THE
THE CONCRETE BASE IT WAS STANDING ON HAD NOT YET CURED.
>>> NOT EVERY DEMOCRAT RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT IS IN IOWA THIS
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. MIKE BLOOMBURG GOT INTO THE
RACE LATE BUT HE'S WATCHING TO
SEE WHO WINS IN THE STATE AND
WILL FACE ON ON THE BALLOT FOR
SUPER TUESDAY.
SUPER TUESDAY. WHO ARE THEY POLLING?
>> JOINS US FROM NEW YORK CITY
THIS WEEK IS KEVIN FROM NEW
YORK CITY.
YORK CITY. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING IN IOWA?
WHO HAS TO WIN HERE?
WHO HAS TO LOSE HERE IN ORDER
TO GIVE BLOOMBURG THE BEST SHOT
ON SUPER TUESDAY?
>> WE'RE NOT HANDICAPPING
WINNERS AND LOSERS IN IOWA.
WE THINK WE SHOULD GIVE VOTERS
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA IN THIS
AND ORGANIZED FOR A FALL
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. WHILE THE CANDIDATES AS YOU
POINT OUT, YOU IN IOWA AND
MICHAEL B IN ARIZONA AND
CALIFORNIA AND DETROIT AND HE
WAS IN TEXAS LAST WEEK.
>> BERNIE AHEAD IN THE POLLS
HERE TOO BUT BIDEN NOT
FINISHING SECOND OR THIRD,
DOESN'T THAT GIVE BLOOMBURG AN
EDGE IN
EDGE IN
EDGE IN >> I WOULD EXPECT THE VICE
PRESIDENT TO DO VERY WELL.
I'D EXPECT HIM TO WIN IOWA.
HE'S CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT
THREE TIMES.
THREE TIMES. >> HE'S ALWAYS SELF-FUNDED HIS
CAMPAIGN AND NEVER HAD TO
COMPROMISE HIS DECISION AND
DEBATE RULING IN MY WAYS FROM
THE START.
THE START. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING IF YOUR CANDIDATE,
YOUR BOSS MIGHT BE THE FIRST
BILLION DOLLAR CANDIDATE.
HE HASN'T PUT A LIMIT ON WHAT
HE'LL SPEND BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU
THINK HE'LL SPEND MOVING INTO
SUPER TUESDAY AND LATER IN THE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. >>
YEAR. >> MAKING SURE EVERY DOLLAR
WE'VE SPENT IS APPROPRIATE AND
NOT GIVING ME SOMETHING TO
SPEND.
SPEND.
SPEND. >>
SPEND. >> KEVIN, IN TEXAS, THE POLL
OUT A FEW DAYS AGO AND IT
SHOWED THAT MIKE BLOOMBURG HAD
9% SUPPORT IN TEXAS.
THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT
BERNIE AND BIDEN HAVE IN TEXAS.
HOW DO YOU READ THAT?
IS THERE ENOUGH TIME TO CLOSE
THAT GAP FOR BLOOMBURG OVER THE
NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
>> WE'RE RUNNING THAT TEST AND
MIME GOT INTO THIS CAMPAIGN
ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO AND THE
VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATOR
SANDERS RUNNING FOR TWO YEARS.
MIKE BLOOMBURG IS THE ONLY
CAMPAIGN IF TEXAS.
THAT'S CAMPAIGNING IN TEXAS AND
MIKE WAS IN EL PASO EARLIER
THIS WEEK AND WE HAVE DOZENS OF
OFFICES WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE
STATE AND YOUR VIEWERS WILL
SEE, WE'RE ADVERTISING IN THAT
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. WE
STATE. WE FULLY INTEND TO COMPETE IN
THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
>> KEVIN, WE'RE FOUR WEEKS AWAY
FROM SUPER TUESDAY.
WHAT DOES A WIN REALISTICALLY
LOOK LIKE IN TEXAS FOR
BLOOMBURG?
BLOOMBURG? >> IT'S THE SAME FOR WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO AROUND THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE
FUNDAMENTALLY SINCE 1976 HAVE
CHOSEN OUR NOMINEES IN THE
STATES OF IOWA AND IN THE
STATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
I WORK ON THE STATE FOR THE
PEOPLE DON'T WAKE UP AND DECIDE
WHAT TO DO BASED ON WHAT
SOMEONE IN DES MOINES HAS DONE.
I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS
COUNTRY HAS THEIR OWN VIEWS
ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
GOING FORWARD.
GOING FORWARD. I THINK MIME BLOCKBURG IS
ARGUING WE NEED A STABLE
PRESIDENT AND I THINK THAT
MESSAGE WILL RESINATE WITH THE
PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING FOR LIKE A
10% DOUBLE DIGIT THRESHOLD AT
LEAST FOR BLOCKBURG TO MOVE
FORWARD IN
FORWARD IN >> YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I THINK IN
TEXAS, THEY SAY GO BIG OR GO
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. NOT
HOME. NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING LESS
THAN A WIN.
>> KEVIN THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN