 All right now for some good news Because in spite of the shenanigans that Elizabeth Warren pulled this week Bernie Sanders still managed to have a fantastic week And I think that part of this actually does have to do with Elizabeth Warren's smear because after that first debate Bernie Sanders managed to raise four million dollars in just two days with a total of two hundred contributions twenty five thousand new donors and On top of that a new poll found that he's actually doing the best against Donald Trump in Florida Currently, he's closing the gap in Nevada a Reuters Ipsos poll found that he's closing the gap Nationally between him and Joe Biden He's just endorsed by progressive representative Mark Poe can as well as the Clark County Black Caucus in Nevada And as of right now Understand that he has the best chance of winning. We don't necessarily know how Elizabeth Warren's Drama is going to impact his chances, but as of now we have no reason to be down and someone who I typically Don't respect at all Chris Matthews of MSNBC You've got to give him credit because even he admits Bernie does in fact have the best shot And I want to play that clip for you because this is someone who is no fan of Bernie Sanders In fact, he's indicated multiple times that he hates Bernie Sanders, but he admits in this clip Bernie's the one to beat in Iowa take a look up next why Bernie Sanders is the candidate to beat I think in Iowa and New Hampshire. I've watched it. I was out there last night. I think I know what's going on out there It may not be what you want, but I think it's what's gonna happen Bernie out there. You're watching hardball Six candidates took the stage last night for the seventh Democratic debate And let me leave you with my assessment of why Bernie Sanders is the candidate to beat in Iowa One his strong anti-war position. He was against the war in Vietnam He was against the Iraq war his anti-war in his bones and again last night He let the world know it to I checked the numbers two-thirds of the Democratic Oh, I have a caucus voters in 2016 called themselves liberal or very liberal Bernie's swept those very liberal caucus Goers in 2016 and should do it again in 2020 and this explains why Elizabeth Warren is battling with Bernie She's trying to get the very votes that he has gotten before between the two of them. It's a zero-sum battle Joe Biden who is contending for that one-third of the caucus goers who call themselves moderate or conservatives can't match Bernie's potential The arithmetic is simply not there. He's battling with Buttigieg and Klobuchar for that third of the vote So better Bernie in Iowa better on Bernie in Iowa It feels really good to hear an MSNBC host say that and This may be unprecedented because I don't think these words have ever come out of my mouth throughout the history of the humanist report But good job Chris Matthews and look, I'm not commending him because he's Confirming my bias and telling me what I want to hear I'm commending him for his objectivity because that is what we look for him in journalists like for me Even though you all know what my biases are you know that I support Bernie Sanders I still go out of my way to be objective right because the truth matters the objective truth matters So even if I'm supporting Bernie Sanders I admit that the worst person in the race Joe Biden is his biggest competition with a solid shot at the nomination So we have to admit what is objectively true and you just got to give an MSNBC host credit for that Knowing that you know there could be this bandwagon effect and just admitting that Bernie could win Or as the best bet in Iowa, you know could influence your viewers to support him Credit where it's due that's all same now in terms of his arithmetic It's really interesting I think he makes a really solid case as to why Bernie Sanders will win and we'll talk a little bit more about numbers in a second here But he claims that Bernie Sanders has the progressive vote on lock That vote will not go to Elizabeth Warren Whereas Joe Biden is competing with Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg in that centrist space and that's interesting But I will say that Amy Klobuchar all of her supporters assuming that she doesn't reach 15% are going to have to coalesce behind I'm assuming Joe Biden or Pete Buttigieg. I can't imagine that they would support Bernie Sanders and even Elizabeth Warren But I will say this as much as we shit on Pete Buttigieg because he's a terrible human being and probably a sociopath Even though I shouldn't psychoanalyze and I can't confirm that but he's just he's not great Um without him I think that Joe Biden would be coasting through this nomination because you have a huge Chunk of that centrist vote being taken from Joe Biden by Pete Buttigieg and without Pete Buttigieg Joe Biden would probably be a lot stronger but I do want to look at overall public opinion polls when it comes to the state of Iowa because Joe Biden currently overall is Narrowly in the lead. It's within, you know, less than one point. Of course, that's the margin of error They are Statistically tied and it could go either way Joe Biden could still win But I do believe that Bernie Sanders has a good shot because the Des Moines register poll is One that I really do trust and a lot of people trust hence why people in the mainstream media We're freaking out once that poll was released and MSNBC actually questioned its legitimacy in a segment I'm not joking about that by the way. I think that either David Dole or David Pakman one of the David's covered that So check that out. I'm blanking. I apologize to both of them, but Look when MSNBC has that level of cognitive dissonance when they're trying to question the merits of a poll openly That is well respected. You know, they're freaking out So aggregate polling data basically says it's anyone's game between Joe Biden Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg With Elizabeth Warren not too far behind Buttigieg, but nonetheless not as close as everyone else But let me tell you this so back in 2016 Aggregate polling data showed that Hillary Clinton had four points on Bernie Sanders But guess what happened Bernie Sanders overperformed the polls and he ended up outperforming so much that she only beat him by 0.2% Aggregate polling now shows that they're neck and neck and if he outperforms the polls again If he truly did execute his strategy of bringing new voters into the process Then I think that it's not unreasonable to assume that he will once again outperform the polls and Remember that back in 2016 Hillary Clinton had no other centrist that she was competing for that space with Joe Biden does have to compete with Amy Klobuchar and Pete and Pete Buttigieg for that centrist space and Seeing that progressives have coalesced around Bernie Sanders You know, he may have to compete with Elizabeth Warren for that space, but I don't think he'll be competing as Much for that progressive space as Joe Biden will be competing for that centrist space. So Let me just tell you this We can win this we absolutely can win this and I always worry that when I say that a lot of people will take away Oh, well, that means I can just sit back and I know that you guys are smarter than that But a lot of people it's just it's really easy to become complacent, right? Especially when you have your own issues to deal with But understand that whenever I tell you Bernie Sanders is doing better He becomes more vulnerable. We've all seen that play out this week, right? With the Des Moines register poll and all of a sudden he's getting these attacks from his biggest ally in the field It's gonna get even dirtier or possibly we have to be prepared for absolutely anything Hope for the best but prepare for the worst in terms of the attacks So whenever he does better We have to push harder because the establishment is not going to just let him walk to the nomination They're going to fight him with everything they got we got a little bit of a taste of that this week With Elizabeth Warren's bullshit So I'll leave that there. We have a shot at this. We just have to push that much harder