>>> 2020.
YAHOO! FINANCE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION SPECIAL.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMES 
TOGETHER THIS WEEK TO FORMALLY 
NOMINATE JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES.
>> THE CHOICE WE MAKE THIS 
NOVEMBER IS GOING TO DECIDE THE 
FUTURE OF AMERICA FOR A VERY, 
VERY LONG TIME.
>> IT'S A TIME UNLIKE ANYTHING 
WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
A DEEP WORLDWIDE RECESSION.
AND A HOST OF URGENT ISSUES AT 
HOME.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR VOTERS?
TONIGHT WE'LL EXAMINE THE 
PLATFORM, THE POLICIES, AND THE 
PRIORITIES.
>> WE NEED A MANDATE THAT PROVES
THAT THE PAST FEW YEARS DO NOT 
REPRESENT WHO WE ARE.
>> A DEMOCRAT WIN WON'T COME 
EASY IN NOVEMBER AS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN 
HE'S A FORMIDABLE FOE.
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO 
DECLARE THE SILENT MAJORITY IS 
STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.
>> JOIN US NOW AS WE PRESENT THE
2020 YAHOO! FINANCE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION SPECIAL.
>>> WELCOME TO YAHOO! FINANCE'S 
SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
I'M ANDY SERWER.
JOINING ME FOR THE HOUR IS 
JESSICA SMITH, KRISTIN MYERS, 
AND RICK NEWMAN.
TONIGHT'S SHOW IS THE FIRST OF A
TWO-PART SERIES.
NEXT MONDAY WE'LL BE COVERING 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
BUT TONIGHT WE DIVE INTO THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM AND 
ITS PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE, VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
>> AMERICA ALREADY KNOWS JOE 
BIDEN WELL LARGELY BECAUSE OF 
HIS MOST FAMOUS FRIENDSHIP.
>> THIS ALSO GIVES THE INTERNET 
ONE LAST CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT 
OUR BROMANCE.
>> BIDEN SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS 
VICE PRESIDENT AND 36 YEARS IN 
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
HIS LONG HISTORY IN WASHINGTON 
COULD BE BOTH AN ASSET -- 
>> CHOOSING JOE TO BE MY VICE 
PRESIDENT WAS ONE OF THE BEST 
DECISIONS I EVER MADE.
>> -- AND A LIABILITY.
HE PRESIDED OVER THE ANITA HILL 
HEARING.
>> CAN YOU TELL THE COMMITTEE 
WHAT WAS THE MOST EMBARRASSING 
OF ALL THE INCIDENCES THAT YOU 
ALLEGED?
>> HE HELPED WRITE THE 
CONTROVERSIAL 1994 CRIME BILL.
>> AND MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE 
PREDATORS ON OUR STREETS.
>> HE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE WAR
ON IRAQ AND FACED ACCUSATIONS OF
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH 
WOMEN.
>> I HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I UNDERSTAND IT.
I'LL BE MUCH MORE MINDFUL.
THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.
>> BIDEN ARGUES HIS DECADES OF 
EXPERIENCE MAKE HIM UNIQUELY 
QUALIFIED TO LEAD A NATION IN 
TURMOIL.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE AS 
MUCH AS ANYBODY TO BE IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE DURING A CRISIS.
>> AS VP, HE HELPED GET THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OVER THE 
FINISH LINE AND NOW HE WANTS TO 
EXPAND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BY 
BUILDING ON IT.
HE'S A MODERATE DEMOCRAT WHO 
SAYS HE'LL RAISE TAXES ON 
CORPORATIONS, INVEST IN 
EDUCATION, AND BOOST AMERICAN 
MANUFACTURING.
BIDEN TOUTS HIS RELATIONSHIP 
WITH WORLD LEADERS AND ARGUES 
HE'LL NEED TO REBUILD AMERICA'S 
STANDING ABROAD.
BIDEN ENTERED THE RACE LAST YEAR
CALLING THIS ELECTION A BATTLE 
FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> WE'VE GOT TO BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP AND WE WILL.
BUT WE CAN'T BECOME LIKE HIM.
>> THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME 
BIDEN HAS RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
HE TRIED IN 1988 AND AGAIN 20 
YEARS LATER.
HE CONSIDERED IT IN 2016 BUT 
OPTED OUT AS HE GRIEVED THE LOSS
OF HIS SON BEAU.
HIS LATE SON AT LEAST IN PART 
LED HIM TO HIS NOW-RUNNING-MATE,
U.S. SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS.
>> I KNOW HOW MUCH BEAU 
RESPECTED KAMALA AND HER WORK IS
AND THAT MATTERED A LOT TO ME, 
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AS I MADE
THIS DECISION.
>> BIDEN VOWED TO PICK A WOMAN 
AS HIS NUMBER TWO AND HIS CHOICE
MADE HISTORY.
HARRIS, THE DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS, IS THE FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN AND FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN 
TO APPEAR ON THE PARTY'S MAJOR 
TICKET.
WITH LESS THAN THREE MONTHS TO 
GO, BIDEN IS PITCHING HIMSELF TO
VOTERS AS AN EXPERIENCED AND 
STEADY LEADER WHO CAN GUIDE THE 
COUNTRY OUT OF CRISIS.
>> JOINING US NOW IS THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR 
AMERICAN PROGRESS, NEERA TANDEN,
WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF DOMESTIC
POLICY FOR THE OBAMA/BIDEN 
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND A 
POLICY DIRECTOR FOR HILLARY 
CLINTON'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN WHERE SHE DIRECTED ALL 
POLICY WORK AND OVERSAW THE 
DEBATE PREPARATION PROCESS.
WELCOME, NEERA.
>> I ALSO WORKED ON THE DEBATE 
FOR JOE BIDEN AGAINST SARAH 
PALIN, WHICH MAY COME IN HANDY 
SOON.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
SO NEERA, I WANT TO ASK YOU 
ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS.
AND YOU'VE WRITTEN EVOC ATIVELY 
ABOUT HER ALSO BEING THE 
DAUGHTER OF INDIAN IMMIGRANTS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK 
SHE BRINGS TO THE TICKET.
DOES SHE BRING IN DIVERSE VOTERS
OR PROGRESSIVES, OR THOSE 
HOUSEWIVES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TALKS ABOUT?
>> KAMALA'S STRENGTH IS WITH 
WOMEN, A BROAD DIVERSITY OF 
WOMEN, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE'VE SEEN THIS IN THE POLLING 
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
A STRONG MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS 
SUPPORT HER WHICH I GUESS IS NOT
MUCH OF A SURPRISE.
INDEPENDENTS ARE VERY 
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PICK AND 
THE SELECTION.
YOU SEE IN THE SUPPORT FOR HER 
THAT SHE HAS A BROAD DIVERSITY 
OF SUPPORT.
LATINAS, WHICH IS INTERESTING, I
THINK IT MIGHT BE HER IMMIGRANT 
EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS DRIVING 
LATINA SUPPORT FOR THE TICKET.
ALSO OF COURSE AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AND WOMEN.
AND WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.
WOMEN IN THE SUBURBS, WHITE 
WOMEN, WOMEN OF COLOR, BLACK 
WOMEN, LATINA WOMEN, LATINAS.
SHE'S AN EXCITING PICK, 
OBVIOUSLY AN HISTORIC PICK.
I ALSO THINK HER EXPERIENCE AS 
THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS IS 
ALMOST A UNIQUE ANTIDOTE TO THE 
KIND OF DIVISIVENESS WE'VE SEEN 
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS 
TRIED TO CHANGE OUR IMMIGRATION 
POLICIES RADICALLY.
I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING 
CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP 
HIMSELF AS WELL AS HIS POLICIES.
>> HI, NEERA, JESSICA SMITH 
HERE.
I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT SENATOR 
SANDERS GIVING HIS SPEECH 
TONIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM 
HIM?
IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS TO DO A 
LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCING ACT 
BETWEEN ENCOURAGING HIS 
SUPPORTERS TO SUPPORT THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET AND ALSO USE
HIS TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT TO 
ADVANCE HIS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA.
>> IN THINK YOU'LL SEE THOSE TW 
GO HAND IN HAND.
SENATOR SANDERS HAS DONE A 
TERRIFIC JOB OVER THE LAST 
SEVERAL MONTHS OF UNIFYING THE 
PARTY, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE 
FACT THAT 95% OF DEMOCRATS 
SUPPORT THE BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE 88 TO 90% OF 
SANDERS VOTERS PLANNING TO VOTE 
FOR JOE BIDEN WHICH IS HIGHER 
THAN IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO I REALLY TAKE MY HAT OFF TO 
HIM.
