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> we mentioned that idea of joe biden losing iowa, losing new hampshire, then trying to win the nomination from there. how about somebody not even contesting. all four of the first states and then trying to win the nomination. that's what michael bloomberg, the former new york city mayor is trying to do. speaking of spending, $135 million so far. that is what bloomberg has plopped down on this campaign. $119 million in tv. more than $15 million in digital ads. that is so far at this pace "the new york post" reports, that would be $357 million spent on tv ads by march 3rd, $561 million by the...

From there. how about the idea of somebody not even contesting iowa, new hampshire, nevada, and south carolina, all four of the first states and then trying to win the nomination. that's what michael bloomberg is trying to do. throw some numbers at folks, here. speaking of spending. $135 million so far. that is what bloomberg has plopped down on this campaign. $119 million in tv. more than $15 million in digital ads. that is, so far, at this pace, the "new york post" reports, that would be $357 million spent on tv ads by march 3rd. $561 million by the end of april. at this pace. can you spend ...

That you see there because he has that national strategy. tom steyer's not doing as well nationally. but if you look at the state polling, he's, for example, in the top five when you look at south carolina. >> so when you look at skipping the primaries, the first few are small states. they -- they -- they aren't important to the delegate count. but they used to signal that if you could do well in iowa, that you can do well elsewhere. if you can do well in new hampshire, you can do well elsewhere. if you don't need to do well in order to raise the money, bloomberg's strategy might make sense. >...

It is also a lot of these southern states that come afterward, california. a lot of the state that is come later on in the process require you to appeal to black and hispanic voters and for that reason alone even if joe biden loses in iowa and loses in new hampshire, the delegate count is what matters and he has a major advantage because of his strength with minority voters. >> durability and the recognizability. biden has not proven here to fore to be a great candidate. he hasn't. elizabeth warren is much better as a political practitioner. >> not a great debater. >> seems slow in some respec...

Figuring that out. because it is not just south carolina. it's also a lot of these southern states that come afterward. it's california. a lot of the states that come later on in the process require you to appeal to black and hispanic voters. and for that reason alone, even if joe biden loses in iowa and loses in new hampshire, the delegate count is what matters. and he has a major advantage because of his strength with minority voters. >> and the durability and recognizability. you know, joe biden has proven here to fore to be -- he's not a great debater and he seems slow in some respects and...