1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: There are forty five days until the Democratic National Convention 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: convenes in Chicago. It is July fifth, twenty twenty four. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: This is the warning. During the next couple of days, 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: the full impact of the catastrophic debate will be known. 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: The full extent of the polling debacle will be fully felt. 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: The impact so far as it is known as catastrophic. 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: New Mexico, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Minnesota, all states that 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: were safely in the Biden column are now in play. 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: New Hampshire was a state that Joe Biden won by 10 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: ten points. He is now losing to Donald Trump by two. 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: The president is in a great deal of trouble and 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: during the next few days it is highly likely that 13 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: he will withdraw from the race, and when he does so, 14 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: the Democratic Convention will open up. Who are the people 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: that could be part of a national ticket that could 16 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: beat Donald Trump. The person that is the best known 17 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: is the incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris, but after her 18 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,279 Speaker 1: there are a number of other well known and lesser 19 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: known candidates. There is, of course, California Governor Gavin Newsom. 20 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: Nate Silver points out though, that if Gavin Newsom is 21 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: the nominee. There will be a four month debate about 22 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: San Francisco, and it's not a winning proposition for the Democrats. 23 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: There is Wes Moore, the young Maryland governor, combat veteran 24 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: eighty second Airborne. Wes Moore is a superstar, a rising 25 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: talent in the Democratic Party. There's Kentucky Governor Andy Burshier. 26 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: This is a Republican state. He's a very popular Democratic governor. 27 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: There's the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer Big Gretch. Their 28 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: senator Cory Booker. There's Governor JB. Pritzker of Illinois. There's 29 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, their secretary and former governor 30 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: Jinny Romando. There are a great many Democrats who could 31 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: serve at the top of the ticket or in the 32 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: vice presidential slot. The only thing that matters is winning. 33 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at some of them. Let's see 34 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: how they answer questions. What do they look like giving 35 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: a speech? Can they light up a room like Barack 36 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: Obama did? Can they take the fight to Donald Trump? 37 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: Can they prosecute him minute by minute, hour by hour, 38 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: day by day. For the balance of the campaign. One 39 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: thing is for certain the position the President Biden now 40 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: finds himself in is not one that he can recover from. 41 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: What is the moment that he will pass Donald Trump? 42 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: How will he make up six points with a great 43 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: convention speech the September One out of three Democrats wants 44 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: him replaced. Seventy two percent of the country believes he 45 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: is mentally incompetent. So the Democratic Party now must pay 46 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: the price for its gaslighting, its denialism, and its delusion. 47 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: And the good news is is that out of these 48 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: candidates is a winning ticket. There are some great Democratic 49 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: candidates in this mix, the type of Democratic candidates that 50 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: bring with them a Democratic House and a Democratic US 51 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: Senate and completely change the entire dynamic of the election, 52 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: that instill it with energy, that bring young people back 53 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: into politics. The delusion is at a tent. The President 54 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: is a fine man who has served well, but his 55 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: time it's up and he must step aside because if 56 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: he does not, then his only legacy will be a 57 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: supreme selfishness that elected Donald Trump. So whether it's Vice President, Harris, 58 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: governor Moore, Governor, Pursher, Governor, k Newsome, Secretary Romando, governor, Shapiro, 59 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: governor Pritzker, Governor Murphy. The Democratic Party has plenty of 60 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: candidates that can beat Donald Trump, and it's time to 61 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: stop the gas lighting about the fact that the only 62 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: one who definitely can't is the only one who can. 63 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: It's always been absurd and now it's just pathetic and reckless, 64 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: and yes it is a corrupt act. There's nothing more 65 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: important than the country. Country first, Country above the Democratic Party, 66 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: country above Trump, country above Biden. We must think about 67 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: the country and it must have an able president. What 68 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: is the proposition that President Biden can serve at age 69 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: eighty five? If this is his condition at eighty one 70 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: eighty two, the cinisen from the media, cynicism of Democrats 71 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: and allowing this forest to go forward has all been unspooled. 72 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: And let me ask a question, who is it that 73 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: cynicism helps. It helps the king of the cynics, it 74 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: helps Trump, It helps Maga. Where there is distrust, Maga flourishes. 75 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: But now all the light has shined in, and now 76 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: we know President is not up for this fight, but 77 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: these folks are, and they're all about to get a 78 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: lot more famous in the next few weeks. Forty five 79 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: days to go until the most exciting political convention of 80 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: our lifetimes, Democratic Convention in Chicago. This is an election 81 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: that cannot be lost to MAGA and Donald Trump. And 82 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: because this debate took place early enough, it will not 83 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: be lost. It will be saved, and it will be 84 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: saved by a mix of these people, the future of 85 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. 86 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: This is the warning, and I invite you to join. 87 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: Subscribe on our substack, on our YouTube channel, follow us. 88 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the community.