1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: All right, guys, have a whole lot of breaking news 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: for you with regards to the Biden campaign deathwatch. Things 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: seem to be moving very quickly, which is why I 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: wanted to get this video out for you this evening. 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm just going to go through you for you all 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: of the latest reporting that we have. But the TLDR 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: is bunch of sources, bunch of networks saying that he 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: could be dropping out of the race as early as 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: the next few days. Cautionary note, none of this is final. 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: None of this is saying it's completely determinative. But you 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: add this to some of the things we reported in 12 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: the show today about Schumer, Pelosi, Jeffries. Now we have 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: new reporting about Obama all making aggressive moves against Biden, 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: fundraising all but drying up, and he himself opening the 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: door to a potential exit. And it sure is starting 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: to look like the writing is on the wall. So 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: let me go ahead and put this first report. This 18 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: really broke things open earlier today from Axios, the headline 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: here behind the curtain top Dems now believe Biden will exit. 20 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: Let me read you a decent bit of this report 21 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: so you can hear everything they're saying here the way 22 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: they're phrasing it. In all of that, they say, several 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: top Democrats privately tell us the rising pressure of party 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: congressional leaders and close friends will persuade President Biden to 25 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 1: decide to drop out of the presidential race as soon 26 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: as this weekend. So they go on to talk about 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: how the eighty one year old president is now self isolating. Privately, 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: he is resigned to mounting pressure, bad polls, and untenable 29 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: scrutiny making it impossible to continue his campaign. The Democrats 30 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: tell us the private message distilled to its bluntest form. 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: The top leaders of his party, his friends, and key 32 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: donors believe he cannot win, can't change public perceptions of 33 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: his age and acuity, and can't deliver congressional majorities. The 34 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,279 Speaker 1: president is being told that if he stays in, former 35 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: President Trump could win an a landslide and wipe away 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: Biden's legacy and Democrats hopes in November. They go on 37 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: to say the pressure to step aside has been rising 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: to intolerable levels, especially over the past few days. Democrats 39 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 1: fully expect polls after the RNC to show a possible 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: blowout that could bring down Democrats in Congress too, And 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: the way that it is being framed is his choice 42 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: is to be one of history's heroes. Wouldn't really say 43 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: that myself when you are committing a genocide, but will 44 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: put that aside or to be sure of the fact 45 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: that there will never be a Biden presidential library, one 46 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: of the president's close friends told us, I pray he 47 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: does the right thing. He is headed that way. They 48 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: go on to recount some of the reporting when brought 49 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: to you earlier about Pelosi, Schumer, Jeffries, Obama, apparently Bill 50 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: and Hillary Clinton also making moves behind the scenes and 51 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: keeping quiet and not throwing him any sort of a 52 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: lifeline publicly, which is also very notable. They go on 53 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: to give some reality check here at the end, Biden 54 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: can't be forced out, and he has the delegates. No 55 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: one can physically pry them away. He needs to do 56 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: it by choice and on his terms. But when you 57 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,399 Speaker 1: have this level of pressure, every Democratic power broker remaining 58 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: in the party moving against you publicly, now leaking to 59 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: the press and coming out against you when you have 60 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: and I'll let me go ahead and put this next 61 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: piece up on the screen, because this says from NBC 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: News and contains this reporting When you have fundraising all 63 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: but drying up, how in the world are you going 64 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: to try to persist? So NBC News sort of similar 65 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: reporting this from the perspective of those who are surrounding Biden, 66 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: who are realizing it's not an if but a When 67 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: the headline here, We're close to the end, Biden world 68 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: braces for the possibility that the president will step aside. 69 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: This recounts, you know, the sense from within Biden world. 