This is defining the soft biggest of low expectations. Its a start. Until then, we say to you sayanora. Hardball with Chris Matthews is next. Campaign in crisis. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Tonight is the Trump Campaign in crisis . Yesterday trump fired his campaign manager, a slew of new polls shows him falling behind Hillary Clinton anywhere from five to eight points nationally, and today, were learning just how far behind trump is in terms
of money. Trump started the month with just 1. 3 million cash on hand. Clinton has 42. 5 million. A huge gap there. Trump has fewer than 70 paid staff, total. Clinton has ten times that number. Trump has spent 0, no money, not a single cent in battleground states. Clinton has poured in over 20 million. Trump down played concerns about his finances. I understand money better than anybody. I understand it far better than hillary and im way up on the economy when it comes to questions on the economy. We have a hart, im having more difficulty, frankly, with some of the people in the party than i am with the democrats. They dont want to come on. They will probably eventually come on. Honestly, if they dont, its just fine. I can win it either way. Ill do what i did in the primaries. I spent 55 million of my own money to win the primaries. 55. Thats a lot of money. I may do that in the general election. I have a lot of cash. I may do it again in the general election. As donald trump on the today show this morning. The New York Times writing donald trump enters the general Election Campaign laboring under the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any Major Party Nominee in recent history placing his candidacy and his party in political peril. Nick, you wrote the story, you looked at the numbers. You say donald trump is in the
worst shape of anyone come through this primary process. Paint a picture of what were looking at. What does this mean . Its not campaign right now. Its more like a traveling production of hamilton. Its a crew to run the stage and people back home to run the accounts. He doesnt have people on the ground in these states. He doesnt have offices if places like nevada and new hampshire. Hes way behind. You have money in the accounts you would see in competitive race for the house of representative, not the white house. We see the mega rallies. He pays to rent out arenas. He gives the speech and thats what this campaign is. Its what we see on tv. His rallies are his campaign. It got him through the primary. He got the free media, earned media. He had a message that
penetrated, that got through the bubble that crowded out dozen contenders. You look at numbers and say this is not what youre supposed to compete with. He just went through the primary process doing this and winning. How do you look at it . I look at it both ways. I appreciate what nick spelled out. Its more of a problem with the party than donald trump in some respects. He has done this very differently. He is thinking i spent the least amount of money to get where i am. Even after the worst four weeks i could have, im still only down by the most eight points. His logic in looking at this is not in the same space that traditional operatives and Campaign Officials and personnel would be. Hes looking at this through a very different lens. The question for the party is how do you marry up the two where you put in place the underpinnings. Youll need that for the senate races. Nick, let me ask you about that. Ive been wondering about this. If we a had this conversation a year about, if you describe the campaign that donald trump is about to run, all the experts would say theres no way to win the republican nomination running this kind of campaign. He went out there and he did it. We repeat, you need money for voter out reach and get people to the polls. Is that overrated . It could be, but i dont think it is. Hes polling close to the national floor. That 45 of the vote is yours. Its the next fiv5 thats hard get. Its regular voters and different voters, people who might vote in november. It costs a lot of money to find them and persuade them. It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to do well and he does not have it. The campaign to dump trump at the Republican Convention next month seems to be gaining at least a little bit of traction according to the washington post, nearly 400 delegates have
signed on. This saves the party and we win the election. Everything has to go through birthing pains to birth something great. Were going to go through the trauma of the birthing pains, but the reward will be worth it. Today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said he agreed with allowing delegates to vote their conscience at their convention. Walker said, quote, i think historically, not just this year, delegates are and should be able to vote the way they see fit. In a new cnn poll shows many republicans may agree with that. 51 say they would prefer to see trump remain the candidate. 48 say they want someone else. I hear you laughing. What theyre saying is the delegates right now are bound to vote for trump. Some are still bound to vote for
