well as Mike Tyson once famously said
everyone has a plan until they get
punched in the mouth and Mike Bloomberg
found out last night that's as true for
politics as it is for boxing it was his
first time sharing a stage with his
rivals and they made the most of it I'd
like to talk about who we're running
against a billionaire who calls women
fat broads and horse-faced lesbians and
no I'm not talking about Donald Trump
I'm talking about Mayor Bloomberg I
think we need something different than
Donald Trump I don't think you look at
Donald Trump and say we need someone
richer in the White House you know what
mr. Bloomberg wasn't you who made all
that money maybe your workers played
some role in that as well well Mike
Bloomberg is worth an estimated 62
billion dollars Forbes magazine stick
some at ninth richest person in the
world and his rivals argue he's simply
trying to buy his way to the presidency
here's mr. Bloomberg's response I'm a
philanthropist who didn't inherit his
money but made his money and I'm
spending that money to get rid of Donald
Trump the worst president we have ever
had and if I can get that done it will
be a great contribution to America and
to my kids hard to find anyone saying
anything too positive about how Mike
Bloomberg got on here's a piece in The
New York Times
despite his billions Bloomberg busts his
rivals were ready he was not in Los
Angeles time Bloomberg has a rocky
debate debut which I think we'd argue is
even a little generous here's the New
York Post blackened boom warren leads
brutal Mike beat down and Elizabeth
Warren's attacks on mr. Bloomberg went
viral while the debate was going on lots
of people were using the hashtag Warren
for the win and this was all very timely
for Elizabeth Warren because she
underperformed in the first two votes in
Iowa and New Hampshire
this was her pushing back on that
arguably her strongest attack was over
non-disclosure agreements the mr.
Bloomberg's company agreed with female
employees who accused him of sexual
harassment here's some of it mr. mayor
are you willing to release all of those
women from those non-disclosure
agreements so we can hear there
side of the story and this was my
Bloomberg's response a very few
non-disclosure agreements how many how
many
none of them accused me of doing
anything other than maybe they didn't
like the joke I told that didn't go down
well the audience if you've seen the
longer version of the clip Mike
Bloomberg tweeted not long afterwards he
said tonight I stood on a stage with a
group of politicians they taught because
that's what they're good at they went on
and on about what they couldn't should
do I have built I have created actual
change I have gotten it done that's what
I'll do for America he says well while
that debate was taking place in Las
Vegas in Nevada not so far away
President Trump was hosting a rally in
Phoenix Arizona and he too took aim no
boxes we call them no boxes and I hear
he's getting pounded tonight you know
he's in a debate I founded well Julia
Manchester is joining us live from
Washington DC Julia good to have you on
the program we looked ahead to this 24
hours ago so what did you make of it you
know I was shocked it really how
unprepared Bloomberg was if you just
looked at the headlines and the scrutiny
that Bloomberg was under over the past
week and some of the telegraphing of the
attacks from some of the other
candidates mainly Biden Warren and
Sanders you know Bloomberg should have
known this was coming and maybe he did
but his responses did not go over well
he seemed unprepared agitated at times
and it just didn't go over well with the
audience meanwhile you had Bernie
Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both having
really rockstar nights there I mean
Elizabeth Warren someone who had a very
less than stellar performance in Iowa
and New Hampshire really hitting it out
of the ballpark in this debate in fact
her her campaign just announced that
she's raised five million dollars since
this debate Bernie Sanders very much the
front-runner on stage performing very
well so you saw this really contrasted
with Bloomberg who just really seemed to
fall flat during the debate
don't go anywhere Julia because we
should add not all the attacks are
directed it might Bloomberg Bernie
Sanders is the current frontrunner for
the Democratic nomination and they came
for him to his campaign relentlessly
attacks everyone who asks a question or
tries to fill in details about how to
actually make this work
we shouldn't have to choose between one
candidate who wants to burn this party
down and another candidate who wants to
buy this party out the best in the
country houses that's good
Julie let's come back to you I saw one
very well-known American political
commentator tweeting a moment ago saying
people keep calling me for comment and
they're all asking about Bloomberg why
aren't they asking about Elizabeth
Warren why do we always frame this in
the successes or otherwise of the male
candidates so let's focus on her why is
she not making more progress in the
polls given she keeps doing these
cut-through performances in the debates
well it really leads you to question how
much the debates actually matter I mean
Amy Klobuchar our prime example in New
Hampshire
you know I would say that the debates
very much helped her in New Hampshire in
that state in particular she's a very
good debater however she hasn't really
been able to climb in the polls so they
kind of give you a burst of energy but
then I don't know if it's necessarily
enough to take you farther but I think
she's really being droned out by Bernie
Sanders quite frankly I mean Bernie
Sanders performed very well in Iowa and
New Hampshire Elizabeth Warren and
Massachusetts senator did not perform
well in New Hampshire which is
neighboring to Massachusetts and we know
that New Hampshire primary voters like
to nominate New England candidates so
that's one strike against her but I
would say that overall Bernie Sanders is
just really shoring up this progressive
support and then you're seeing a number
of moderates Budaj and Bloomberg both of
their campaigns releasing memos over the
past couple of days really raising the
alarm
you know ringing the alarm bells over
whether Bloomberg or whether Sanders
will drop out saying that he is on the
path to amassing the most delegates so
I think she has to compete with someone
like Bernie Sanders who simply just has
way more support than she does and just
briefly if he would Judy we're up
against the end of the program it's
funny we've come this far and we haven't
talked about Joe Biden who was the
front-runner for months yeah that really
tells you something I mean Joe Biden is
banking on a comeback in Nevada and
South Carolina his campaign has set very
low expectations for him in Iowa and New
Hampshire but this is the demographic he
should be playing with playing well with
whether it's Latino or african-american
voters immigrants a much more diverse
voting base but on the debate stage you
know it's no surprise he doesn't really
perform as well as he does in one-on-one
settings or more intimate settings so I
think it tells you something though that
we're not talking about the former Vice
President of the United States one of
which who came from a very popular
Democratic administration