I IMAGINE HE'LL MAKE THE CASE OF
WHY THESE TWO ISSUES AREN'T IN 
CONFLICT, WHY WE NEED TO DEFEAT 
DONALD TRUMP BY ELECTING JOE 
BIDEN BUT ALSO TO PUSH A 
PROGRESSIVE AGENDA, YOU FIRST 
NEED TO MAKE SURE DONALD TRUMP 
IS NOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE, ON 
CHILDCARE AND OTHER ISSUES, 
THERE HAS BEEN A KIND OF SYNERGY
AND YOU SEE JOE BIDEN LEADING ON
THOSE ISSUES, ISSUES THAT I 
THINK HE ISN'T TAKING SANDERS' 
AGENDA BUT HE'S DEFINITELY BEEN 
INFLUENCED BY THE AGENDA.
>> RICK NEWMAN HERE.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PRETTY GOOD LEAD
RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 8 POINTS ON 
AVERAGE NATIONWIDE.
ONCE HE ACTUALLY IS THE FORMAL 
NOMINEE, DOES HE NEED TO GET OUT
IN THE COUNTRY AND START 
CAMPAIGNING IN THE SWING STATES,
AT LEAST GETTING LOCAL MEDIA AND
THINGS LIKE THAT EVEN IF THERE 
CAN'T BE LARGE CROWDS?
DO YOU THINK HE CAN CONTINUE TO 
CAMPAIGN LARGELY FROM 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WITH JUST 
THE OCCASIONAL DAY TRIP OVER TO 
PHILADELPHIA?
>> WELL, THE CAMPAIGN IS -- THE 
CAMPAIGN IS INFUSED, THE ENTIRE 
ELECTORATE IS FOCUSED ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF NAY 
SAYERS A FEW MONTHS AGO WHO SAID
BIDEN WOULD LOSE IF HE DIDN'T 
GET OUT.
BUT HE'S LISTENED TO EXPERTS WHO
HAVE SAID WE NEED TO DO THE REAL
WORK OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO I THINK THE IDEA THAT HE 
WOULD IGNORE PUBLIC HEALTH AND 
GO CAMPAIGN, THAT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN A DETRIMENT TO HIM.
HE HAS A REAL DEEP ADVANTAGE 
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP ON HANDLING
THE CORONAVIRUS.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS ACTING 
RESPONSIBLY YOURSELF.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ACTED 
RESPONSIBLY LAST WEEK, HE WEARS 
A MASK WHEN AND WHERE 
APPROPRIATE.
THAT IS BEHAVIOR WE HAVEN'T SEEN
AT ALL FROM DONALD TRUMP AND 
THAT'S HURTING HIM WITH A BROAD 
SWATH OF THE ELECTORATE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR A 
QUICK QUESTION, KRISTIN.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
NEERA, RICK JUST MENTIONED 
ESSENTIALLY HOW BIDEN RIGHT NOW 
IS LEADING IN THE POLLS, EXCEPT 
ON ONE ISSUE WHICH IS THE 
ECONOMY.
TRUMP RIGHT NOW IS LEADING BY 
AROUND 10 POINTS WHEN IT COMES 
TO MATTERS AROUND THE ECONOMY.
IN THIS ERA OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMY IS A TOP 
ISSUE FOR MOST VOTERS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT VOTERS 
ARE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR FROM, 
BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, 
FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE 
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, IN THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE 
ECONOMY, TO ESSENTIALLY GET THEM
TO BE A LITTLE MORE ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT A BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET?
>> I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT 
POLLS, IN SOME POLLS THEY'RE 
RUNNING NECK AND NECK ON THE 
ECONOMY.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF WORK TO DO.
I THINK OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS
YOU'VE SEEN JOE BIDEN OUTLINE 
HIS PLANS TO GET THIS ECONOMY 
MOVING.
WE HAVE A DEMAND PROBLEM IN THE 
ECONOMY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO SURGE 
DEMAND.
THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET THE 
VIRUS CONTAINED.
THAT MEANS HAVING A NATIONAL 
PLAN WHICH INCLUDES A MASK 
MANDATE AND SEVERAL OTHER STEPS,
CONTACT TRACING, TESTING, ALL OF
THOSE STEPS ARE IMPORTANT TO 
FIGHT THE VIRUS.
BUT THEN HE HAS AN AGENDA BASED 
ON INVESTING IN JOBS WHERE WE 
NEED THEM.
AND THAT INCLUDES INCREASING 
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, SEVERAL 
ITEMS INCLUDING PPE AND OTHER 
THINGS.
SO I THINK HE HAS A ROBUST JOBS 
AGENDA THAT WAS ALSO RESPONSIVE.
BUT I THINK THIS WEEK WILL BE 
VERY IMPORTANT, I KNOW THIS IS A
REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO 
DESCRIBE WHY A BIDEN/HARRIS 
ADMINISTRATION WILL IMPROVE THE 
COUNTRY AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMY 
AND KEEP PEOPLE'S PUBLIC HEALTH 
SAFE.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEERA TANDEN, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>>> STRAIGHT AHEAD ON YAHOO! 
FINANCE'S DNC 2020 ELECTION 
SPECIAL, OUR PANEL BREAKS DOWN 
THE TOP ISSUES AMONG VOTERS AS 
WE HEAD TOWARD NOVEMBER.
THAT'S NEXT.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
AS JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
GEAR UP TO WIN THE HEARTS AND 
MINDS OF AMERICAN VOTERS, WE 
ASKED OUR AUDIENCE WHAT KEY 
ISSUES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE 
ADDRESSED BOTH AT THIS WEEK'S 
CONVENTION AND BEYOND.
HERE'S WHAT ONE PERSON HAD TO 
SAY.
>> HI, MY NAME IS LEANNE.
MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR THIS 
ELECTION IS THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE 
COVID PANDEMIC.
>> OKAY.
JOINING US NOW IS HUFF POST 
WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF AMANDA 
TERKEL, AMANDA, WELCOME TO THE 
PROGRAM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 
PARTICULAR ISSUE AND HOW IS JOE 
BIDEN GOING TO POTENTIALLY 
ADDRESS THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY 
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> SORRY, I MISSED THAT FIRST 
PART OF THE SPEAKER.
COULD YOU JUST REPEAT WHAT SHE 
SAID?
>> WELL, I THINK SHE WAS 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND
THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC SO 
FAR.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
BIDEN AND HOW HE IS RESPONDING 
AND WOULD RESPOND TO IT 
DIFFERENTLY.
>> SURE.
I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T RESPOND TO 
IT MORE DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU 
COMPARE WHAT BIDEN WANTS TO AND 
WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO.
THAT'S WHAT BIDEN IS TRYING TO 
DO, NOT ONLY IN HIS POLICIES, 
FOR EXAMPLE, HE'S CALLED FOR A 
NATIONAL MASK MANDATE WHEREAS 
OBVIOUSLY TRUMP FOR A LONG TIME 
DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO WEAR A MASK 
AND RECENTLY HAS STARTED TO, BUT
HAS SORT OF TOYED WITH WHETHER 
HE THINKS IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD 
IDEA AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BUT AS YOU HEARD NEERA TANDEN 
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO HER 
EARLIER, BIDEN IS ALSO TRYING TO
SORT OF DEMONSTRATE WHAT HE'S 
GOING TO DO.
HE'S NOT GOING TO WISCONSIN FOR 
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, 
SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICANS ARE 
HITTING HIM FOR.
AND HE IS LARGELY STAYING IN HIS
HOUSE AND STAYING AWAY FROM 
PEOPLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO 
HOLD RALLIES OR GO TO EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY 
IS A HUGE ISSUE ON THE MINDS OF 
VOTERS AHEAD OF THE 2020 
ELECTION.
AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO GO 
AWAY.
DEMOCRATS SAY THAT IT IS MORE 
IMPORTANT TO THEM IN POLLING, 
THE ECONOMY IS NUMBER ONE FOR 
REPUBLICANS AND NUMBER ONE 
OVERALL.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS 
IMPORTANT, BUT YOU DO SEE 
DEMOCRATS SAY THAT THEY CARE 
MORE ABOUT IT, MORE AND MORE.
THE ECONOMY AND THE CORONAVIRUS 
OBVIOUSLY GO HAND IN HAND.
BUT BIDEN IS REALLY BETTING THAT
ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL BE UNHAPPY 
WITH TRUMP IN HOW HE'S HANDLED 
IT AND THAT WILL HELP HIM WIN 
THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
>> AMANDA, RICK NEWMAN HERE.
DO YOU THINK BIDEN RISKS PLAYING
IT TOO SAFE?
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GETTING 
SIGNALS THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO 
DO A LOT OF CAMPAIGNING ON THE 
ROAD.