70 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: They say there's a palpable sense the ground has shifted 71 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: underneath him. According to five people with knowledge of the situation, 72 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: even among some of the president's most defiant internal backers, 73 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: who now believe the writing is on the wall, we 74 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: are close to the end, close to the end. A 75 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: person close to Biden said that person who previously doubted 76 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: Biden would ever step aside acknowledge that it's still the 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: president's decision, but joined in the array of Biden allies 78 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: who say he is nearing a point of no return. 79 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: If you read on in this article, they say that 80 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: the fund raising drop has been more precipitous than anyone 81 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: could have imagined. A person with knowledge that the Biden 82 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: campaign now expects it will raise only twenty five percent 83 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: of the big donor money it had originally projected to 84 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: raise in July. That's a further downgrade. Originally they were 85 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: expecting it would be down by fifty percent, which is 86 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: still horrific. Now they're saying they will only raise it'll 87 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: be down seventy five percent, So they'll only raise twenty 88 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: five percent of the big donor money that they had 89 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: planned on. And grassroots donations have all but dried up 90 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: as well. So you've got the money gone, You've got Bill, Hillary, Obama, Schumer, Jeffries, 91 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: Pelosi all moving against him. You have him seemingly somewhat 92 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: receptive now and increasing reporting that a decision could come 93 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: this weekend or I haven't even seen suggestions even possibly before, 94 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: but the sourcing on those were a little flimsy. Let 95 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: me goe and put the next I'm just going to 96 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: go through everything that we've seen today so you can 97 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: get a sense of what we know and where we're at. 98 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: This is again Democrats expect Biden to at least indicate 99 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: this weekend that he's dropping out, and if he doesn't 100 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: indicate it soon, expect more leaks and calls for him 101 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: to step aside from members of Congress. In short, the 102 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: beatings will continue until morale improves. So this is noteworthy because, 103 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: first of all, once again lays not that timeline of 104 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: by this weekend there's at least going to be some 105 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: indication that he is dropping out, and that if we 106 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 1: don't get that indication, then it's not like the movement 107 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: against him is going to end. It's going to ramp up, 108 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: it's going to escalate. It's going to continue until he 109 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: makes the decision that they all want him to make. 110 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: You know, that's always been the subtext when Pelosi in 111 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: particular goes on TV and says we want to give 112 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: him time to make the decision. In the host say, well, 113 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: he said, he's already made his decision. We want to 114 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: give him time to make the decision they want him 115 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: to make. So they're going to continue pushing until he 116 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: decides to drop out of the race. So that's what's 117 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: really significant about that reporting in particular. Let's see the 118 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: next one, because we do have more reporting of a 119 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: hair about Barack Obama, which is also significant. This is 120 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: from the Washington Post. Barack Obama has told allies in 121 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: recent days that Biden's path to victory is greatly diminished, 122 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: and he thinks the President needs to seriously consider the 123 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: viability of his candidacy. Now, this isn't a surprise. We 124 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: talked to you before about how the Clooney op ed, 125 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: the George Clooney op ed that had been run by Obama. 126 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: Clearly Obama's fingerprints were all over that when George Clooney 127 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: being a close ally. The fact that from the beginning 128 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: you've had David Axelrod and the podse Bros. These are 129 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: all Obama people who were forcefully making the case against 130 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden have always been an indication of where Barack 131 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: Obama actually stands. What is noteworthy about these new reports 132 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: that have been coming out, you know, the floodgates have 133 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: really opened up, is this very clear coordination between all 134 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: of these individuals who appear to have attempted to make 135 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: the case behind the scenes so that it could appear 136 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: that Biden came to this decision on his own. When 137 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: that didn't work, there appears to be this coordinated now 138 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: campaign to pressure him from Obama and Pelosi at al 139 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: to leave the race. And that's the pressure campaign that 140 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: you've seen, you know, it was put on freeze for 141 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: a couple of days, really not very long during you know, 142 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: in the wake of the President Trump assassination attempt. Now 143 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: it is back on knives around all out war to 144 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: try to get him out. And they clearly have bought 145 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: plat past like a point of no return. There's no 146 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: tiptoeing around it at this point. They're leaking, and it's 147 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: only expected to get more aggressive until he ultimately relents. 