WEBVTT - Bloomberg's Gordon on Obama's Endorsement of Clinton (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>President Obama has formally endorsed Hillary Clinton and implored Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>to come together in order to elect her after a

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<v Speaker 1>bruising primary battle. He says that the stakes of the

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<v Speaker 1>election were too high to allow party divisions to stand

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<v Speaker 1>in the way of defeating Donald J. Trump. Here to

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<v Speaker 1>tell us more is Craig Gordon, Managing editor from Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>News in Washington, d C. Craig tell us the feeling

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<v Speaker 1>right now in Washington and all of the information you

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<v Speaker 1>have about this endorsement, absolutely, I mean right now, there

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<v Speaker 1>is definitely a sense that the Bernie Sanders campaign is

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<v Speaker 1>seeing its twilight. Um, the President invited Bernie Sanders, or

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<v Speaker 1>had Bernie Sanders over to the White House, where told

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<v Speaker 1>Bernie Sanders asked for the meeting. It's clear they had

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<v Speaker 1>a respectful discussion. But it also sounds like President Barack

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<v Speaker 1>Obama said to Bernie Sanders, I'm gonnador Hillary Clinton today.

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<v Speaker 1>So like you've had your meeting, You've had now a

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<v Speaker 1>phone call on Sunday, a meeting today. I's trying to

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<v Speaker 1>move forward, and Hillary is about to get my endorsement. Um. So,

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<v Speaker 1>Bernie Sanders came out and said he'll continue campaigning through

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday's primary in d C. But it's pretty much over

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<v Speaker 1>at this point. Yeah, and probably a foregone conclusion because

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<v Speaker 1>we knew that the President was meeting with Bernie Sanders,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that he had talked to him on the

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<v Speaker 1>phone over the weekend. One thing Hillary Clinton and Bernie

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders have in common to a certain extent, is, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>at least during the campaign months, a crusade against Wall Street.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it significant that one of the first things we

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<v Speaker 1>learn as the President endorses Hillary Clinton now, uh, that

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<v Speaker 1>she's going to consult with Elizabeth Warren on Wall Street.

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<v Speaker 1>Elizabeth Warren who has been very tough on Wall Street

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<v Speaker 1>and would probably like to see even stricter rules applied. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, at one level, that is not a huge surprise. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Hillary Clinton's job is but even before she

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<v Speaker 1>has to turn to the task of beating Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>in November, she has to get a lot of those

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<v Speaker 1>Bernie Sanders supporters on board with her. There's still a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sore feelings, uh, in in the Sanders camp

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<v Speaker 1>and in the Sanders campaign and the Standard supporters toward Hillary.

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<v Speaker 1>It was was actually that's sort of a I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>a bitter fight. Um, Bernie Sanders did not go quietly.

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<v Speaker 1>He decided to stay until the end. He still does

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<v Speaker 1>not think. I think to this day, based on his

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<v Speaker 1>comments at the White House at Chilly is fully embracing

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<v Speaker 1>the issues that he's brought to the table, or whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's an income inequality or health care for all college

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<v Speaker 1>you know, paid for by the government, and he is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to keep that voice going. So a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>his people came with him because they did not really

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<v Speaker 1>believe in Hillary clintor want to support Hillary Clinton. So

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<v Speaker 1>first and foremost she has to say to them, Look,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm with you all, do for you what Bernie

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders would have done. No better way to say that

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<v Speaker 1>than to talk up Elizabeth Warren on a day like today.

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<v Speaker 1>In a lot of ways, a lot of those Bernie

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders voters had hoped Elizabeth Warren, the Senator from Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 1>would be the one running. She didn't. He did, so

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<v Speaker 1>they had to back Bernie. I'm not I don't mean

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<v Speaker 1>to make light of it. It's very possible that Hilly

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton is going to talk very seriously with Elizabeth Warren,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly even a cabinet post. There's a lot of rumors

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<v Speaker 1>in d C. You know, who knows, maybe a Clinton

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<v Speaker 1>Warren ticket president vice president, not just one woman on

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<v Speaker 1>the ticket historically, but too. I'm not sure we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>see that go quite that far, but it's a good

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<v Speaker 1>day for really going to be talking about Elizabeth Warren

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<v Speaker 1>as Bernie Sanders supporters are looking for someplace to go

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<v Speaker 1>with their votes. Craig, one thing that is not a

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<v Speaker 1>rumor is that Hillary Clinton, as the standard bearer of

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic Party and endorsed by the president, is the

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<v Speaker 1>first woman to hold that role. Is there a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of the historic quality? I will tell you it's actually funny.