HE'S MOSTLY GOING TO TRY TO TALK
TO PEOPLE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE WITH 
THE QUESTION, AMANDA.
>> GO AHEAD, RICK.
>> SO MY QUESTION -- 
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>> OKAY.
WE'RE HEARING SOMEONE TALK ABOUT
HEALTH CARE HERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S 
GOING OUT OVER THE AIR OR NOT.
BUT RICK, WHY DON'T WE PICK UP 
WHERE YOU JUST LEFT OFF, RICK.
>> SORRY ABOUT THIS, EVERYBODY.
SO AMANDA, MY QUESTION IS, IS 
JOE BIDEN RISKING PLAYING IT TOO
SAFE AND BEING TOO COMPLACENT, 
THINKING HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH
PEOPLE FROM HIS HOME IN DELAWARE
OR DO YOU THINK THAT CAN WORK 
ALL THE WAY TO ELECTION DAY?
>> THE QUESTION IS WHAT ELSE 
WOULD HE DO.
YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE 
CONGREGATING IN A LOT OF PLACES.
SO I DON'T REALLY ANTICIPATE JOE
BIDEN HOLDING A BIG RALLY, THAT 
JUST DOESN'T SEEM FEASIBLE RIGHT
NOW.
AND I THINK THAT BIDEN'S BASE, 
YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 
WOULDN'T REALLY LIKE IT IF HE 
DID THAT EITHER.
RIGHT NOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS 
NOT GOING DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING 
AND CANVASSING LIKE THEY 
TRADITIONALLY WOULD.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS IT IS, 
AND THEY'RE USING THAT AS A KEY 
POINT OF CONTRAST WITH WHAT 
BIDEN IS DOING.
SO YES, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU 
SAY IS TRUE, THERE ARE PEOPLE 
WHO SAY THAT BIDEN NEEDS TO BE 
DOING MORE, HE'S IN A BUNKER, 
HE'S OUT OF TOUCH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO SEE BIDEN 
DOING INTERVIEWS, AND WHEN BIDEN
HAS BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, SORT 
OF PLAYING IT SAFER, HIS POLL 
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DOING QUITE 
WELL, WHEREAS WHEN YOU HAVE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT THERE 
EXPOSED EVERY DAY, DOING THE 
PRESS BRIEFINGS, MAKING 
COMMENTS, THAT HASN'T BEEN 
HELPING HIM, IT'S BEEN GIVING 
SOME OF HIS ALLIES HEADACHES 
BECAUSE HE'S BEEN SAYING THINGS 
THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T AGREE 
WITH, THAT AREN'T SCIENTIFIC, 
PUTTING OUT NEW CURES THAT 
AREN'T REALLY CURES.
RIGHT NOW THIS PLAY IT SAFE 
POLICY IS WORKING.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE'LL SEE IF IT 
CONTINUES TO WORK THROUGH 
NOVEMBER.
>> AMANDA, IT'S KRISTIN HERE.
HOW MUCH OF THIS RACE DO YOU SEE
RIGHT NOW AS REALLY TRUMP VERSUS
THE CORONAVIRUS?
I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF 
PEOPLE BE INCREDIBLY CRITICAL ON
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS RESPONSE.
>> I THINK A LOT OF IT IS.
I MEAN, THIS ELECTION IN A LOT 
OF WAYS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE, 
DO YOU WANT DONALD TRUMP TO GET 
A SECOND TERM OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED THAT BIDEN, 
WHILE HE DOES HAVE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIM,
A LOT OF PEOPLE SIMPLY -- 
DEMOCRATS SAW HIM AS THE SAFEST 
PICK, THE ONE WHO IS MOST LIKELY
TO BE ABLE TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP 
EVEN IF, SAY, THEY AGREED WITH 
ELIZABETH WARREN OR PETE BEA
BUTTIGEG MORE.
DO YOU LIKE TRUMP, AND DO YOU 
SEE WHAT HE'S DOING ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS AS GOOD OR BAD?
I THINK WHAT BIDEN IS HOPING IS 
ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE
TRUMP IS GOING TO STICK WITH 
HIM, BUT MAYBE SOME VOTERS WHO 
ARE ON THE FENCE WILL SAY WHAT 
TRUMP IS DOING IS BAD AND WILL 
GO OVER TO BIDEN AND THAT WILL 
BE A SWINGING FACTOR.
>> AMANDA TERKEL, HUFF POST 
WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF, THANK 
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> COMING UP NEXT ON YAHOO! 
FINANCE'S DNC 2020 ELECTION 
SPECIAL, FORMER VIRGINIA 
GOVERNOR TERRY McAULIFFE WEIGHS 
IN AS WE DISCUSS THE ADDITION OF
THE KAMALA HARRIS ON THE 
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
STAY WITH US.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO YAHOO! 
FINA
FINANCE'S SPECIAL COVERAGE OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
JOINING ME NOW IS TERRY 
McAULIFFE, FORMER GOVERNOR OF 
VIRGINIA.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
>> WHAT DOES JOE BIDEN HAVE TO 
ACCOMPLISH AT THIS WEEK'S 
CONVENTION?
>> LISTEN, FOR HIM TO COME OUT 
OF THIS CONVENTION, PEOPLE ARE 
YEARNING FOR LEADERSHIP, THEY 
WANT ANSWERS.
THEY'RE TERRIFIED OF THE COVID 
CRISIS, RIGHTLY SO.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
THEIR JOBS.
AT THE END OF THURSDAY NIGHT, HE
HAS TO SHOW STRONG LEADERSHIP 
PLANS OF HOW TO BUILD THE 
POST-COVID ECONOMY, HOW TO KEEP 
US SAFE AS AMERICANS, JUST 
REASSURANCE.
HE DID IT OUT OF THE CONVENTION,
I GIVE JOE BIDEN A LOT OF 
CREDIT.
HE MADE A DECISION EARLY, NO, 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MILWAUKEE, 
NO, I'M NOT GOING, AND TRUMP 
SCREWS AROUND WITH IT, IS IN 
NORTH CAROLINA, GOES TO FLORIDA,
THEN CANCELS.
JOE BIDEN HAS SHOWED LEADERSHIP.
KAMALA HARRIS HAS GENERATED A 
LOT OF EXCITEMENT, SHE'S SMART, 
SHE'S TOUGH.
THEY HAVE TO REASSURE AMERICANS 
THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IN A 
NEW DIRECTION.
>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE 
OUTCOMES OF THE CONVENTION TO BE
THIS YEAR?
USUALLY THE CANDIDATE GETS A 
SO-CALLED CONVENTION BUMP, 
THREE, FOUR, FIVE-POINT BUMP IN 
THE POLLS.
BUT WE'LL HAVE NO ARENAS, NO 
BALLOONS DROPPING.
SHOULD WE HAVE LIMITED 
EXPECTATIONS THIS TIME AROUND?
>> ON THE ONE HAND, YES.
I'VE CHAIRED TWO NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG 
TIME.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MY 12th 
CONVENTION.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WITH THE 
COVID CRISIS, I THINK YOU'LL GET
A LOT MORE EYEBALLS WATCHING THE
SPEECH ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT.
YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, PEOPLE ARE
SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME 
WATCHING, ANSWERING THEIR 
PHONES, HAVING POLITICAL 
DISCUSSIONS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A HUGE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LAY THAT 
MESSAGE OUT ON WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY AND MONDAY AND TUESDAY 
AS WELL.
PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, 
RICK, BECAUSE OF THE COVID 
CRISIS.
99% OF THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING 
ON TELEVISION ONE WAY OR THE 
OTHER.
YES, THERE'S EXCITEMENT WITH THE
SPEAKERS, THE BALLOONS, AND 
EVERYTHING AROUND THAT.
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME.
IT'S A SERIOUS TIME WITH COVID.
AND PEOPLE WANT SERIOUS ANSWERS.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK HUGE 
POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE WATCHING ON 
THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN JOE BIDEN 
DELIVERS THAT SPEECH.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS MOSTLY BEEN 
CAMPAIGNING FROM HIS HOME IN 
DELAWARE WITH OCCASIONAL TRIPS 
OUT.
DOES HE NEED TO GET OUT MORE IN 
THE HOME STRETCH OF THE 
CAMPAIGN?
>> YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON THE 
SITUATION, THE HEALTH AND THE 
SCIENCE.
I THINK HE SHOULD BE DOING 
EXACTLY WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING,
FIRST AND FOREMOST, STAY SAFE.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE HE WANTS TO 
CONVEY TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
HE CAME OUT THE OTHER DAY AND 
SAID, WHEN HE AND KAMALA HARRIS,
THEIR FIRST TIME TOGETHER, THAT 
EVERY GOVERNOR OUGHT TO MANDATE 
MASKS.
