ONE OF THE ONLY REPORTERS WHO
IS THERE AND WE THANK YOU.
>> IF THE PRESIDENT CHOOSES TO
RUN IN 2024.
I’M FOCUSED ON WINNING THE
MAJORITY NOW AND PRESERVING A
MAJORITY THIS YEAR IN 2022.
WE’LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE
GET TO IT.
>> Bill: DANA BOSCH TRIED.
AOC REFUSED TO COMMIT TO
SUPPORT TO BIDEN’S REELECTION.
DEM DOUBTS MOUNTING ON BIDEN
2024 REELECTION RUN.
MARC THIESSEN FORMER BUSH
SPEECH WRITER AND HAROLD FORD
JUNIOR, GENTLEMEN, GREAT PANEL.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BOTH ON BOARD
TODAY AND GOOD MORNING.
SO MARC, I GUESS IT WOULD BE NO
SURPRISE TO YOU THAT SHE HAS
WITHHELD HER SUPPORT THUS FAR.
LIKELY ALL.
>> NOT AT ALL.
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING NOT JUST
PROGRESSIVES LIKE OCASIO-CORTEZ
A LOT ARE STAYING HE IS AN
ANCHOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THAT NEEDS TO GET CUT OFF.
HE IS LITERALLY THE LEAST
POPULAR PRESIDENT IN THE
HISTORY OF POLLING.
NO AMERICAN PRESIDENT FROM
TRUMAN TO TRUMP HAS BEEN MORE
UNPOPULAR AT THE 500 DAY MARK.
THE PROBLEM IS THE DEMOCRATS
DON’T SEEM TO KNOW WHY THAT IS.
THEY THINK IT’S BECAUSE
ACCORDING TO THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" ARTICLE THIS WEEKEND IT
IS BECAUSE HE FAILED TO PASS
THESE BIG TICKET ITEMS.
THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM.
HIS FAILURE TO GOVERN AS A
HAROLD FORD MODERATE AND
FAILURE TO COMPROMISE, REACH
ACROSS THE AISLE, TRY TO GET
THINGS DONE WITH REPUBLICANS.
HE HAS GONE SO FAR TO THE LEFT
THAT IT’S NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE VOTED FOR.
>> Bill: HAROLD, HE GAVE YOU
PROPS.
WE FOUND THIS QUOTE IN THE HILL.
IT’S SIMPLE SAYS A DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGY BE THE FING PRESIDENT.
I BELIEVE HE THINKS HE IS THE
ONLY ONE WHO CAN BEAT TRUMP.
I DON’T THINK HE THINKS THERE
IS ANYONE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WHO CAN BEAT TRUMP AND
THAT’S THE BIGGEST FACTOR.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
MARC IS A GOOD SPEECH WRITER.
A NICE WAY TO -- THERE IS
CREDIBILITY TO THE NOTION THE
PRESIDENT HAS TO SHIFT AND
PIVOT.
NUMBERS DON’T LIE.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN NUMBERS WHEN
YOU ARE AHEAD, YOU HAVE TO TAKE
ACCOUNT WHEN THEY SAY THAT YOU
ARE BEHIND AND NOT AHEAD.
I THINK INFLATION AS WE POINTED
OUT, CRIME, BORDER.
THINGS THE PRESIDENT CAN TRY TO
SHOW THAT HE IS INDEED THE
PRESIDENT.
I WON’T USE THE WORD.
I THINK THAT STRATEGIST MIGHT
HAVE BEEN USING.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT
KIND OF LEADERSHIP.
THIS HAPPENS WITH PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS THE LOWEST
RATING AS MARC POINTED OUT.
REAGAN, CLINTON, OBAMA, ALL HAD
DIFFICULT NUMBERS IN THEIR
FIRST TWO YEARS IN OFFICE AND
WERE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND AND
GOT REELECTED.
THE QUESTION NOW FOR PRESIDENT
BIDEN MORE SO THAN THOSE THREE
PRESIDENT, CAN HE REASSURE AN
UNSETTLED DEMOCRATIC ELECTORATE
THAT HE IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO
LEAD THE PARTY?