148 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: They've clearly come to the determination that it is unsustainable 149 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: for him to be in the race and an utter 150 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: disaster for the Democratic Party, not just at the presidential level, 151 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: but at every level. I'll give you CNN did some 152 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: reporting here earlier in the day with what their sources 153 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: are saying. Let me go ahead and play a bit 154 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: of this for you. 155 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 2: Well, Dana, what we know is that some of the 156 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 2: most important conversations about President Biden's future are still happening 157 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 2: behind closed doors. But we are learning about conversation between 158 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: former House Speaker at Nancy Pelosi and President Biden that 159 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 2: took place as recently as in the last week or so, 160 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 2: where Nancy Pelosi told the president that polling shows that 161 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: he cannot defeat Donald Trump in November and that he 162 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: could take down the House with him if he continues 163 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: seeking us I in term and more forces have told 164 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: us is that the President responded with defensiveness and essentially 165 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: saying to Pelosi, I have seen polls that show that 166 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: I can in fact win and really just push back. 167 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 2: And at one point in the conversation we'd told Pelosi 168 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 2: asked that Mike donaldind the presidents senior advisor, get on 169 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 2: the phone so that they can all have a discussion 170 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: about the data. A non of our sources, Dana importantly 171 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,599 Speaker 2: said whether Pelosi, in this without private conversation, told the 172 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: President explicitly that she believes that he needs to drop out. 173 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: Of the race. 174 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: And I will also say this marks the second known 175 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: conversation between the President and Pelosi since the debate. We 176 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 2: know that they also spoke in early July and ask 177 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: for how the two camps are responding. Officially, the White 178 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 2: House wouldn't comment on this conversation, but they did put 179 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 2: out a statement saying President Biden is the nominee of 180 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 2: the party and he plans to win. A Pelosi spokesperson 181 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: interestingly said Pelosi has been in California since Friday, and 182 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 2: she has not spoken to Biden since. 183 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 4: Now. 184 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: One thing that is really clear from this reporting data 185 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 2: that I think is worth highlighting is how the President 186 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: has appeared really dug in when it comes to the 187 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 2: polling and the data. You know, we've heard him saying 188 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,599 Speaker 2: in public, look, i think I'm doing okay still in 189 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: the polls, and it's clear that he genuinely does believe 190 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: this in private settings as well. 191 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 3: And you know, you know better than. 192 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 2: Anyone, Danna, how important of a course Nancy Pelosi is 193 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 2: inside the party. She has such incredible sway she understands 194 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 2: exactly where the caucus is on any political issue. And 195 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 2: she did sort of leave open the door recently when 196 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 2: she said in an interview it's up to the president 197 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 2: to decide if he's going to run. And I think 198 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 2: a huge question right now is will she get to 199 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 2: the point at some point where she says in public 200 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: that yes, it's up to him, but she believes that 201 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: he needs to set aside. 202 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 3: Okay, I'm Jay, thank you so much for that important reporting. 203 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 3: And Jeff allenly I want to turn out to you. 204 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 3: You pained a memo sent to Democratic officials that down 205 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: ballot Democrats can't afford politically to defend Biden's fitness for office. 206 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: Jeff tell us more about that. 207 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 4: Then, as these calls for President Biden to reconsider his 208 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 4: candidacy really intensify, both behind and the scenes and in public, 209 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 4: we're getting a better sense of why that is and 210 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 4: why these leaders are making the argument. In that memo 211 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 4: that you talked about there from a Blue Research, a 212 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 4: democratic research firm really shared widely throughout the party, it 213 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 4: talks about the damage this is having for Democrats down ballot. 