is clearly qualify and great and understands the issues, and we will see what he decides to do. i will shock everybody and i will say that i also like the guy who was originally a democrat and then a republican and back and i like him very much, terrific on the guns and climate change, and terrific on the inclusivity and other h issues is mike bloomberg and he has built a hell of a business, a and he is an interesting person. that is a big tell. yeah, it s. by all accounts, both men mike bloomberg and clearly vice president biden are thinking seriously about this. and both have for specifically, bloomberg has decided before not the run, because the polling and his data suggested that he could not win, but it is a different time, and somebody is in the white house who lots of people didn t think that could win in 2016, and so it is going to be a crowded field. they both have a potential age problem, but again, phil ru rucker, mike bloomberg spent a whole lot of money to helping
former vice president joe biden now fueling more speculation about a potential 2020 run on a book tour stop in montana. biden saying that he is quote the most qualified person in the country to be president, and he is going to be deciding about a run in the next few months, and biden acknowledging that he has some liables in what is to be a crowded field of the younger candidates, but he says that his drawbacks are nothing compared to president trump. he says i may be a gaffe machine, but my god, what a wonderful thing compared to a guy who may not be able to tell the truth. just quoting joe biden. joining us is phil rucker, the washington post white house bureau chief, and also p phil from reuters. phil, what do you make of what
president obama did not endorse him in that race. right. and if you are beto o rourke and hearing the words out of president obama s mouth, and you weren t consider iing not runni for president before, it is hard to imagine that you would not consider it now, because those are remarks that are supportive and if aides to obama are in fact advising him or encourage hg imto r encouraging him to, and he would no doubt take that seriously. and there are clearly some difference, but he is somebody who caught fire in the senate race even though he did not win with, he got a massive amount of support financially around the kun trishgs and he could use the base and the big e-mail list that he has apparently to help to launch a national race. he s proved to be a really good fund-raiser, and nothing is ruled out ever anymore. that is exactly right. thank you and phil rucker and jeff mason. and the markets are down sharply and we should point it out, 542, and 544 now, and arguably accord