HE HAS TIME TO DO IT.
THE QUESTION IS WILL HE BE ABLE
TO?
>> Bill: TO FINISH THE QUOTE,
HAROLD.
THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO
CONTROL THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION
AND THEY HAVEN’T DONE ANY OF
THAT.
I THINK YOU AGREE WITH THAT
BASED ON THE COMMENT.
ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE DON
BACON WAS ON A SUNDAY SHOW FROM
OMAHA AND PARTS WEST TO THE
SUBURBS AND RURAL NEBRASKA
TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND
MOVING ON.
>> WE NEED SOMEONE THAT HAS
CONSERVATIVE POLICIES BUT I
THINK WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T
LIKE NAME CALLING.
THEY LIKE FOLKS WHO TREAT
PEOPLE RESPECTFULLY.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT COST
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2020.
WE SHOULD TAKE THAT AS A
LESSON, CONSERVATIVE VALUES
WITH OPTIMISM, RESPECTFUL
BEHAVIOR LIKE PRESIDENT REAGAN.
>> Bill: READ THE TEA LEAVES.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE LIKE DON
BACON NOW?
>> I THINK THE REPUBLICANS LOOK
AT DONALD TRUMP AND SAY FIRST
OF ALL THEY LOVE HIM.
THEY THINK THAT HE WAS A GREAT
CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT.
THEY THINK HE WAS TREATED VERY
UNFAIRLY BY THE MEDIA BUT YOU
ALSO -- THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HAVE TO WIN THIS
ELECTION.
WE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS OF JOE BIDEN OR WORSE
DEPENDING ON WHO MIGHT FOLLOW
HIM.
SO YOU LOOK AT THE HEAD-TO-HEAD
MATCH-UP.
JOE BIDEN IS THE LEAST POPULAR
PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY
IN THE HISTORY OF POLLING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RCP AVERAGE
TRUMP IS TIED WITH HIM.
HOW CAN TRUMP BE TIED WITH THE
LEAST POPULAR PRESIDENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY?
I THINK THAT’S A RED FLAG FOR
REPUBLICANS.
IF WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION,
WE HAVE TO PICK A NOMINEE WHO
IS NOT GOING TO ALIENATE SWING
VOTERS AND WIN PEOPLE BACK OVER.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE SETTING US UP
FOR VICTORY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAID THE
ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS OVER
AND NOW HE PROPOSED THE LARGEST
EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT
SPENDING SINCE WORLD WAR II.
JOE BIDEN SAID THIS ISN’T YOUR
GRANDFATHER’S REPUBLICAN PARTY,
IT ISN’T THE GRANDFATHERS
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS GONE
SO FAR LEFT THEY’RE SETTING
REPUBLICANS UP FOR VICTORY AND
WE CAN ONLY SNATCH IT AWAY
OURSELVES BY NOMINATING THE
WRONG PERSON.
>> Bill: I WANT TO GIVE YOU 15
SECONDS HERE, HAROLD.
>> I THINK MARC IS TRYING TO
PUT THE BEST LIGHT YOU CAN ON
THIS.
DONALD TRUMP’S NOMINEES IN THE
STATES HE IS WINNING SENATE
PRIMARIES ARE ONLY WINNING 36%
OF THE VOTE.
ALMOST 2/3 OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ARE OPPOSED TO WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUTTING
FORWARD AND THE CANDIDATES SEE
PUTTING FORWARD.
THEY WILL HAVE A QUESTION TO
ANSWER.
DO YOU WANT TO WIN PRIMARIES OR
GENERALS?
I CAN BE PARTISAN AND SAY I
HOPE THEY WIN PRIMARIES BUT THE
COUNTRY IS HEALTHIER WHEN BOTH
PARTIES ARE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD
SERIOUS, DYNAMIC,
FORWARD-LOOKING ANSWERS TO
PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
WE SHOULD NOT KID OURSELVES
ALSO.
THIS COMPROMISE THEY’VE WORKED
OUT ON GUNS IS A GOOD THING FOR
THE COUNTRY.
I HOPE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT IT WHEN IT