cnn chief political correspondent dana bash, walk us through how you think this reshapes everything. is it just now hillary clinton s to lose, definitively? much more so. and it s not just an analysis based on analysis, it s based on data. if you take a look at our poll that came out just this week, without biden in the race hillary clinton overwhelmingly gets his support and even gets the vast majority of the support 56%. so despite republicans saying, aha, now we re going to win, in fact i have a tweet from reince priebus the rnc chair, he said v.p. s decision is a major blow for dems strongest candidate gone, party now saddled with scandal plague, clinton that is their spin and wishful thinking, at the end of the day who knows it could be. but if the trajectory stays where it is, donald trump is a firm grip as the front runner let s just say for now he actually gets the nomination, if you look at him compared to every single democrat including bernie sanders running, he
cuff and appearing genuine. whether you like him or not or believe anything he says or not, he s not using a teleprompter. you don t get the feeling this is thought out and there is a focus group. absolutely. helping him. i think the guy is very, very media savvy. he s been a reality tv star for, what, 13, 14 years? this is not reality television. this is about honesty and capability. that s exactly what he seems like he s having fun out there. he is having fun. and i think people respond to that and it seems like he s still having fun. i guess my question is if iowa becomes new hampshire and he doesn t win, does it remain fun for him and what happens? we ll have to see. he s in it to win it. i knew you were going to say that, michael. good to have you. good to see you. i am very proud of the performance you put on last night. i thought it was great. i would say the same thing. you thought it was a
michael s point in natural ability and speaking off the cuff and appearing genuine. genuine, whether you like him or not or you believe anything he says or not, he s not using a teleprompter. you don t get the feeling this is thought out and there is a focus group. absolutely. helping him. i think the guy is very, very media savvy. he s been a reality tv star for, what, 13, 14 years? this is not reality television. this is about honesty and capability. that s exactly what he seems like he s having fun out there. he is having fun. and i think people respond to that and it seems like he s still having fun. i guess my question is if iowa becomes new hampshire and he doesn t win, does it remain fun for him and what happens? we ll have to see. he s in it to win it. i knew you were going to say that, michael. good to have you. good to see you.
him, my reading is he has been a person who did what he said he would do. he is running in the democratic primary because that s his chance to be president. if he doesn t win, he may or may not support the democratic nominee but he certainly won t run as a third party and i think that s a good thing. why do you think hillary clinton s people are putting out the word they ve got a fire wall in the south? it must be they believe bernie sanders, a socialist, doesn t have a prayer in the south and they can take him right across the whole region. he is not going anywhere that label on him. which you say is irrelevant but it is relevant to him because he embraces it. i think what is important in the south and other parts of the country, and there is a 50-state race, obviously and we all know that iowa and new hampshire are disproportionately white voters. in the south, you have a. more diverse group. she hasover 80% favorability in the african-american community.
bernie sanders has given a number of reasons for not being a craft it can t that be your party in vermont is too conservative. you have peter welch up there and pat leahy and you, you re not exactly centrist. you re a liberal democrat. why does bernie sanders insist even to there day say i m not a democrat, meanwhile, saying give me the votes. i don t get it. why doesn t he join up at least for now. he is doing it for the right reason. i am oblgsly for hillary as everybody knows. i do respect him. he close to run in the democratic primaries because em, i don t want to do anything to elect a right wing republican of the united states. so i don t want to speak for him, my reading is he has been a person who did what he said he would do. he is running in the democratic primary because that s his chance to be president. if he doesn t win, he may or may not support the democratic nominee but he certainly won t