carolina. we want to when obama ran. and we can pick up senate seats. so my goal is to win the senate back. i hear you. there are some voters out there who might hear that and say to themselves it might not be possible this cycle. and i want to i want to believe that somebody can can find a way to work with the other side so that everything is not so tribal. everything is not down a party line vote. is it possible? is it possible to bridge that gap between democrats and republicans right now? so, katy, you re talking to the guy that s done that. my whole career in washington. but you just said you have to have democrats top to bottom. but look, in the senate, i ve passed bills with ted cruz. i ve passed bills with tim scott. we ve been able to get a lot done because i don t demonize someone just because they re voting a different party. i will say my stump in this presidential race that the goal of democratic party cannot be reduced to the short-term we re here to beat re
the next leader is going to have to be someone who can inspire, unify, heal, bring this country together to do big things. that s what gets me up every day in this campaign. we can t did i have tied democratic party. whether you consider yourself somewhat on the left of the party, a moderate, we have to come together. not just beat republicans. we have to have a bigger aspiration to unite americans, to fight for justice in this country. because we have a lot of work to do. so joe biden is leading, according to certain polls. there in south carolina. polls show that he leads the black vote particularly there which is an important electorate. a powerful electorate in south carolina. but even a few days ago, that you were the alternative to joe biden. what do you mean by that? well, clearly, we need to be unified in the party. where somebody has shown time and time again that in election
into the tribalism. or have all of the people you ve talked to and the swing voters, have you found that there actually is a market for somebody that can bring both sides together? i think most americans want a president that can bring both sides together to do all of the things that they agree with and none of the things that they disagree with. which typically is how most of us work. but i think this is a reflection more as a response to donald trump. the thing that we hear most often, whether it s in focus groups or talking to people around the country, is that they are uneasy, not just with policy, not just with ideology, but with the incoherent way that this president actually runs or pretends to be run the government of the most powerful country on the planet. what people are looking for is stability. they re looking for vision. they want to believe that every day doesn t bring a new wrath of
meeting. i will say this. it was a wonderful day for all americans. based on its tremendous success we re making the decision and i think we can say we have made the decision to do it again next year and maybe we can say for the foreseeable future. he s just a nut. listen to the people clapping. i m sorry. i ve been talking about ground noise and the signal. everything said about that fourth of july event, everything about that fourth of july event, ground noise. now he s going to bring it back next year and critics will be shocked and stunned and talk about it for another three days. but we ll cover other stories as well. i think it s probably more important covering foreign policy.
appeals to the issues that are most salient in the democratic primary. the worst thing you could call somebody in the democratic primary is a closet republican. i m not sure most republicans would agree with that assessment of joe biden. but certainly he has some work to do in making sure that he s as forward-looking as possible. not just to deal with the fact that he s an institutionalist but to deal with what i consider unfair criticisms of his age as well. so, guy, help me out here. because we we hear all the time that americans want somebody that can bring both sides together. you look at most polls. and americans say they want to get things done. they want somebody like joe biden who can bring republicans and democrats together. or they like somebody on the republican side that can do the same. i m wondering if they re just saying that to make the person who s conducting the focus group feel better about themselves or the polster to seem like they are actually not just retreat