214 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 4: I'm told that the Homer Housepapernancyploszy reads this pulling very carefully, 215 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 4: as of course do many other leaders. And as we've 216 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 4: looked through this, yes, it talks about the expanding presidential 217 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 4: battle brand now, but it also talks about the potential 218 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 4: damage it's been inflicted on individual Democratic candidates. And take 219 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 4: a look at this really poignant sentence here inside the memo. 220 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 4: It says defending Biden's fitness for office is an untenable 221 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 4: position for down ballot Democrats. It goes on to say 222 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 4: that the honesty and the trustworthiness of these Democratic candidates 223 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 4: in the House will be questioned. Voters will start to 224 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 4: have second thoughts about them if they keep defending President Biden. 225 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 4: Of course this is reflective also. 226 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: So there you go both reporting on. You know, it's 227 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: a really interesting nugget from the Pelosi meeting that when 228 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: Biden starts talking about no, I don't think the poll numbers, 229 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: I don't think there's show that Jack. I think it's fine. 230 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: I'm doing great. And Pelosi says, let's get Mike Donaldin 231 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: on the phone to talk this through, because she feels 232 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: that Biden is being effectively lied to about the state 233 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: of the race, that his old and adult mind is 234 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: buying the lies because he wants to believe them, and 235 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: she wanted to get to the source of the person 236 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: who was providing him with this bad information, and that 237 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: is his very long time political advisor, Mike Donaldan, possibly 238 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: among others. But she says, let's get donaldin on the 239 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: phone and let's talk about these poll numbers. The information 240 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: there from Jeff Sellini also really interesting about Okay, well, 241 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: why did they decide to take what is the extraordinary 242 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: action again the incumbent president Actually that they have themselves 243 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: completely blocked. Remember, these are people who very easily could 244 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: have created the conditions to have a real primary, so 245 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: that we could have done this through sub democratic process. 246 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: But instead they completely blocked a democratic primary, held no debates, 247 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: canceled literally canceled the primary in multiple states across the country, 248 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: and just came out and said, Simon Sanders came out 249 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: and said on MSNBC, we have an incumbent president. We 250 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: are not going to have a primary process. So these 251 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: are the same people who could have facilitated that process. 252 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: They blocked that, leaving it outside of a possible real 253 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: democratic means and creating these conditions. Now where the writing 254 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: is on the wall, they realize how completely screwed they are, 255 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: not only in terms of blocking Trump, but in terms 256 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: of every single Democratic candidate being tied to this sinking ship. 257 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 1: The point there, I think is a really critical one, 258 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: and I think it's one that you know, AOC and 259 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: Bernie and other lefties who are out there defending Biden 260 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: should think about, which is, how can voters trust you 261 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: when you're not being straight with him about the health 262 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: condition of this man, in his ability to lead the 263 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: ticket at the top, How can they have trusted you 264 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: for anything else? So I do think there is a 265 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: real sense that the more closely you're tied to the 266 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: Biden administration, the poor, the political position you're going to 267 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,599 Speaker 1: be in. So would there be some ticket splitting in 268 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: the fault? Sure? Would some of the Senate candidates potentially 269 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: who appear to be running ahead of Biden the polls 270 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: right now, with some of them survive, maybe, But are 271 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: you going to hold the Senate? No, not a chance. 272 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it's already the longest of long shots for 273 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: Democrats to be able to hold the Senate and the 274 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: House where they actually do have a decent chance if 275 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 1: they have a decent presidential candidate at the top of 276 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: the ticket, that is also gone, bye bye, forget about it, 277 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: based on the numbers they're seeing and how Biden drives 278 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: down absolutely every Democrat in the entire country. We had 279 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: a tweet here from Ezraklin sort of summing up the 280 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: state of play from how he sees it and based 281 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: on his sourcing, and so it's interesting how he lays 282 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: this out here. He says where things stand. Top Dems 283 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: who believed even a week ago Biden would stay now 284 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: believe he'll go. Note on that, I just