here s a guy who s very skilled at what he does. i think he missed an opportunity here, and i think there s no reason for it especially at this stage of game because we all know the talking points by now. i think he really could have tailored his questions in a way that would sort of elicit responses that would put the president just a little bit on the spot. if i had an opportunity to do that, i would ask him questions that would really make him not defensive, but explain his thinking because if you don t do that, you re not really giving the listener or the viewer very much. howard: right. i think that candidates do better when they have to hit major league pitching. that s right. howard: and that was, unfortunately, softball pitching. and you know what s fascinating? there was no media critic that i saw that, wow, that was really an in the tank intervow or, wow interview, or wow, he was showing he was on biden s side. if it s a friendly interview on fox, they go after this net
child tax code, as you said before. he poor torpedoed the spending bill.bute property, for kids and families and kids of all races. mike: what does the host s tone saved by the level of frustration coming from the base with the biden administration? i think you are hearing the voice of progressive prayer less saying, why aren t you doing more for the community? why are you letting this one senator from west virginia run all of you? there s been talk that this is not democracy because well, you need 50 senate votes, and in a 50/50 senate that is hard to do. some is on the biden/harris administration. the press is piling on kamala harris these days. she would define herself better if she would spend more time talking to journalists. i don t know whether the white house is blocking that, joe biden doesn t do many interviews, but if she could get more practice at hitting major league pitching, then an occasional wiff wouldn t draw as
happen. one of the reasons was that the moderators did not really challenge him very much, as they didn t with most of the candidates. the other candidates, with the exception of a couple of the lower tier people, did notote really mix it up with buttigieg either. i thought he kind of skated. p i also thought it was a missed opportunity not just for msnbc in the washington post but perhaps for buttigieg.it because the way you break out of the way you connect with people who are not supporting you, may be the african-american community or other groups were he need to do some work, is by hitting major league pitching. when the balls are coming straight over the plate, he did not have the opportunity to break through. he does fine in every debate. i think he did fine. nothing that creates a big headline.n shannon: i want to play a little bit of some of the sound that you referenced earlier and then we will ping off of that. will you try to convince your republican colleagues in the
moderators do not really challenge him very much, as they didn t with most of the candidates. the other candidates with the exception of a couple of the lower tier people, did not really mix it up with butitigieg either. i thought he kind of skated. i also thought it was a missed opportunity not just for msnbc in the washington post but perhaps for buttigieg. because the way you break out of the way you connect with people who are not supporting you, may be the african-american community or other groups were he need to do some work, is by hitting major league pitching. if when the balls are coming straight over the plate, he did not have the opportunity to break through. he does find in every debate. i think he did fine. nothing that creates a big headline. shannon: i want to play a little bit of some of the sound that you referenced earlier and then we will ping off of that. will you try to convince you republican colleagues in the senate to vote the same way? do you need to b