SO I THINK THE MESSAGE IS THAT 
HE'S STAYING SAFE, HE CAN 
OBVIOUSLY COMMUNICATE WHICH HE 
DOES EVERY DAY THROUGH SOCIAL 
MEDIA, THROUGH TELEVISION.
IF IT'S SAFE TO GO OUT AND DO 
EVENTS, ABSOLUTELY.
IF IT ISN'T, HE SHOULDN'T AND 
WON'T.
>> DO YOU SEE THIS CAMPAIGN 
PROCEEDING IN A WAY IN WHICH HE 
DOES NOT MAKE TRIPS TO IMPORTANT
SWING STATES, MICHIGAN, 
WISCONSIN, ARIZONA, AND JUST 
RELIES ON GETTING HIS MESSAGE 
OUT FROM DELAWARE?
>> IT COULD BE.
WE DON'T EVEN THE ANSWER TO 
THAT.
AT THE TIME, IF CORONAVIRUS IS 
INCREASING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
WHEN A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 
NOMINEE TRAVELS, THERE'S A LOT 
OF PIECES AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THAT.
SO YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO PUT 
THEIR LIVES AT RISK TO COME OUT 
FOR A POLITICAL EVENT WHEN YOU 
CLEARLY CAN DO IT BY GETTING IN 
FRONT, AS WE'VE ALL DONE WITH 
ZOOM AND SKYPE AND EVERYTHING 
ELSE THAT WE'VE.
IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATING TO 
PEOPLE.
IF IT'S NOT SAFE, HE SHOULDN'T 
DO IT.
AS I SAY, HE WILL NOT DO IT.
THAT IS THE MESSAGE.
IF EVERYBODY EARLY ON, IF DONALD
TRUMP IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 
AND EARLY JANUARY WHEN HE GOT 
THE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING, HAD 
TAKEN CORONAVIRUS SERIOUSLY, 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD BE 
ALIVE TODAY.
HE DID NOT DO IT.
JOE BIDEN FROM DAY ONE HAS 
RELIED ON THE SCIENCE AND HAS 
DONE THINGS TO KEEP US SAFE.
>> I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT 
BIDEN'S BUSINESS AGENDA, SUCH AS
IT IS.
OUR AUDIENCE AT YAHOO! FINANCE 
CARES A LOT ABOUT HIS PLAN TO 
RAISE THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX 
FROM 21% TO 28%, RAISE THE 
CAPITAL GAIN TAX, OTHER THINGS 
LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE A BUSINESSPERSON.
SHOULD BUSINESS OPERATORS BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT?
>> NO.
I THINK WE'VE GOT TO GO WITH THE
PREMISE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE 
TODAY HAVE A $27 TRILLION DEBT, 
TODAY.
COULD HIT $30 TRILLION BY THE 
TIME THAT TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON THE 
DEBT OF THIS NATION, BECAUSE I'M
NOT GOING TO PAY IT, BUT MY FIVE
KIDS CERTAINLY ARE.
WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
WE NEED A STRONG ECONOMY.
COVID HAS BEEN TRAGIC.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JOE 
BIDEN TO COME IN AND REBUILD THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY.
RICK, IT HAS NOT WORKED FOR THE 
LAST 50 YEARS FOR SO MANY 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO DID 
NOT TAKE PART IN THE UPSURGE IN 
OUR ECONOMY.
WE CAN REBUILD THAT ECONOMY THAT
MAKES IT ALL-INCLUSIVE.
SO YEAH, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 
HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES.
PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH THAT AS 
LONG AS THEY KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
IS VERY WISE ABOUT SPENDING AND 
TAKING AND PROTECTING TAXPAYER 
ADVE
DOLLARS.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET THIS DEBT 
DOWN, WE HAVE TO GET THE ECONOMY
GOING AGAIN AND IT'S GOT TO 
INCLUDE EVERYONE.
THIS IS A SHARED ECONOMY THAT WE
HAVE GOING FORWARD.
BUSINESS SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT 
JOE BIDEN IS COMING IN.
I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS 
HE WILL DO, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE
VICE PRESIDENT MANY TIMES ON 
THIS TOPIC, INFRASTRUCTURE, 
INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE GOT TO REBUILD AMERICA.
>> TERRY McAULIFFE, THANKS FOR 
JOINING US.
>> GREAT, RICK, GREAT TO BE WITH
YOU.
>>> EVERY FOUR YEARS REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS GATHER TO DON 
FUNNY HATS, WAVE THEIR SIGNS AND
SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COUNTRY.
>> WE'RE UNIFIED.
WE'RE READY.
LET'S GO TO THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
>> IN A NORMAL ELECTION YEAR, 
THOUSANDS OF DELEGATES WOULD 
TRAVEL TO THEIR PARTY'S 
CONVENTION TO VOTE ON PROCEDURAL
RULES, ADOPT A PARTY PLATFORM 
AND OFFICIALLY NAME THE 
PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES.
>> THESE ARE PARTY DECISIONS, 
NOT PUBLIC DECISIONS, EVEN 
THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE A PUBLIC 
DECISION BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
PRIMARIES.
>> THE DELEGATES ARE USUALLY 
PEOPLE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN STATE
POLITICS AND THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO
CANDIDATES BASED ON THE RESULTS 
OF PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES THAT 
TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE 
ELECTION CYCLE.
WHEN THE CANDIDATE WINS THE 
DELEGATES IN A STATE, THEY'RE 
EXPECTED TO VOTE FOR THAT 
CANDIDATE AT THE CONVENTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN MICHIGAN, VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WON 73 
DELEGATES AND SENATOR BERNIE 
SANDERS WON 52.
TO SECURE THE NOMINATION, A 
CANDIDATE MUST WIN THE MAJORITY 
OF DELEGATES.
THIS YEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
ESSENTIALLY A SHOE-IN BUT THE 
DENIAL CANDIDATE WILL NEED A 
TOTAL OF 1,991 DELEGATES TO WIN 
THE NOMINATION.
IF NO ONE REACHES 1,991 ON THE 
FIRST VOTE, THERE WILL BE A 
SECOND VOTE.
IN BETWEEN VOTES, CAMPAIGNS 
WOULD WHEEL AND DEAL ON THE 
FLOOR TO CONVINCE THEIR 
DELEGATES TO SUPPORT THEIR 
CANDIDATE.
>> THAT WOULD BE DRAMA IN REAL 
TIME.
>> BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT KIND
OF DRAMA RECENTLY.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A REAL FIGHT 
ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR IN 
DECADES.
THESE DAYS, WE ALREADY KNOW THE 
NOMINEES.
JOE BIDEN HIT THE MAGIC DELEGATE
NUMB IN JUNE BUT THE VOTE AT 
THE CONVENTION MAKES IT 
OFFICIAL.
>> THEY USUALLY MAKE A BIG SHOW 
ABOUT IT AND WHICH STATE PUTS 
THE CANDIDATE OVER THE TOP, ET 
CETERA.
SO USUALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, 
BY MONDAY NIGHT, TUESDAY NIGHT, 
ALL THE BUSINESS OF THE 
CONVENTION IS DONE, AND THEY 
PROCEED TO HAVE AS GOOD A TV 
SHOW AS THEY CAN HAVE.
>> PART OF THAT TV SHOW 
TYPICALLY INCLUDES ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECHES BY THE NOMINEES IN 
FRONT OF MASSIVE CROWDS.
THIS YEAR THE COVID PANDEMIC 
WRECKED BOTH PARTIES' PLANS.
THE MOSTLY VIRTUAL 2020 
CONVENTIONS WILL BE LIKE NOTHING
WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
EXPERTS SAY THAT MIGHT BE THE 
CASE IN 2024 AS WELL.
>> FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PEOPLE 
HAVE SAID THAT THESE CONVENTIONS
NEEDED CHANGE.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS 
FORCING THE PARTIES TO RETHINK 
WHAT HAD BECOME SOMETHING OF A 
STATE TRADITION.
AND I THINK WE WILL SEE IN 
FUTURE YEARS A DIFFERENT-LOOKING
NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION.
>> ON YAHOO! FINANCE'S 2020 
NATIONAL CONVENTION SPECIAL, WE 
SPEAK IS TTO GRETCHEN WHITMER, 
MICHIGAN'S GOVERNOR.
>>> I'M HERE WITH MICHIGAN 
GOVERNOR GRETCHN WHITMER.
GOVERNOR WHITMER, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 
SPEAK WITH US.
>> HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH
OPENING THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET ACROSS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THESE 
SPEECHES ARE OFTEN VERY SHORT, 
WHICH IS FINE WITH ME, I RARELY 
GIVE A LONG SPEECH.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO 
ACCOMPLISH HERE.
