the republican heart is the year round work of the last great political machine in the country the democratic city committee of philadelphia. that s hardball. . it s the real thing. [burke] hot dog. seen it. covered it.
this is the reality of big city philadelphia. this is what to watch on election night. if the political machine of philadelphia, the democratic organization under bob brady can produce a $450,000 vote plurality it can deliver it to hillary clinton. the rest can go whole hog for donald trump. what matters, what will break the republican heart is the year round work of the last great political machine in the country the democratic city committee of philadelphia. that s hardball. . it s the real thing.
this is the political organizing you don t see on television. grinding out the votes ward by ward, division by division, block by block. the ground game that ing hong kong hillary clinton has got and donald trump doesn t. it is backed by street money that turns out the vote and wins elections look, i want to try to cover the part of the campaign you don t see in the ward hall. robert brady building. northern liberty in philadelphia. all of those ward leaders, african-american, white guys, men and women that have been there forever. they know their business. they get the street money and go to committee people and bring in the note and start to knock on doors. one guy said they go 4:30 in the afternoon and make sure their vote comes out. how does trump beat that in pennsylvania?
grant park in chicago today with crowd-size estimates at one point hovering around 5 million souls, some north of that number according to local tv coverage. that would make it the seventh largest gathering of people in recorded modern human history, if you can believe it. the celebration of the world series champion chicago cubs was in the same place where eight years ago on this very day the obama family made their debut as president and first lady elect, along with their two little girls, remember that, who aren t so little anymore. a word about hard ball which follow us tonight, please keep watching after our broadcast to you to see what chris matthews gives us a first hand look at the democratic political machine in philadelphia as they hit the streets, why they are confident of a clinton victory there. first hand reporting by chris. that s next. we ll see you back here with our special coverage at 9:00 p.m.
feel the reality of big city politics in the midst of the last big city political machine. let s call it that in the country. philadelphia s covered with wards. each broke in to voting division. each division has two members of the democratic committee and they are the people that tend to neighborhood concerns, get out the vote on election day, know who voted and who didn t. they keep score the same way the ward leaders keep score and the chairman knows which can be relied on to do the best job. how do you score a ward leader, chairman explains how many votes they get out. this is the fire wall. this is the reality of big city philadelphia. this is what to watch on election night. if the political machine of philadelphia, the democratic organization under bob brady can produce a $450,000 vote plurality it can deliver it to hillary clinton. the rest can go whole hog for donald trump. what matters, what will break