WITH US TONIGHT.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
PETER BAKER, LET ME START WITH
YOU.
FROM HERE TO ELECTION DAY, TAKE
US THROUGH -- YOU HEARD WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS SAYING.
HE IS CONTINUING THE MESSAGE
ABOUT LAWLESSNESS, TRYING TO BE
OPTIMISTIC ON CORONAVIRUS AND
THE STATISTICS WE ARE SHOWING
YOU.
HOW DOES THE WHITE HOUSE SEE THE
ROAD FROM HERE TO NOVEMBER 3 FOR
THEM.
>> I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING AS
THE LAW AND ORDER ISSUE AS A
WINNER FOR THEM OR AT LEAST
GETTING HIM TRACTION.
HE DOESN’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE CORONAVIRUS, EMBRACING
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT THE
DEATH TOLL IS WILDLY OVERSTATED.
HE SAYS WE ARE ON THE UPSWING.
HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE STOCK
MARKET BECAUSE IT IS HITTING
HIGHS AGAIN.
BUT LAW AND ORDER IS WHERE THEY
THINK THEY CAN GET TRACTION.
AND PART OF IT IS ABOUT RILING
UP THE BASE.
IT’S LESS AND LESS ABOUT
REACHING THE PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE THAN GETTING PEOPLE OUT
TO VOTE WHO WILL VOTE FOR YOU.
IF YOU DON’T VOTE FOR ME, YOU
ARE GOING TO GET ANARCHY AND
LAWLESSNESS.
I DON’T THINK IT’S WINNING
MIDDLE VOTERS.
THE POLL IS BASICALLY WHERE IT
WAS BEFORE THE TWO CONVENTIONS.
I THINK THAT’S A MESSAGE HE WILL
BE HAMMERING HOME AND HOPE IT
GETS TRACTION.
>> EUGENE ROBINSON, I THINK
TODAY WE MIGHT HAVE SET A SINGLE
DAY RECORD FOR MOST POLLS TO
COME OUT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THEM ALL.
BUT THE HEADLINE TONIGHT THAT
PETER IS GETTING AT, THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN HOPED THAT CONVENTION
AND THE FOCUS ON LAW AND ORDER
WOULD MOVE THE NUMBERS IN THEIR
DIRECTION.
RIGHT NOW YOU ARE NOT SEEING ANY
MAJOR INDICATIONS THAT IS
HAPPENING.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS ISSUE
PLAYING OUT?
DO YOU SEE THIS AS HAVING THE
POTENTIAL TO DO THAT FOR THE
PRESIDENT?
>> ONE THING WE LEARNED IN 2016
IS THAT IT’S DIFFICULT TO
PREDICT WHERE THINGS GO.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
THE USUAL PLAYBOOK AND
EXPECTATIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE
RIGHT.
ONE THING WE LEARNED IN 2018 IS
THAT THIS CULTURE WARFARE
DOESN’T ALWAYS WORK FOR HIM.
REMEMBER BEFORE THE 2018
ELECTIONS WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS
TRYING TO GET HIS BASE EXCITED
ABOUT CARAVANS OF BAD HOMBRES
COMING ACROSS THE BORDER FROM
CENTRAL AMERICA.
IT’S A CARAVAN AND ANOTHER
CARAVAN.
YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID OF IT.
THAT DID NOT WORK IN 2018 AT
ALL.
SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT
