Corrupt. dangerously incompetent and incapable of world leadership. we ll have a great deal of difficulty ever bringing nations together. i want to bring in sam stein from the daily beast and an msnbc contributor. sam, this message and the speed with which it got released, it fortifies this centerpiece of what joe biden is running on, i m the one who can take on trump. i m the one who can beat him, right? it s notable that nobody else in the democratic party, at least to this degree is releasing ads in which they go directly after donald trump. biden clearly wants to create a contrast, almost a presumption that he s the general election opponent against the president right now. the question is does it work on the merits? i ve seen a lot of republican supporters of president trump saying who cares, do you think michigan voters would mind that justin trudeau and emmanuel macron don t like president
Necessarily the big and bold ideas pitched by some of the progressives like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, but really just finding a way to get donald trump out of the white house. joe biden is making this case. let s listen. maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say okay, i sort of personally like so-and-so better. but your bottom line has to be that we have to beat trump. it s not the sexiest, you know, play that she s making there, but the question is, does it work? it s also worth remembering that electability is fortune telling, which is not necessarily accurate. i mean, the idea, a lot of people thought donald trump wasn t electable. that was one of the arguments against him. so you know, including god knows people like me who were so wrong about the 2016 election, the people who think joe biden is more electable may be wrong. this prediction business, as i have learned painfully, is not so easy.
New cnn poll shows him regaining his double-digit lead over his closest rivals. cnn political reporter arlette saenz reports from iowa. tonight, joe biden expanding his edge on his democratic rivals. and claiming he s the best candidate to take on president trump. donald trump inherited a growing economy from the obama/biden administration. just like he inherited everything in his life. now he s squandering it, just like he squandered everything he inherited in hilife. biden s electability factor at the center of his pitch, in the first tv ad of his campaign, hitting iowa airwaves today. we have to beat donald trump. and all the polls agree joe biden is the strongest democrat to do the job. no one is more qualified. his wife, jill biden, stressing a similar message in new hampshire. as she spoke to a group of teachers not necessarily committed to her husband s candidacy. you candidate might be better on, i don t know, health care
In there with demographics he needs, african-american voters, older voters, moderate voters and they re carrying him to this steady lead in the polls. that may change as some of the candidates drop out, but it looks like candidates have to beat him. what s striking about the poll numbers is they haven t really changed that much. elizabeth warren has come up somewhat, but it s sort of like trump s approval numbers. people seem to make up our mind in our politics these days and they don t change their mind much. this looks like the polls when biden declared. i knew you were going to compare those two. also i do think it shows how did you know that? i know jeffrey toobin. i have been boring to ms. collins for a long time. it shows what we talk about joe biden s gaffes, his missteps, a lot of that doesn t matter to voters who a lot of them elected president trump who didn t care about things he said, and i think that is kind of the style that joe biden is
Economy and blame everyone but himself if he s wrong. so would new tax cuts make a difference? disloyalty, the president just make a shocking claim that jewish people who vote democrat lack knowledge or loyalty. we re going to get reaction this hour. tipped off. the feds make multiple arrests, responding to new mass shooting threats including a teenager who allegedly warned of a slaughter at an abortion clinic. after el paso and dayton, are people more willing to tip off police? and surging joe. our new cnn poll reveals a biden rebound boosted by voters who say their top priority is defeating president trump. tonight, the biden camp is sending a very blat nlt message to democrats that electability is everything. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar. you are in the situation room.