saw the 285 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: predicted markets they're betting like ninety percent. Now that Biden 286 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: is going to get out of the race. Number two, 287 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: House and Senate Dems have lost faith in his ability 288 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: to win. There's no way to win them back. His 289 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: calls and interviews have hurt him badly. Confirmed that the 290 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: debate was not a one off. So in spite of 291 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: all that, oh my god, the NATO big boy press 292 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: conference was so amazing. In reality, they were looking there 293 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: like you introduced Zelenski as putin, you called Harris vice 294 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: president Trump. The press conference was not, in fact masterful, 295 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: in spite of the spin that was put on it 296 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: by the media after the fact. And by the way, 297 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: by the time they got to that point, they were 298 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: already convinced that he was unfit and incapable of steering 299 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: this ship. Number three donors are also gone. Biden may 300 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: well not have the money to run a real campaign 301 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: against Trump. If he stays in, money will go down ballot. 302 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: Imagine that. Imagine he stays in and he has no 303 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: money in order to run ads. Right now, part of 304 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: what's keeping him afloat at all is dramatically out spending 305 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: Trump in the battleground states, and you know, put these 306 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: punishing ads and about abortion in particular. Imagine there's no 307 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: money to do that. How badly that's going to go 308 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: for him. Number Four, Biden is thinking things over in 309 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: a way he wasn't before, and the view is he 310 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: needs time to process and consider. He's at home self 311 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: isolating in Rehopeth right now as we speak, so they're 312 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: hoping that is the time he needs to process and consider. 313 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: Number Five. If Biden digs in after the weekend, public 314 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: pressure from Dems will increase ugly in a way no 315 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: one wants, but a lot of grim determination also growing 316 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: sensitive Biden stays in, this will come to be seen 317 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: as the kind of political catastrophe you do not want 318 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: to later be seen as silent in I've been making. 319 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: You know, these people who think that they're being clever 320 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: politically by standing by Biden, and there's the smart political 321 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: move and will set them up for their twenty twenty 322 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: eight ambitions or whatever. What a bunch of fools, What 323 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: a bunch of fools. Everyone is going to look at 324 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: this in the future and say where were you on 325 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: this question and what did you do? Because to stand 326 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: by Biden in this moment is just an act of complete, 327 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: you know, political malpractice, and if you are democratic minded 328 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: if you really believe Trump is a threat, which I do, 329 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: then it's also just an incredible betrayal of the rhetoric 330 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: and what Democrats have been saying for years and years 331 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: about this guy, that when it came down to it, 332 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: they weren't willing to do what it takes to put 333 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: forward a candidate that actually had a shot at winning. 334 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: Number six. The moment Biden bows out, he will be 335 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: treated as a hero among Democrats, a statesman who made 336 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: the kind of country and party first decision that Trump 337 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: never would. People get that this is hard. He's being 338 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: asked to do something very few leaders do. Okay, well, 339 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: I really am sick of hearing what a hero Joe Biden, 340 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: who's doing a genocide, is, But I have no doubt 341 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: he is correct that that is exactly how we will 342 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: be treated and discussed among Democrats. Number seven, uniting around 343 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris feels a lot likelier than an open convention, 344 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: much as I've supported the latter. This is grueling enough. 345 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: You Democrats have the stomach for another hard thing, and 346 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: time is very short. 