cruz. Theyre saying change the rules. Let the delegates show up and vote for any name they want. Are they high . Seriously, just stop it. 48 of them want someone else, then give us that someone else. They cant even agree who that it. Lets focus on putting on the best possible convention we can to elevate donald trump to a Competitive Position to win this november. Having said that, the rnc, reince priebus, the last thing they need is a revolt among delegates on the floor during that week. Thats not how this plays out. You think donald trump will sit by and let you do this. Take the nomination away from the guy who has the most electoral votes than any other republican in the party. The reality check has been done. This is where we are. Now the question is how do we support the party and the nominee and how do we get this train out of stalled position its in and moving forward to victory this fall. Thats going to be hard enough without all the other crazy added on top of it. The potential for the people who want to stop donald trump still make it difficult for him to martha week in cleveland. That seems real enough. The obstacles are not technical or legal. The rules committee could come out there and change the rules. As the weaknesses of the campaign become apparent and failed to be fixed, its more imperative to reconsider trump. These are delegates where the republican party. These are not necessarily trump loyalists or trump boosters. They have not signed a suicide pact with donald trump. They want a winning candidate. Who could it be . Thats what trumped up the never trump movement. Whos that person . The hard part of never trump is never any candidate doesnt really work unless theres an alternative. I think they have to have a poll to rally around. Its got to be a person. If youre in this congressional district, vote for kasich. If youre in the third one, put a weird sign on the ballot. It made no sense. It made no sense, and it still makes no sense. Why dont we hear themselves. Why dont we hear their voice articulating out in the political desert for all to come and follow them. That person doesnt exist because that person cant defeat trump on the floor at the
convention. If donald trump starts to look stronger, im sure that will bring about a lot more unity. Heres the rub. I think this will be interesting to watch. The battle between corey and Paul Manafort was settled. Donald trump settled it yesterday. Hes making a conscience decision to move his campaign less from the let trump be trump mind set into this idea that i need the structure. I need the organization. I need to be more of a president ial candidate. That will now be the rest of this campaign. If hes successful and the numbers begin to settle, which they well could, youll hear and see Something Different. It starts and ends with donald
trump. He started that decision yesterday. Let cea lets see how it plays out. Thanks for the time. Coming up, Hillary Clinton going on the offensive against donald trump. Shes calling him the king king of debt. Can she cripple trump before and after he regains his footing or can he with stand the criticism and the path to victory . Brand new numbers from the biggest battleground states showing how tight the race is. Trump needing to turn blue states red if he wants any chance of winning. Theres a couple of surprises there. Plus, this tuesday evening the hardball round table is coming here to tell me something i dont know. Thats the easiest assignment in the world. This is hardball, the place for politics. Real is making new friends. Amazing is getting this close. Real is an animal rescue. Amazing is over twentyseven thousand of them. There is only one place where real and amazing live. Seaworld. Real. Amazing try cool mint zantac. Hey, need fast heartburn relief . It releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. Zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. Nexium can take 24 hours. Try cool mint zantac. No pill relieves heartburn faster. One coat, yes one coat guaranteed marquee interior. Behrs most advanced paint. Come find our top rated paints, only at the home depot. Theres some new numbers out on what characteristics hillary
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security. Id have my researchers and speech writers send me information, and then id say really. He really said that. Just a few weeks afterher tough critique of Donald TrumpsForeign Policy, Hillary Clinton is out swinging again. The all important swing state of ohio, Hillary Clinton tor into trumps economic plan and his business record. Take a look. Liberals and conservatives say trumps ideas would be disasterous. The chamber of commerce and labor unions, mitt romney and elizabeth warren, economists on the right and the left and the center all agree trump would throw us back into recession. Alexander hamilton would be rolling in his grave. Maybe donald feels differently because he made a fortune filing
bankruptcies and stiffing his creditors. There is a difference between getting tough on trade and recklessly starting trade wars. Trump ties are made in china. Trump suits in mexico, trump funture in turkey. Trump picture frames in india. Trump bar ware in slovenia. Id love for him to explain how all that fits with his talk about america first. Senator, thanks for joining us. The topic today is the economy. We have a new poll out today. This jumped out at me. The question was asked who do you trust more on the economy. Trump, 51, clinton, 43. Does that say more to you about donald trump or Hillary Clinton . I think, first of all, as you know, being the math guy that