I CERTAINLY WANT TO CONVEY MY 
ENTHUSIASM AND SUPPORT FOR JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS TICKET.
I WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE WHO
HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR OWN HEALTH
TO TAKE CARE OF OTHERS.
SO THOSE WILL BE THE MAIN POINTS
THAT I'M TRYING TO CONVEY IN A 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE 
SCENES STUFF FOR US, IF I COULD 
ASK YOU THAT.
WHAT'S IT LIKE GIVING A SPEECH 
IN A NONCONVENTION CONVENTION?
HOW DO YOU PREPARE?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENTLY 
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A LIVE SPEECH 
BEFORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE?
>> WELL, I THINK IT ALL COMES 
DOWN TO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A 
WELL-WRITTEN SPEECH THAT I CAN 
DELIVER, WHETHER THERE'S A LIVE 
AUDIENCE OR NOT, I WANT TO BE 
ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE 
AND TO BE DIRECT.
SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 
HURDLES.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO NAVIGATE IT 
HERE, IN THE ERA OF COVID-19.
BUT I'M REALLY PROUD THAT OUR 
CONVENTION HAS BEEN DETERMINED 
TO BE VIRTUAL SO THAT WE CAN BE 
SAFE AND SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, LIFE CONTINUES 
ON.
IF WE CAN STAY SMART, STAY SAFE 
AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND 
THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR 
CONVENTION THIS YEAR.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU MENTIONED THE 
TICKET.
WHAT DOES KAMALA HARRIS BRING TO
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, AND ARE YOU EXCITED THAT 
SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S 
VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK?
>> I AM EXCITED.
I THINK THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS 
THE KIND OF FORWARD THINKING 
LEADER THAT JOE BIDEN NEEDS BY 
HIS SIDE.
HAVING BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE 
I PICKED MY RUNNING MATE, IT'S 
NOWHERE NEAR THE SCALE OF 
PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT, BUT MY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS SOMEONE 
THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD HAD 
OPINIONS ABOUT WHO IT SHOULD BE,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT 
CAME DOWN TO ME HAVING 
CONFIDENCE THAT HE WAS GOING TO 
BE COMPETENT AND SHARE MY VALUES
AND SHARE MY VISION FOR WHERE WE
WANTED TO TAKE MICHIGAN.
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN HAS THAT
IN KAMALA HARRIS, IS EXCITING.
SHE IN HER OWN RIGHT IS A 
PHENOMENAL LEADER.
I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS 
TICKET, MY KIDS ARE EXCITED 
ABOUT THIS TICKET.
I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT FOR 
AMERICA TO COME TOGETHER AND TO 
FORGE A NEW PATH, ONE THAT IS 
FOCUSED ON PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND 
STRENGTHENING OUR ECONOMY, 
BECAUSE THEY GO HAND IN HAND.
>> REPUBLICANS, OF COURSE, WON 
MICHIGAN IN 2016, SURPRISING 
MANY.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE 
DEMOCRATS TO RE-TAKE THE STATE?
AND ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> I AM.
I FEEL GOOD.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD 
TAKE MICHIGAN FOR GRANTED.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE POLLS THAT
HAVE BEEN OUT THERE THAT HAVE IT
AT A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD.
I DON'T BUY IT FOR A SECOND, TO 
BE HONEST.
MICHIGAN IS A STATE THAT WE ALL 
KNOW THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
GOES THROUGH THE STATE OF 
MICHIGAN.
IN 2018 I WON BY ALMOST TEN 
POINTS.
WE HAD HISTORIC TURNOUT.
IT WAS A REALLY PHENOMENAL 
THING.
IN 2016, CONTRARILY, IT WAS A 
VERY DEPRESSED TURNOUT.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS 
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY VOTE GETS
COUNTED.
WE HAVE SEEN THERE IS AN 
ENTHUSIASM THAT IS REAL AND THAT
I THINK WE'LL SEE OVERWHELMINGLY
FOR JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S HURDLES 
AROUND THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 
ALREADY IS CALLING INTO QUESTION
THE EFFICACY OF A FUTURE 
ELECTION.
I THINK THAT'S PRECISELY WHY 
NONE OF US CAN TAKE THIS FOR 
GRANTED, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT VOTER
SUPPRESSION?
>> I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
I AM CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WILL 
GET WRONG INFORMATION.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT 
INTERFERENCE FROM FOREIGN 
NATIONS.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING IT 
MORE DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, THE 
CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR 
PEOPLE TO CAST THEIR BALLOT FROM
THE SAFETY OF THEIR HOME.
WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
WE IN MICHIGAN AMENDED OUR 
CONSTITUTION IN 2018 TO MAKE IT 
EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE AT 
HOME.
BUT IF THE USPS IS NOT RELIABLE 
OR IS BEING UNDERMINED, THAT 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT WE HAVE 
AFFORDED PEOPLE IS UNDERMINED.
AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHY I'M 
WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY 
GENERAL AND OUR SECRETARY OF 
STATE TO PUSH BACK SO THAT WE 
CAN PROTECT THIS RIGHT THAT 
WE'VE ENSHRINED INTO OUR 
CONSTITUTION.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU'VE LOCKED HORNS
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP OR BEEN IN 
HIS CROSSHAIRS I GUESS 
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OPENING, 
REOPENING THE STATE.
HOW IS THE REOPENING GOING RIGHT
NOW?
>> MICHIGAN IS IN A LONGER 
POSITION THAN A LOT OF STATES.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED
THE SCIENCE.
WE DIDN'T GET BULLIED, WE DIDN'T
GET, YOU KNOW, DRAWN INTO 
POLITICAL ARGUMENTS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE BEST 
SCIENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY, LISTEN
TO OUR EXPERTS, AND MAKE 
DECISIONS.
NONE OF THIS IS EASY.
WE HAVE ALL MADE INCREDIBLE 
SACRIFICE.
AND WE'VE LOST OVER 6,000 PEOPLE
IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
AND YET WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE 
REALLY PUSHED THAT CURVE DOWN.
AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN OUR WORK 
HAS SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
BUT THIS CAN CROP UP FAST.
AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHY, AS WE 
ARE IN THIS FOURTH, FIFTH STAGE 
OF OUR REENGAGEMENT, IT'S ALL 
VERY PRECARIOUS.
THAT'S WHY MASKING UP IS SO 
IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY CONTINUING TO 
SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND WASH OUR 
HANDS IS CRITICAL TO OUR LONG 
TERM ECONOMIC HEALTH, BUT MOST 
IMPORTANTLY OUR PERSONAL HEALTH.
>> FINALLY, GOVERNOR, I WANT TO 
GET BACK TO THE TICKET AND THE 
ELECTION ITSELF.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF 
THE COMMENTS THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS MADE ABOUT KAMALA 
HARRIS, AND MAYBE JUST THE 
GENERAL NATURE OF THE CAMPAIGN 
AND THE TONE GOING FORWARD?
>> WELL, CAMPAIGNS ARE ALWAYS 
TOUGH.
AND WHEN THE OPPONENT IS SOMEONE
WHO IS AS UNSCRUPULOUS AS I 
THINK THE TRUMP CAMPAIGNS HAVE 
BEEN SHOWN TO BE, YOU'VE GOT TO 
BE TOUGH.
BUT KAMALA HARRIS IS TOUGH.
AND THIS, YOU KNOW, RECENT 
INCREASE IN BIRTHERISM TACTICS, 
WE SHOULD CALL THEM WHAT THEY 
ARE, IT'S RACISM.
IT'S VERY CLEARLY WHAT THEY'RE 
COMING AT HER WITH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK IN 
2020, RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE SEE IT 
FOR WHAT IT IS.
AND I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT
KAMALA HARRIS WILL NAVIGATE THIS
WELL AND WILL BE SWORN IN AS OUR
NEXT VICE PRESIDENT COME 
JANUARY.
>> GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> COMING UP NEXT ON YAHOO! 
FINANCE'S DNC 2020 ELECTION 
SPECIAL, WE TALK TO YAHOO! NEWS 
HE NEWS'
EDITOR IN CHIEF.
>>> OWNER OF MYSTIC DAIRY IN 
WISCONSIN.
MITCH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 
TIME TO TALK TO US TODAY, I 
APPRECIATE IT.
IF WE COULD START OFF BY TELLING
VIEWERS WHAT YOU DO, TELL US A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FARM.
>> SO I HAVE A FAMILY DAIRY FARM
IN WISCONSIN, CURRENTLY MILK 
ABOUT 400 COWS AND HAVE A 
THOUSAND ACRES OF CROP LAND.
