FINAL STRETCH OF THE BELMONT IN
’73.
THESE RED SOX ARE COMING ON, TWO
WINS IN A ROW.
>>> SPEAKING OF MOMENTUM, I DO
THINK THAT PERHAPS THE PRESIDENT
MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT ENRAGED
YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER GETTING
THE RATINGS FROM HIS FINAL
NIGHT, BUT ALSO THE POLLING OUT
OF ABC NEWS, "THE WASHINGTON
POST," SHOWING THAT BOY, HIS
APPROVAL RATING ACTUALLY WENT
DOWN.
AND JOE BIDEN’S WENT UP OVER THE
TWO CONVENTIONS.
>> WELL, HIS TWEET STORM SHOWED
HE WAS REACTING TO SOMETHING.
WE WILL GET TO THE VIOLENCE AND
UNREST IN PORTLAND IN A MOMENT
BUT THERE IS FRESH NEW POLLING
FOLLOWING BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC
AND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTIONS SHOWING PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S FAVORABILITY SLIPPING
WHILE JOE BIDEN STEADILY CLIMBS.
IN THE LATEST POLL, TRUMP’S
FAVORABILITY SITS AT 31%.
59% HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION
OF THE PRESIDENT.
46% HOLD A FAVORABLE VIEW OF
BIDEN, UP SIX POINTS SINCE
BEFORE THE DNC.
40% HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE VIEW OF
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT.
AND WHEN LOOKING AT PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S HANDLING OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, 35% APPROVE WHILE
63% DISAPPROVE.
WHO ARE THE 35% IS ALL I WANT TO
KNOW. MEANWHILE, THE LATEST MORNING
MEANWHILE, THE LATEST MORNING
CONSULT POLLS SHOW VOTERS EDGING
BACK.
JOE BIDEN HOLDS A SIX POINT LEAD
OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP, 50 TO 44%.
THAT’S DOWN FROM THE TEN POINT
LEAD HE HELD HEADING INTO THE
CONVENTION ON AUGUST 23rd.
BUT THE LATEST USC DORNSIFE ON
FRIDAY FOUND BIDEN AT 53% TO
TRUMP’S 41%.
A MARGIN OF 12 POINTS.
SO THERE YOU GO.
>> SO JONATHAN LEMIRE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE
WERE THRILLED WITH WHAT HAPPENED
DURING WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL
LAST WEEK’S RNC EVENTS.
THE POLLS ACTUALLY -- A COUPLE
OF POLLS SHOWING WITHIN THE
MARGINS THAT THINGS MAY HAVE
GOTTEN BETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ABC NEWS
"THE WASHINGTON POST" APPROVAL
POLL, DONALD TRUMP’S APPROVAL
RATINGS WENT DOWN, JOE BIDEN’S
WENT UP.
AND I THINK CONSIDERABLY.
BIDEN UP 6 POINTS AND HIS
UNFAVORABILITY DOWN 3 POINTS.
WHICH IS SHOWING TO ME AT LEAST
COMING OUT OF THIS CONVENTION
THE STORY SEEMS TO BE -- AND I
WOULD GUESS THAT PEOPLE INSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD BE
THINKING THIS TOO.
AND THEY MAY NOT ADMIT IT TO THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT IT’S GOT TO BE FRUSTRATING
TO THEM THAT DESPITE THE TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
UNFAVORABLE ADS THROWN AT JOE
BIDEN OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS,
DESPITE THE FACT THE PRESIDENT
EVEN GOT IMPEACHED OVER TRYING
TO PULL IN A UKRAINIAN LEADER
AND HOLD DEFENSE SPENDING OVER
HIM TO TRY TO BESMERJ THE
REPUTATION OF JOE BIDEN, BIDEN’S
NUMBERS JUST KEEP GOING UP AS
FAR AS APPROVAL RATING GOES.
WE’LL HAVE TO START CALLING HIM
TEFLON JOE.
>> JOE, I THINK IT IS STRIKING
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, DEMOCRATS
I’VE TALKED TO, PERHAPS YOU HAVE
THE SAME EXPERIENCE, THERE SEEMS
TO BE A COLLECTIVE FREAKOUT
AMONG DEMOCRATS SINCE THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ENDED
SUGGESTING THIS RACE WAS HURDING
TRUMP’S WAY, BUT THE POLLING
DOESN’T REALLY BACK THAT UP, AT
LEAST NOT YET.
SOME POLLS SUGGEST PERHAPS
SLIGHT MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT REMEMBER JOE BIDEN WALKED
INTO THE CONVENTIONS WITH A
PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY STABLE LEAD.