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<v Speaker 1>As reporters who cover this, and we've been covering this

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<v Speaker 1>since all the way back in the first week in

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<v Speaker 1>February in Iowa, it is occasionally easy to forget. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're so busy in the in the here and now,

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<v Speaker 1>you're so busy with the who's up, who's down, what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening today, that on Tuesday night we had to have

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<v Speaker 1>a little huddle in our newsroom there in New York,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit to be like, hey, let's remember this

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<v Speaker 1>is actually kind of a big night. We're actually witnessing

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<v Speaker 1>some history here. I'm not saying we're pro Hily Clinton, right,

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<v Speaker 1>that we're just saying, undisputably, as you said, indisputably, as

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<v Speaker 1>you say, there's there's some history being made here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>easy to sort of forget that. I think Hillary Clinton

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<v Speaker 1>is going to spend a lot of time making sure

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<v Speaker 1>we don't forget that. I was struck by how much

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<v Speaker 1>she talked about the historic milestone she achieved on on

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday Night, the becoming the first major party nominee who

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<v Speaker 1>was a woman. And I think she's gonna talk about

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<v Speaker 1>that quite a lot. On the trail in two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and eight, she really almost never talked about it. In

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<v Speaker 1>she's talking about a lot. She needs those women voters

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<v Speaker 1>to come out and support her to be Donald Tromp

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<v Speaker 1>a huge part of her base. She needs to get

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<v Speaker 1>him fired up, and she's trying. And of course, what

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<v Speaker 1>many people pointed out is that, uh, sometimes with women,

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<v Speaker 1>if you if you're gonna find a weak spot. She's

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<v Speaker 1>stronger with older women and maybe not as strong with millennials, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe it's you kind of wonder then, because we

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<v Speaker 1>have Margaret Talive on the show yesterday, your colleague who

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<v Speaker 1>covers the White House for Bloomberg News, and she pointed out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but Hillary has been first lady. She's been,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the the head of the State Department. So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe that's another reason why it doesn't feel quite as like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh wow, there's a woman up there. But I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if this this issue for younger women is they're kind

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<v Speaker 1>of more used to women being in positions of power.

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<v Speaker 1>I totally agree. Um. I mean, look, you have Janet

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<v Speaker 1>Ellen runs the Federal Reserve, Angelo Mercle runs Germany, Christine

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<v Speaker 1>Legarde runs the I M f uh, you know going,

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<v Speaker 1>and even Margaret Thatcher ran you know, the UK for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. It is it is while it is an

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<v Speaker 1>enormous historical mouth, and inside the United States, around the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the world, they could fairly say, hey, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you folks on waiting for over there? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>come and join the party. So I do you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've always reluctant to talk, you know, go too far

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<v Speaker 1>down the roads and within the mind of year old women.

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<v Speaker 1>But I could see them saying, you know, yeah, she

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<v Speaker 1>was the first lad then she was the center, then

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<v Speaker 1>she was the Secretary of State. This doesn't seem like

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<v Speaker 1>quite as big a milestone, but I think for a

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<v Speaker 1>certain there's a certain generational split. And some of our

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<v Speaker 1>polling it was women under forty were less impressed, women

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<v Speaker 1>over forty were more impressed. There is a historical split there,

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<v Speaker 1>or a generational split there. I think he was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>try to talk to both halfs of that split and

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<v Speaker 1>and try to get him on board with her campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>Quick question, do you really think she'd pick a woman

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<v Speaker 1>woman to be the vice president? I mean, she's a woman.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you need to on the ticket? Off? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>need to I don't know if you need to. Look.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say about this is that there is a there

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<v Speaker 1>is a little bit of historical president Bill Clinton. I

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<v Speaker 1>was much remarked about when he picked Al Gore, another

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<v Speaker 1>Southern younger politician, to be on his ticket. He won

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<v Speaker 1>the White House that way. It's not such a crazy idea.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in a year that we've seen all kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>things we would never have expected. We shall see. Craig Gordon,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so very much for joining as part of

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<v Speaker 1>our Bloomberg Politics team in Washington. D c We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>talk player with Megan Murphy, his colleague in Washington, as

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<v Speaker 1>well Bloomberg's Washington bureau chief, about the latest on the

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<v Speaker 1>campaign trail. This is taking Stock on Boomberg Radio. Coming

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