>> I KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS 
REALLY HIT THE ECONOMY HARD AND 
DAIRY FARMERS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
WHAT HAVE THE PAST FEW MONTHS 
BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DEALING WITH,
AND MAYBE THE DAIRY INDUSTRY AS 
A WHOLE IN WISCONSIN.
>> PARTICULARLY ON MY FARM, IT'S
BEEN QUITE A WILD RIDE.
WE STARTED IN APRIL, WHEN THINGS
STARTED TO CHANGE QUITE A BIT.
AND MY MILK PROCESSOR CONTACTED 
US AND SAID WE HAD TO CUT BACK 
OUR MILK PRODUCTION 20% STARTING
IN TWO DAYS.
AND SO BASICALLY ON MY FARM, 
THAT WAS ABOUT 200,000 POUNDS OF
MILK IN A MONTH THAT WE HAD TO 
CUT BACK.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY SOLD SOME 
COWS TO OTHER FARMERS AND IN THE
END WE HAD TO DUMP SOME MILK 
OUT, THAT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY 
LIFETIME, I DON'T EVER REMEMBER 
HAVING TO DO THAT.
>> YOUR INDUSTRY HAS GONE 
THROUGH A LOT OVER THE PAST FEW 
YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO TRADE AND
THE OTHER ISSUES WE'VE SEEN OVER
THE PAST FEW YEARS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT TRADE IN 
PARTICULAR?
I KNOW IT'S BEEN PRETTY ROCKY.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT WAS WORTH 
IT TO GET TO THE CHINA TRADE 
DEAL?
HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED YOUR 
BUSINESS?
>> SO, YOU KNOW, BESIDES BEING A
DAIRY FARMER I'M ALSO A CORN 
FARMER AND A SOYBEAN FARMER.
I THINK IT'S REALLY DISRUPTED 
THOSE MARKETS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME 
TRADE PAYMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 
MADE TO FARMERS BUT I DON'T 
THINK THEY REALLY OFFSET THE 
DROP IN THE PRICE AND THE CHANGE
IN DEMAND THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 
THOSE PRODUCTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ON MY PARTICULAR 
FARM, WE ALSO SELL EMBRYOS TO 
CHINA.
WE WERE DOING THAT BEFORE THE 
TRADE DEAL STARTED.
AND THAT DEAL STOPPED BECAUSE 
THEY STARTED TO RAISE THE TARIFF
ON THAT.
AND SO WE WENT FROM SELLING LIKE
A HUNDRED A YEAR TO ZERO 
OVERNIGHT.
>> HOW MUCH DOES THAT PLAY INTO 
YOUR DECISION ON WHO YOU'RE 
GOING TO BE VOTING FOR IN THE 
FALL?
HOW MUCH DOES TRADE PLAY A PIECE
OF THAT?
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY BIG.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS TRADE 
PROBLEM HASN'T STARTED, YOU 
KNOW, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IT'S SORT OF BEEN A TRADE 
PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY 
YEARS.
AND JUST SEEING HOW WE 
NEGOTIATE, HOW WE MAKE THOSE 
TRADE DEALS, IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, I WAS HOPING
FOR MORE TO GET DONE.
I THINK WE'VE SIGNED SOME DEALS 
BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FRUITS 
OF THOSE LABORS.
AND TO ME IT'S BEEN 
DISAPPOINTING.
I MEAN, WE SORT OF HAVE THE POMP
AND CIRCUMSTANCE, WE HAVE THIS 
FANCY NEW DEAL, BUT THE MEAT AND
POTATOES INSIDE THE DEAL ARE 
WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WE REALLY 
HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE COME FORWARD 
YET.
>> DO YOU LOOK AT VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S PROPOSAL, SOME OF HIS 
IDEAS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN, DO YOU 
FEEL LIKE ANYTHING IS 
ENCOURAGING THERE?
>> YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'VE SAID A
LITTLE BIT LATELY THAT I JUST 
HAVEN'T HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT 
AGRICULTURE.
AND AGRICULTURE ISN'T THE ONLY 
ISSUE THAT PEOPLE VOTE ON, BUT 
FOR ME AS A FARMER, I REALLY 
WANT TO HEAR THEIR AGRICULTURE 
PROPOSALS.
I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE 
GOING TO DO FOR TRADE, WHAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR RURAL 
AMERICA, GETTING THE INTERNET 
OUT THERE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
DO TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND 
ENSURE, YOU KNOW, FARMERS ARE 
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THESE 
FAMILY FARMS AND CONTINUE INTO 
THE NEXT GENERATION.
AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, COMING 
FROM BOTH SIDES, IT'S REALLY 
SORT OF HARD TO SEE WHAT THOSE 
PROPOSALS ARE THAT ARE GOING TO 
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY FAMILY'S
LIFE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MITCH, WE 
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE
TIME FOR US.
>> I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
>> ANDY, I'M NOT HEARING YOU, 
BUT I'M GOING TO GUESS YOU ASKED
ME A QUESTION ABOUT THE POLL WE 
JUST CONDUCTED SO I'M GOING TO 
TELL ABOUT YOU IT WHETHER YOU 
ASKED IT OR NOT.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON 
VOTERS' MINDSET WHEN THEY GO TO 
THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER, THREE 
MONTHS FROM NOW.
WE ASKED THEM A BUNCH OF 
QUESTION, DO YOU THINK THIS 
THING THAT MEASURES QUALITY OF 
LIFE GOING TO GET BETTER OVER 
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
OUT OF TEN THINGS WE ASK ABOUT, 
ON ALL TEN PEOPLE SAID THEY 
THINK -- MORE PEOPLE SAID IT'S 
LIKELY TO GET WORSE THAN IT IS 
LIKELY TO GET BETTER.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY BAD NEWS FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE 
OF EXAMPLES HERE.
ON THE ECONOMY, 51% TOLD US IT'S
LIKELY TO GET WORSE.
ONLY 30% THINK IT'S LIKELY TO 
GET BETTER.
ON JOB PROSPECTS, 40% SAY IT'S 
GOING TO GET WORSE, ONLY 32% 
SAYING IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER.
ON THE CORONAVIRUS, 44% THINK 
IT'S LIKELY TO GET WORSE WITHIN 
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS AND ONLY 
31% THINK IT'S LIKELY TO GET 
BETTER.
SO PEOPLE EXPECT LIFE TO GET A 
LITTLE TOUGHER IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT IS NOT THE MOOD YOU 
WANT VOTERS TO BE IN YOU ARE AN 
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR 
REELECTION.
>> LET'S GO OVER TO DANNY 
KLAIDMAN.
DANNY, YOUR POLL IS OUT ALSO, 
WHAT DID YOU FIND IN YOUR 
RESULTS?
>> WELL, NOT DISSIMILAR TO WHAT 
RICK JUST SAID.
THE HEAD TO HEAD NUMBER BETWEEN 
BIDEN AND TRUMP IS BIDEN LEADS 
BY 11 POINTS, 49-38.
THAT IS THE WIDEST MARGIN SINCE 
WE'VE BEEN POLLING FOR MORE THAN
A YEAR NOW.
AND HE IS -- TRUMP IS BEING HURT
BY ALL OF THESE UNDERLYING 
ISSUES.
THE ECONOMY, NOT AS BADLY ON THE
ECONOMY, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT 
HELPING HIM.
BUT REALLY CORONAVIRUS.
THAT IS I THINK THE CENTRAL 
ISSUE HERE.
HE IS DOING WORSE ON CORONAVIRUS
THAN HE HAS SINCE WE BEGAN 
POLLING ON CORONAVIRUS IN APRIL.
59% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY DO NOT
APPROVE OF HIS HANDLING OF THE 
VIRUS.
HE'S NOT DOING WELL ON SOME 
RECENT CONTROVERSIES.
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ISSUE IS
HURTING HIM.
MORE AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT 
VOTERS WILL BE DISENFRANCHISED, 
OR ARE MORE CONCERNED THAT 
VOTERS WILL BE DISENFRANCHISED 
THAN THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 
FRAUD.
HERE IS THE IMPORTANT POINT.
INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND 
NONLEANING INDEPENDENT VOTERS, 
THAT IS TO SAY, PEOPLE WHO ARE 
NOT LEANING TOWARD EITHER JOE 
BIDEN OR DONALD TRUMP, ARE VERY 
UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY HE'S 
HANDLED THIS POSTAL SERVICE 
ISSUE AND THE ISSUE OF POTENTIAL
VOTER SUPPRESSION.
THAT DOES NOT BODE WE WILL FOR 
HIM.
WELL FOR HIM.
>> ALSO YOU'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN 
OVER THE YEARS, AND I WANTED TO 
ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP 
WITH HIM.