THERE HASN’T BEEN MUCH THAT HAS
HAPPENED SINCE THE ONSET OF THE
PANDEMIC AND CERTAINLY SINCE THE
AFTERMATH OF GEORGE FLOYD’S
KILLING AND THE WALK ACROSS
LAFAYETTE SQUARE THAT HAS
CHANGED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
RACE.
YES, IT HAS DIPPED AND MOVED A
LITTLE AROUND THE MARGINS TO
THIS POINT.
AND BOTH SIDES, PRIVATELY, WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE IT HAS TIGHTENED
SOMES, BUT BOTH SIDES, PRIVATELY
AND?
SOME CASES PUBLICALLY,
ACKNOWLEDGE JOE BIDEN IS
WINNING.
AND REMEMBER, HE HAS A FOUR,
FIVE, SIX SEVEN LEAD IN ALL THE
BATTLEGROUNDS, SAVE NORTH
CAROLINA.
THE WHITE HOUSE WAS PLEASED WITH
THE STAGING OF THE EVENTS LAST
WEEK.
WE ARE STILL GOING TO SEE THE
AFTERMATH OF THAT IN THE COMING
DAYS.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW IS HOW THE
EVENTS OF KENOSHA AND PORTLAND
ARE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS
TRAVELING TO KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
TOMORROW.
JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO SPEAK ON
THE UNREST IN AMERICA AND HOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ADDED TO
THAT TODAY IN A SPEECH IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
AND HIS AIDES ARE WORKING ON
THEIR OWN VISIT TO WISCONSIN
POTENTIALLY LATER THIS WEEK.
RIGHT NOW THE RACE REMAINS THE
SAME.
IT’S ON NOW AS THEY SAY.
JOE BIDEN IS RESUMING HIS
CAMPAIGNING.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM ARE
PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
THEY FEEL THEY PUSHED BIDEN OUT
OF HIS BASEMENT SOONER THAN THEY
WANTED.
THEY FEEL THE MORE HE’S OUT OF
THE BASEMENT COULD LEAD TO A
GAFFE THAT COULD CLOSE THE RACE.
MAYBE IT’S CLOSED SLIGHTLY BUT
JOE BIDEN IS IN THE ENVIABLE
POSITION TWO MONTHS OUT.
HE’S WINNING.
>> HERE WE ARE MOVING INTO
SEPTEMBER, THINGS ARE PLETRETTY
MUCH THE SAME.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG,
IT SEEMS THE ONLY THIRNGNG THAT’
CHANGED IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING
SINCE TWO WEEKS OF CONVENTIONS
IS DONALD TRUMP’S APPROVAL
RATING TICKED DOWN SLIGHTLY AND
JOE BIDEN’S WENT UP A BIT, HE’S
SITTING AT 45, 46% APPROVAL
RATING.
THOSE DISAPPROVING OF HIM WENT
DOWN THREE POINTS.
>> CLEARLY JOE BIDEN RISING WITH
APPROVAL AND THE PRESIDENT
COMING DOWN IS BAD NEWS FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE NO MATTER HOW THEY
SPIN IT.
THEY’RE NOW PLAYING THIS, WE’RE
IN SURVIVAL MODE.
TRYING TO SPIN IT AS IF THIS IS
SOME ADVANCEMENT.
THE THING THAT I OBSERVED, JOE,
OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAD THE BIG
MARCH IN WASHINGTON FRIDAY,
WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH IN THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
THE ENERGY, RE REMEMBER WE HAD
THIS ON A WORK DAY IN THE MIDDLE
OF A PANDEMIC.
SO REMEMBER FOR PEOPLE TO COME
OUT IS A SIGNAL TO THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT PEOPLE ARE ENERGIZED
TO COME OUT AND VOTE.
THEY WILL COME OUT AND STAND UP
AND DID IT PEACEFULLY BECAUSE
THE TONE IS SET AT THE TOP, NOT
ONE INCIDENT WITH SEVERAL
HUNDRED THOUSANDS PEOPLE THERE,
AND YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS, NO
INCIDENTS, AND PEOPLE READY TO
COME AND STAY OUT ALL DAY.
THAT’S A SIGNAL WHAT THEY WILL
DO ELECTION DAY.
SO IF I WAS THE WHITE HOUSE
BETWEEN THE POLLING AND THE
TURNOUTS I THINK I WOULD BE VERY
CONCERNED BECAUSE IT SHOWS A