347 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: Now. 348 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: There is some other reporting I'm going to bring you 349 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: that is a little less grounded, perhaps, but I just 350 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: want to put it out there so you know what 351 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking at and you can make of it what 352 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: you will. That actually Biden isn't planning to endorse Kamala Harris, 353 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: that he does want an open convention. And I just 354 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: saw some also not thoroughly rock solid reporting that Gretchen 355 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: Whitmer and one other of the likely candidates has said 356 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: to Kamala Harris, I don't want to be your potential 357 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: VP because they're eyeing that crown themselves. I'll look that 358 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: up in just a moment to bring you what that 359 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: other name is. Number eight. Many thought RNC would help 360 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: Biden by changing the subject. Instead, seeing a United Republican 361 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: Party has focus Dems. They've realized they cannot rely on 362 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: Trump just to lose this imagined they do the whole 363 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: rn C running against the wrong candidate. That would be 364 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: really funny. And Trump is, I'm sure already really irritated 365 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: that his moment is being stepped on by this news. 366 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: And if Biden does drop, you know, in the coming days, 367 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: the RNC and everything that happened, there is going to 368 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: be a back burner, back burner. Everyone's going to forget 369 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: about it instantly, and it's going to be the story 370 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: of the day, which he will absolutely hate not to mention. 371 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 1: You know, they get that Biden is the weakest possible 372 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: candidate that they could run against. They even find Kamala Harris. 373 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 1: They don't they're not intimidated by her, but they find 374 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: her to be more of a credible threat than Biden 375 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: at this point, which is just borne out by reality 376 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: in the polls and the fact that she can. Her 377 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: sentences can be a little loopy, but they are in 378 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: fact sentences, and she seems to be capable of holding 379 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: a coherent thought from sentence one to sentence two. Number 380 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: nine Democratic Party is acting like an actual party. Question 381 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: mark quite a thing to watch. Let me look up 382 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: this this message I got about. Oh, it's Gavin Newsom 383 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: is the other one and Gretchen Whitmer, who have communicated 384 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,959 Speaker 1: to senior party leaders that they would not be interested 385 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: in serving as Harris's running mate. According to a person 386 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: familiar with the candidates in the mix to join Harris 387 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: atop the ticket, this is from a decision desk HQ 388 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: contributor who I'm not familiar with. That's why this is 389 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: no like knock on. Nick Field is the name of 390 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: this reporter. No knock on him. I'm just not familiar 391 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: with him or the extent of his sourcing. That's why 392 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: I put a little caveat on that one. 393 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 3: All right, I. 394 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: Got one more for you here. This one's really fun 395 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: from Mark Halprin. Don't know if it's true. He doesn't 396 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: cite a sourcing. It just like puts out there some 397 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: pretty pretty wild plans of what may unfold. So let's 398 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: take a look at this, and if this is in 399 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: fact how it all goes down, then Mark Alprin deserves 400 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: a lot of credit for being ahead of the game 401 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: with all of these details. He says breaking news. Multiple 402 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: sources outline the apparent state of play on Biden at 403 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 1: this time. Plans to announce withdrawal from nomination as early 404 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: as this weekend, with Sunday most likely. John Meacham historian 405 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: friend to buy whatever morning Joe Dude polishing up remarks 406 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: Biden will not resign the presidency. Biden will not endorse Harris. 407 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: Imagine that open convention with Harris and about three others 408 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: who would those others be super delegates will not be 409 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: allowed to vote on the first ballot. Harris is vetting 410 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: at least four possible running mates, including Andy Basheer, he's 411 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: the very popular Democratic governor of Kentucky, and possibly Josh Shapiro. 412 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: He's the also very popular governor of Pennsylvania. So obviously 413 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: those would be you know, interesting picks. And along the 414 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: lines of people who have been flow of Roy Cooper 415 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: and North Carolina is another one that has been frequently 416 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: floated in connection with Kamala Harris. I don't know if 417 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: any of this is true with regards to this tweet. 418 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: Like I said, he does in cite his sources. I 419 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: don't know, but it's exciting to think that there could 420 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: be an open convention instead of just anointing Kamala Harris. 