS GOING TO PLEASE THE DONORS THE MOST?
THEY
DON'T LEARN.
TO BE FAIR, THEY HAVE ONE NON-POLITICIAN ON THE
LIST --
>>COME ON.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THIS
ROYALTY NONSENSE?
DO I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH MICHELLE
OBAMA?
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HER POLICIES, I KNOW SHE'S IN FAVOR
OF FITNESS, I DON'T KNOW MUCH MORE THAN THAT, BUT I AM NOT
AWED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS A FAMOUS LAST NAME.
OH MY GOD, IT'S
MICHELLE OBAMA!
AND THEN THE DESCRIPTION SAYS --
>>OH, THE STARS AND CELEBRITIES AND MONEY!
UGH.
NO, NO.
OKAY.
WHO DID HE LEAVE OFF THE LIST?
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, HE JUST FLAT
OUT LEFT ELIZABETH WARREN OFF THE LIST.
WAIT A MINUTE -- I
CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID THAT, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK
OF HER POLITICS, CLEARLY ELIZABETH WARREN HAS TREMENDOUS
POPULARITY AND IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT, AND BY ALMOST ANY RATIONAL STANDARD ONE OF THE
LEADING CANDIDATES FOR 2020, IN FACT I THINK CLEARLY THE LEADING
CANDIDATE.
I DON'T SEE HER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
ELIZABETH WARREN?
WHERE'S HER FUNDRAISING?
ACTUALLY WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT.
ANOTHER PERSON HE LEFT OFF THE LIST WAS --
>>WAIT A MINUTE, HE JUST CAME IN SECOND.
I KNOW, THE REASON HE
LEFT BERNIE SANDERS OFF, AND I UNDERSTAND IT, IS THAT HE WILL
BE 79 WHEN THE NEXT ELECTION COMES AROUND.
AND THAT'S THE
ONLY REASON WHY I SAY ELIZABETH WARREN IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE
-- IF BERNIE WANTS TO RUN AGAIN, AND HE HAS INDICATED MAYBE,
OBVIOUSLY HE WILL BE A GIANT CONTENDER.
BUT AGE IS A REAL
ISSUE AT 79, AND I DISMISSED ANY AGE CONCERNS ABOUT BERNIE
SANDERS THIS TIME AROUND, IT'S BECAUSE HILLARY CLINTON AND
DONALD TRUMP WERE NOT THAT FAR OFF FROM BERNIE SANDERS, BUT THE
NEXT TIME AROUND HE WILL BE ALMOST 80.
BUT THEY RELEASE THIS
LIST AND THE INTERNET SAYS THE SAME THING I'M SAYING, ARE YOU
EFFING KIDDING ME?
SO HE DOES A SECOND LIST AND HE SAYS --
>>HE SAYS HE KEPT HER OFF THE LIST BECAUSE SHE WOULD BE 71.
BUT WAIT A MINUTE, DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE THREE YEARS OLDER THAN
HER.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AND HE SAID SHE EXPRESSED NO
INTEREST IN RUNNING IN THIS CYCLE.
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE WAS
GOING TO GO UP AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON, THE PERSON WITH THE
BIGGEST NAME RECOGNITION, BIGGEST WAR CHEST, BIGGEST
ESTABLISHMENT SUPPORT.
THIS WOULD BE AN OPEN FIELD,
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO CILLIZZA IS LIKE, I GUESS YOU
ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
I'LL MAKE A NEW LIST AND PUT HER ON.
IT IS
BEGRUDGING.
IF I HAVE TO PUT HER ON THE LIST, FINE.
BUT I DON'T
REALLY WANT TO DO IT.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT THAT CHRIS CILLIZZA IS A
BAD GUY, HE JUST LIVES IN THAT BUBBLE.
IN WASHINGTON THEY ARE
STILL SNICKERING -- ELIZABETH WARREN?
NO, YOU PICK SOMEONE
WITH A GIANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND YOU SUPPORT THEM.
OF COURSE.
YOU
WILL LOVE THE END OF THAT SENTENCE, HE JUST SAID IN TRUTH
WARREN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST.
HE GOES ON TO SAY --
>>CHRIS, THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAN JUST
FUNDRAISING.
PEOPLE BELIEVE IN PROGRESSIVE PRIORITIES.
I KNOW
YOU BELIEVE POLITICS IS JUST A GAME AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE -- [BUFFERING]
YOU BUY A LOT OF ADS AND YOU GET THE FANCY CONSULTANTS WHO ARE
ALL MY FRIENDS, BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET IT IS HARD TO
TRICK PEOPLE.
YOUR FIRST ARTICLE, YOU THOUGHT IT WILL BE
CUTE, I'LL LEAVE OUT ELIZABETH WARREN, AND THE INTERNET IS
LIKE, I DON'T THINK SO.
SO YOU GO, OF COURSE WE WILL PUT HER ON
THE LIST, BUT IT WILL BE CORY BOOKER, BECAUSE HE'S LIKE OBAMA,
OR MICHELLE OBAMA, ALL MY FRIENDS AGREE.
I WILL END ON ONE
OF THE LAST CANDIDATES.
ON THE SECOND LIST HE HAD A BUNCH OF
ESTABLISHMENT PEOPLE, OF COURSE, HE STILL DIDN'T PUT BERNIE
SANDERS ON -- HE PUT ON TIM KAINE ON THE SECOND LIST, BOLD
THINKING.
[BUFFERING]
>>AY YIY YIY.
THEY HAVE LEARNED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN
WASHINGTON.
BUT WE WILL MAKE THEM LEARN.