you are, there are other polls that weve seen when you look at the pure number, hillary has been gaining. Shes five, six numbers ahead nationally. I think this is the beginning of this campaign from her perspective. This is a time to lay out her plans which shell be doing tomorrow. Whats key that she did today, she made it clear, 30 trillion this debt he would add in just 20 years. How he has called himself the king of debt. He doesnt respect the full faith and credit of america. He said he negotiated and even cited Ronald Reagan who said our reliability and credibility are key to our economy. She moved onto his tax policies. Gets to his very credibility. When you look at those numbers its important for people to understand if he says hes going to do to america what hes done to companies, hes laid off workers. Hes run companies into the ground. Hes put companies in bankruptcy. Youre correct. Overall the polls show Hillary Clinton leading now. Shes opened up a pretty steady lead. The question i showed was specifically about the economy. I guess im curious, when people look at Hillary Clinton, shes got a pretty long record on the economy at this point. 16 years ago she got elected. This is why she laid out the criticism thats been supported by democratic and republican
economists. When people hear the facts and hes been involved, as she pointed out today, 3500 lawsuits in 35 years, his opposition to any kind of Immigration Reform that would spur innovation thats made this country great, you look at facts and the facts are on her side. I think she did a great job just as she did with Foreign Policy in laying out what a donald trump presidency. Hes been careless and thats his choice, but now its americas choice. Americans will respond. All right. Senator from minnesota, thanks for the time. Thank you. With me now is harold ford and eugene robinson. I would assume shes winning on the economy and shes not. It speaks to the anxiety and unrest. Bernie sanders success in the democratic primary also. You could draw some comparisons. People are looking for Something Different that will shake up the system and go after big business in a way to force them to give and treat middle class workers and every day workers and give them fair shake. You have to lay out what you would do. You have to talk about the
people hes laid off. How do you make America Great again if everything youre selling to america is made outside this country. You call him a hypocrite and ask him how can you oust people from their homes during the housing crisis. How do you not pay people fair wages . How do you lay people off during tough times . When you say all these things about making America Great again and you understand the art of the deal, what you understand is how to make yourself more money. They made mitt romney look out of touch with the working
m man. When you look at mitt romney and Donald Trumps personality, does it stick . I think the situations are different. I think what Hillary Clinton is doing is trying to go at his strength. As you note fd from the poll, hs rated higher. People perceive him as a good businessman. Its a smart thing for her to do at this campaign. I do agree with harold that at some point, i think as soon as she can, she also needs to give a more optimistic forward looking vision of what she will do with the economy and how she sees the economy developing and how she sees americans lives
getting better. What about this idea, too, when you look at these polls. Shes ahead right now. Hes an outsider. Heres a guy who was the establishment. Hes running a campaign where not only is he outside of the establishment, hes trusted, it seems in some ways, as a person who can shake the whole thing up. I think mrs. Clinton has to recognize that. Some of the things we say against him, and im a democrat, will be taken seriously. Theres a number of people that say, im willing to shake it all up if thats him. You got to take him apart. At the same time, i didnt use the word, gene, used the right word. You have to portray optimism
high pressure trump doesnt sound optimistic. You have to make him out to be the person that will only do things to help donald trump. Thats challenge. I think mrs. Clinton is up to it but the rhetoric and narrative has to be more around that and align itself with that. Today was a good start. Tables are going to turn a little bit. This sort of back and forth. Attack versus attack. Thats a style of campaigning. Thats the only way trump knows how to campaign. Hes quite good at it. Look at what he did in the primaries. She has to do that but she has
the throw in the twist. Thats something donald trump cant do. Hes the angry president. The angry candidate, the optimistic candidate. Her husband created 23 million jobs as president , shes got to show how many jobs hes not created. How many jobs have been lost. The Obama Campaign did a splendid and overwhelmingly splendid job of showing mitt romney to be the businessman thats uncaring to every day workers. Thats the kind of connection you have to make if youre mrs. Clinton. Its got to get sharper and better. If theres anyone to understand the back and forth, the takes in the campaigning has done well with it, its donald trump. Thats not the game you want to
play. Harold ford, thanks for the time. Still ahead, the rust belt battle. Donald trump wants to run the table in the industrial states hoping to turn some long time blue bastians red. Well show you where he substantiates. This is hardball, the place for politics. Think fixing your windshield is