421 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: You know, as much as the coconut pilled people out 422 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: there has something else to say about that, but listen, personally, 423 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: I would rather have Harris than Biden at this point, 424 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 1: even though you know, for me it's a little complex, 425 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 1: because the bottom line is the man can't string two 426 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: sentences together. He shouldn't be running the country today. He 427 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: should certainly not be running the country four years from now. 428 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: They completely lied to the American people. They tried to 429 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: deny what was in front of all of our eyes 430 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: and ears all along. It's disgusting, it's an utter betrayal, 431 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: and for that alone, he deserves to go. I will say, 432 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: his domestic agenda, I think is better than what Kamala 433 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: Harris is likely to do. You know, he has been 434 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: good at answer trust, He has been better than Obama 435 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 1: on things like labor. There have been real populous turns, 436 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: and now in his sort of death throes of the campaign, 437 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: he has been making an even harder populist pivot because 438 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: he perceives all of it being this elite class that's 439 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: against him. Of course, sixty seven percent of rank and 440 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: file Democrats also want him out. But you know, as 441 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: I said, the status of his health is, it's unforgivable 442 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: the way this has been hidden, the narcissism, the ego here, 443 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: the utter anti democratic rejection of any sort of an 444 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: open primary process. And then this is a person who 445 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: has been the most immoral, genocidal maniac you can imagine, 446 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: and is ideologically committed to it. It's possible that a 447 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: just sort of normy Democrat who would view that conflict 448 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: through a more partisan lens, because bb Neatnau has made 449 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: himself a very partisan figure, may be better in Kamala 450 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: Harris in particular, there is some reporting to suggest that 451 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: she has been a bit of a dissident on the issue. 452 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: So that's how I think about these things. It was 453 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: sort of resigned to, okay, well, was probably just going 454 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: to be Kamala, And I think it's still probably most 455 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: likely that it's just Kamala, even if there's an open 456 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: convention process, because it's not like that's a real democratic process. 457 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: These are all still democratic diehards. But even if you 458 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: have that open process, I still think she'd be probably 459 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 1: the favorite because she comes from California, there's a huge delegation, 460 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: she's the sitting vice president, a lot of people feel, 461 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: you know, I care about her, the historic nature of 462 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: her position, her identity, and don't want to pass over her. 463 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: She's well and all those things give her a real 464 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: leg up even in that process. But it is, in 465 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: my opinion, vastly superior to have some options on the 466 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: table outside of just Kamala Harris. Who even if you 467 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: just you don't care about any of the policle you're 468 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: just looking at purely who is most electable. She is 469 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: like the second worst candidate after Joe Biden. Himself. So 470 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: you're approving your position if you're the Democratic Party by 471 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: putting her at the top of the ticket, but not 472 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: by that much. So if you're gonna do this wild 473 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: and wacky thing and push Joe Biden out of the race, 474 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: and it is unprecedented and it is wild, why not 475 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: go all the way and actually try to get behind 476 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: you know, a Gretchen Whitmer, who is locke on winning 477 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: Michigan and probably had is very popular and you know, 478 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: has proven to have some ability to win voters over. 479 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: Why not get behind a potentially Jos Shapiro, you know, 480 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: coming out of Pennsylvania, another state's very popular there, or 481 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: in Andy Sheer or Roy Cooper aroun in North Carolina. 482 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 4: JB. 483 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,959 Speaker 1: Pritzker, who has got this you know, larger than life 484 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: sort of persona. The he's kind of, you know, framed 485 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 1: as the everyman billionaire kind of a guy. Why not 486 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: open things up so that there are more choices than 487 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: just the second least electable Democrat in the entire country, 488 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: who is way too tied in to what has been 489 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: a historic cover up of Biden's actual health conditions and 490 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: the fact that she was involved in that. That's going 491 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: to be a problem for her with voters coming into November. 492 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: So in any case, that is what I know about 493 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: the lay of the land. It really does feel like 494 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: things are moving quite quickly now. It does feel like 495 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: the sort of death rattle of the Biden campaign. He 496 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: is a very stubborn man, though, so you wouldn't want 497 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: to say one hundred percent, but it is looking increasingly 498 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: likely based on this reporting, that he may be out, 499 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: and he may be out very soon. So we will 500 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: keep you updated