and so my attitude is as long as you re willing to commit to being a true democrat, to actually dealing with inequality, to breaking this corporate stranglehold, then i say welcome. do you think he s better than the people at the top of the polls right now? look, i think that s a question for you. what s the answer? if i didn t think i were the best person to tell the truth and to take action on that truth on behalf of the american people, i wouldn t be running. i hear you. no way. so obviously i think i m saying something different. i think i m different and. when might you change your mind and use your resources and the infrastructure to you ve been able to put together to help someone who then has a better chance? let me say this, chris, all of the grass roots organizations
i think mike is considering seriously doing this, or doing it, reflects that this election is wide open, chris. it is more open than it was three months ago or six months ago and i think that he s right in thinking it will break late. that people are still weighing their options very much. so my attitude is, as long as you re willing to commit to being a true democrat, to actually dealing with inequality, to breaking this corporate stranglehold, i say welcome. do you think he s better than the people at the top of the ticket? excuse me? do you think he s better than the people at the top of the polls right now? look. i think that s a question for the american people. for you. what s the answer? if i didn t think i was the best person to tell the truth and to take action on that truth on behalf of the american people, i wouldn t be running. i hear you. so obviously i think i m saying something different. i think i m different. and i would not be running if i didn t think
the ball is being taken out of context, but the reality is, i want to get into the end zone. i think we need to win. that s the ultimate issue. and if i thought that i wasn t the best person to do it and better than the other people on the stage, i wouldn t be running. and so, yeah, i have concerns about the other nine people on that stage. i think i m the best person to do this and i m making my case to the american people. and one of the cases i m making is, with all the disparate voices in our party, i believe i m the best person to unify the democratic party and even more importantly, the challenge for democrats right now is not just to beat republicans. it s to unite americans and a larger sense of common cause and common purpose. that to me is the real score. that s the real win for america. and i think i m the best person to be on the field and get that done. so to use the football metaphor, you wouldn t throw a flag on questioning joe biden s memory? look, i definitely was
independents and moderate republicans who deserted our party in 2016 for donald trump. you make the case to them, add to an ignited democratic base, and win big and win back the u.s. senate. that s the recipe to getting all of these things done on climate change and immigration reform. why do voters who perhaps share your view of this electability issue right now view joe biden as that electable candidate? they know him. vice president biden has been in leadership for many, many years. they don t know me as well. that s why this do you think you would be stronger than him? i think i would be a very strong candidate. you didn t say stronger than him. okay, i believe i am stronger than all of the other candidates or i wouldn t be running. fair enough. but i believe that when you look at the midwest and wisconsin and michigan, iowa, and pennsylvania, these states that we want to win, that we have to win. you have to go with someone that has that track record and can
i believe that i m that person or i wouldn t be running. people can support my campaign and go to timryanforamerica.com and i think i am the person who can best take this guy on. some of the polling shows in head to head biden against trump, it s biden at least in one recent poll that might come out nine points ahead. let me ask you, you re in new hampshire today. however, you didn t make the cut for next month s debate. do you think that not qualifying for a debate is a barometer for your viability to win the nomination? i don t think at all. i think it s very early. bill clinton didn t get in until october. and i think when you look at the polls of previous primary elections and previous general elections, you know, hillary clinton was winning, you know, joe lieberman was winning, howard dean was winning at this point and previous elections. this election has got a long way to go. it is only september. what i m doing is building