>> I HAVE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF REPORTERS 
HAVE KNOWN JOE BIDEN OVER THE 
YEARS.
PARTLY BECAUSE OF HIS LONGEVITY,
AND PARTLY BECAUSE HE'S A GA
GARRULOUS SHMOOZER.
HE WAS FAMOUSLY CHAIRMAN OF THE 
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FOR A LONG 
TIME, PRESIDED OVER THE BORK 
CONFIRMATION HEARING AT THE SAME
TIME HE WAS RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 
1988.
I GOT A CHANCE, ONE OF THE MORE 
INTERESTING TRIPS I'VE TAKEN 
WITH A POLITICIAN WAS IN 2005 
WHEN THERE WAS A KIND OF DETENTE
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
LIBYA.
HE INVITED ME ALONG ON HIS TRIP 
TO LIBYA TO MEET WITH MUMAAMMAR 
GADHAFI.
IT WAS JUST ME AND HIS AIDES.
THAT'S WHEN I GOT THE BIDEN 
TREATMENT.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A 4 1/2 
HOUR DINNER, JUST ME AND JOE 
BIDEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE IS AN 
INCREDIBLY COMPELLING GUY IN 
PER
PERSON.
THERE'S A FAMOUS BOOK ABOUT THE 
1988 CAMPAIGN CALLED "WHAT IT 
TAKES."
JOE BIDEN WAS ONE OF THE 
CHARACTERS.
THAT WAS HIS ILL-FATED 1988 
CAMPAIGN WHEN HE HAD BEEN 
ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM AND HAD TO
DROP OUT.
RICHARD BEN KRAMER, WHEN HE 
TALKED ABOUT BIDEN, TALKED ABOUT
"THE CONNECT," THAT WAS BIDEN'S 
ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, 
MOSTLY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT 
VOTERS.
IN THIS CASE HE WAS OOZUSE USINF
HIS CHARM.
I'M THE ONE REPORTER WHO WAS ON 
THE PLANE WITH HIM, AND IT WAS 
REALLY QUITE SOMETHING.
YOU REALLY GOT A SENSE OF HIS 
ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH VOTERS 
AND WITH REALLY ANYONE WHO IS 
AROUND HIM WHEN HE WANTS TO DO 
IT.
SO IT WAS EYE-OPENING.
>> DAN, BIDEN IS IN A PRETTY 
GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT CAN HE DO TO BLOW IT?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THERE 
IS A WHOLE LOT BIDEN CAN DO TO 
BLOW IT.
I THINK IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT IT
WOULD BE EXOGENOUS EFFECTS 
OUTSIDE OF HIS CONTROL THAT 
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON BIDEN.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, BIDEN
IS FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS A GAFFE 
MACHINE.
AND HE'S MADE MULTIPLE GAFFES 
DURING THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN, 
INCLUDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE 
THIRD RAIL ISSUE OF RACE.
BUT HE SEEMS TO BE KIND OF 
TEFLON IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK
PEOPLE KNOW THAT ABOUT HIM, AND 
THEY'VE KIND OF ACCOUNTED FOR 
IT, IT'S BAKED IN.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT TOO MANY 
THINGS THAT HE COULD SAY THAT 
WOULD GET HIM IN REAL TROUBLE.
I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT 
WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC IS HIS 
HEALTH, YOU KNOW, HE'S 77 YEARS 
OLD, AND IF THERE IS A REAL 
QUESTION ABOUT HIS HEALTH, LET'S
SAY HE WERE TO CONTRACT THE 
CORONAVIRUS, I THINK THAT COULD 
BE DEVASTATING.
BUT BEYOND THAT, I REALLY DON'T 
THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS 
THAT HE COULD DO THAT REALLY 
WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC AT THIS 
POINT.
I JUST THINK HE'S -- I'M NOT 
SURE HE'S IN THE CATBIRD SEAT 
RIGHT NOW, BUT HE'S IN A 
COMMANDING POSITION RIGHT NOW.
YOU THINK BACK TO 2016, AT THIS 
TIME WHEN HILLARY CLINTON WAS 
HEADING INTO THE CONVENTIONS, 
SHE HAD AN AVERAGE OF LESS THAN 
3%, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF DONALD 
TRUMP.
WE'VE GOT HIM 11%.
A LOT OF POLLS HAVE HIM 9, 10.
SO -- AND ONE LAST THING ON 
THIS, WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE OFTEN
TALK ABOUT MICHAEL DUKAKIS 
COMING OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
CAMPAIGN IN 1988 WITH THAT HUGE 
19 OR 20-POINT MARGIN THAT JUST 
KIND OF EVAPORATED.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT POLITICAL 
ERA.
WE HAVE SORTED OURSELVES INTO 
SUCH HIGHLY POLARIZED TRIBES 
THAT THOSE KINDS OF FLUCTUATIONS
JUST DON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.
SO IT'S NOT OVER, THE DEMOCRATS 
AND JOE BIDEN CERTAINLY 
SHOULDN'T CONSIDER THIS A 
CAKEWALK BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS
CAN HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK HE'S IN A PRETTY 
GOOD POSITION.
>> OKAY.
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>>> COMING UP NEXT ON YAHOO! 
FINANCE'S DNC 2020 ELECTION 
SPECIAL, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE JULIAN CASTRO JOINS US
WITH HIS TAKE ON THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS CAMPAIGN.
STAY WITH US.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO YAHOO! 
FINANCE'S SPECIAL 2020 ELECTION 
COVERAGE.
I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO OUR 
NEXT GUEST FOR A CONVERSATION ON
THE BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOING FORWARD.
I'M JOINED BY ONE-TIME 
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE AND FORMER SECRETARY 
OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, JULIAN CASTRO.
SECRETARY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 
ASKED ABOUT THE EFFECT OF KAMALA
HARRIS ON THE TICKET.
A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW 
MONUMENTAL IT IS FOR HER TO BE 
PICKED AS THE VP CANDIDATE TO 
JOE BIDEN.
WHAT I'M WONDERING, IS YOUR VIEW
OF HER AS SOMEONE WHO CAN EXCITE
PROGRESSIVE VOTERS, OR DO YOU 
THINK THAT SHE REALLY JUST 
STRENGTHENS THE MORE MODERATE 
AND SEVCENTRIST POSITION OF THE 
CAMPAIGN?
>> OH, I THINK SHE EXCITES A LOT
OF VOTERS, OF DIFFERENT STRIPES,
WHETHER THEY'RE MODERATE OR 
LIBERAL.
WHAT I SAW ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
IS THAT SHE'S VERY ABLE TO 
CONNECT WITH FOLKS, THAT HER 
STORY IS AN AMERICAN DREAM STORY
THAT RESONATES VERY WELL ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY.
SHE ALSO JUST REPRESENTS IN A 
VERY REAL WAY, EMBODIES THE FACT
THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A 
PARTY THAT HAS PUT TOGETHER A 
BEAUTIFUL COALITION OF PEOPLE 
FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
AND IT STANDS FOR AN AMERICA 
WHERE ALL OF US HAVE 
OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST SOME 
PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP WANTS, 
BUT EVERYBODY.
SO I THINK SHE EMBODIES THE 
SPIRIT OF THE AMERICA THAT WE 
WANT.
SHE'S PREPARED.
SHE'S EXCITING A LOT OF PEOPLE 
OUT THERE.
YOU CAN ALREADY TELL THERE'S 
BEEN AN INFUSION OF ENERGY INTO 
THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS GREAT.
NOW IT'S JUST UP TO ALL OF US TO
WORK HARD ALL THE WAY THROUGH 
THE FINISH LINE IN NOVEMBER, 
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T 
TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
>> I'M WONDERING IF YOU SEE 
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AT ALL AS 
PERHAPS UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE
BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET BUT 
PARTICULARLY ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY, BECAUSE 
WE'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT
NOW A SETTLE FOR BIDEN INSTAGRAM
ACCOUNT.
THERE'S BEEN A NEW PEW RESEARCH 
POLL THAT 56% OF BIDEN VOTERS 
SAY IT'S JUST BECAUSE HE'S NOT 
DONALD TRUMP.
ARE YOU SEEING DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
AS UNENTHUSIASTIC AND IF THEY 
ARE, HOW DO YOU THINK BIDEN OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF THE 
CONVENTION AND EVEN GOING 
FORWARD TO THE GENERAL CAN 
EXCITE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS?
>> I JUST THINK THERE'S A 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE POLL 
QUESTIONS THAT YOU GET THAT ARE 
PUT TO SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE OR 
ONLINE AND HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY 
FEEL OUT THERE.
PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT 
GOING TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER, AND 
THEY HAVE CHOSEN JOE BIDEN FOR A
REASON, BECAUSE WHAT AMERICANS 
WANT IS SOMEBODY WHO IS A STEADY
HAND.
THEY WANT SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE 
WISDOM, THE EXPERIENCE TO LEAD 
THIS COUNTRY WELL AGAIN IN A 
TIME OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WHEN 
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED GREAT, 
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S
JOE BIDEN, AND THAT'S KAMALA 
HARRIS.
I DON'T SEE ANY ENTHUSIASM GAP 
THERE.
IN FACT POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS 
THAT JOE BIDEN IS LEADING BY 9, 
10, 11, 12 POINTS.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS 
GOOD, AGAIN, AS LONG AS THERE'S 
EFFECTIVE OUTREACH, 
REGISTRATION, AND TURNOUT, 
BECAUSE JUST MECHANICALLY, THIS 
IS GOING TO BE THE WEIRDEST 
ELECTION WE'VE PROBABLY EVER 
SEEN BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS 
THAT THE CORONAVIRUS HAS PUT ON 
THE EXERCISE OF THE FRANCHISE.
MORE CAMPAIGN EFFORTS ARE GOING 
TO HAVE TO BE DIGITAL AND 
TELEPHONIC.
MORE VOTING WILL BE DONE BY 
MAIL.
EVEN MORE SO NOW, WE CAN'T DROP 
THE BALL.
WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING.
THAT'S WHY THIS CONVENTION IS SO
IMPORTANT, TO FIRE UP THE TROOPS
AND GET EVERYBODY ENERGIZED.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO DELIVER 
THIS WEEK.
>> SO SECRETARY, AS YOU 
MENTIONED, THIS IS A VERY WEIRD 
TIME RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE SEEING
A LOT OF FOLKS TALK ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF
THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC.
HOWEVER, MOST FOLKS STILL PREFER
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE ECONOMY 
TO JOE BIDEN.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT DEMOCRATS
SHOULD BE HITTING ON IN 
PARTICULAR ESSENTIALLY TO MAKE 
VOTERS BUT ALSO WALL STREET 
BELIEVE THAT THE ECONOMY IS IN 
GOOD HANDS GOING FORWARD WITH 
THE DEMOCRATS?
>> I THINK THEY TRUST JOE BIDEN.
THEY KNOW JOE BIDEN.
THE OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 
HAS THE BEST TRACK RECORD IN 
TERMS OF GETTING THIS COUNTRY 
OUT OF A DEEP RECESSION.
WHEN BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 
TOOK OVER IN EARLY 2009, WE WERE
LOSING 700,000 JOBS EVERY MONTH.
AND THEN, AFTER A COUPLE OF 
MONTHS, WE WENT ON THIS STREAK 
OF ABOUT 70 MONTHS, MORE THAN 70
MONTHS OF POSITIVE JOB GROWTH, 
THE LONGEST STREAK OF POSITIVE 
ECONOMIC JOB GROWTH IN OUR 
ECONOMY'S HISTORY.
WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS THAT JOE
BIDEN KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT
BUILDING BACK AND MAKING SURE 
PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK AND THAT
OUR ECONOMY IS STRONG AGAIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S GOING TO 
HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER
THE MESS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS 
HELPED CREATE, JUST LIKE BARACK 
OBAMA HAD TO BRING AMERICA BACK 
AFTER THE ECONOMIC RECESSION AND
THE CRISIS THAT CAME RIGHT 
BEFORE HIM.
BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I 
KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN IS UP TO IT 
BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY SHOWN THAT
HE CAN DO IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THAT 
THERE, SECRETARY JULIAN CASTRO, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> ALL RIGHT, KRISTIN MYERS, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S TURN TO THE PANEL FOR SOME
FINAL THOUGHTS.
JESSICA SMITH, THIS IS GOING TO 
BE A ONE OF A KIND CONVENTION.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING
FOR AND HOW IS A REMOTE 
CONVENTION GOING TO MAKE THE 
WHOLE THING DIFFERENT THIS TIME 
AROUND?
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL.
AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S GOING 
TO FORCE PARTIES TO THINK 
OUTSIDE THE BOX GOING FORWARD.
TRADITIONALLY, CONVENTIONS HAVE 
NOT BEEN FILLED WITH MUCH DRAMA,
NOT MANY SURPRISE.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN -- HONESTLY,
SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE 
BORING.
MAYBE THE PARTIES WILL LOOK AT 
THIS AS A CHANCE TO REEVALUATE, 
TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 
2024.
TONIGHT WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO 
VIRTUALLY, WE'LL SEE IF THEY RUN
INTO ANY ISSUES OR NOT.
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE 
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS 
PLAYS OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW 
YEARS TO SEE IF THEY KIND OF 
SPICE THINGS UP.
>> A FEW YEARS!
OKAY, RICK NEWMAN, WHAT'S GOING 
TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING 
FOR THIS WEEK?
>> I THINK BOTH OF THESE 
CONVENTIONS WILL BE 
ANTICLIMACTIC.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL MOVE THE 
NEEDLE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE IS THE STRANGE FORMAT, 
OBVIOUSLY.
BUT EVEN HOW PARTISAN THINGS ARE
THESE DAYS, THERE JUST AREN'T 
THAT MANY UNDECIDED VOTERS WHO 
WILL TUNE INTO A CONVENTION AND 
SAY, OH, I LIKE THAT GUY, HE 
SEEMS PRETTY GOOD, THE WAY IT 
HAPPENED FOR BILL CLINTON BACK 
IN '92.
I THINK THE DEBATES ARE GOING TO
BE MORE IMPORTANT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BASICALLY --
HE'S BASICALLY ESTABLISHED A 
SENILITY TEST FOR JOE BIDEN BY 
SAYING HE'S SENILE AND HE'S 
COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED.
IF JOE BIDEN CAN PROVE HE'S 
COGNITIVELY WITH IT IN DEBATES, 
I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR BIDEN.
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, THE 
MOST INTERESTING THING I HEARD 
IN THE LAST HOUR WAS THE FARMER 
IN WISCONSIN JESS INTERVIEWED 
WHO SAID, I WAS READY FOR HIM TO
SAY, YEAH, I'M SICK OF TRUMP'S 
POLICIES, THEY'VE HURT MORE THAN
HELPED AND I'M READY TO GO FOR 
BIDEN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID, I'VE NOT REALLY HEARD 
ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S POLICIES 
TOWARD AGRICULTURE.
THAT TELLS ME BIDEN DOES NEED TO
BE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY TO 
VOTERS IN THE SIX SWING STATES.
I'M NOT SURE HE'S GOING TO REACH
THEM IF HE JUST KEEPS DOING HIS 
BROADCASTS FROM WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE.
BUT WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 
DON'T LOOK FOR HIM TO BE ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
SO I DON'T THINK BIDEN HAS THIS 
LOCKED AT ALL.
>> ALL RIGHT, KRISTIN, YOU JUST 
HEARD RICK SAYING IT'S NOT A 
LOCK FOR BIDEN BY ANY MEANS AND 
HE THINKS THIS COULD BE 
ANTICLIMACTIC.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WHAT RICK IS POINTING AT 
ABOUT SOME OF THE VAGUENESS 
COMING OUT OF THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN
ON CERTAIN ISSUES IS ACTUALLY 
WHAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
THIS WEEKEND IN THE RUN-UP TO 
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
FRANKLY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF 
VOTERS THAT SAY, LISTEN, I'M 
VOTING FOR BIDEN BECAUSE HE'S 
NOT TRUMP.
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE TYPE OF 
ENTHUSIASTIC VOTER BASE THAT YOU
WANT, ESPECIALLY GOING AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP WHOSE SUPPORTERS 
ARE EMPHATICALLY AND 
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF 
THE PRESIDENT.
HE'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW 
HE CAN ENTICE SOME OF THOSE 
VOTERS WHO THINK HE'S FAR TOO 
MODERATE AND CENTRIST AND WHO 
KAMALA HARRIS AS A MORE MODERATE
AND CENTRIST PICK, GIVEN HER 
RECORD AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 
CALIFORNIA, WHERE SHE STOOD ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WHERE SHE 
STOOD ON HEALTH CARE.
I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW 
DEMOCRATS CAN REALLY UNITE THE 
PARTY AND CREATE ONE 
ENTHUSIASTIC VOTER BASE AHEAD OF
THE GENERAL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING
NIGHT AND AN INTERESTING WEEK, 
AN INTERESTING TWO WEEKS FOR 
SURE.
KRISTIN MYERS, RICK NEWMAN, 
JESSICA SMITH, THANK YOU GUYS SO
MUCH.
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING YAHOO! 
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