they don t typically follow a lot of voter data. so i think joe biden realizes this is not necessarily his election to lose. certainly he res natures well with people in south carolina. but this is a very crowded field. you have over two dozen candidates running and i think everybody knows they re going to have to go out and earn the vote. we did see that joe biden looked ill-prepared last debate. certainly he should be prepared for whatever comes after him in this debate. but kamala harris has proven herself to be a for biddable opponent. dagers are going to be out from other opponents. and i just want to caution people that these are very serious issues they re discussing. these are serious things and kamala harris and joe biden will not be the only candidates on the stage and i really encourage voters to look at policies put out by all the candidates. and it might be the last ditch effort for some in that field to really stand out, so they might really be coming out punching unexp
things people want to hear, but he s not really serious about it because he s changed his mind so many times over the years. you have to remember his background as well. he hasn t always supported staunch republican or the good conservatives. you can see in george will from the very beginning has had his dagers out for donald trump. you can consider where the source is coming. but for anybody that sits there and wants to say that donald trump has not been a consistent republican, well, neither was ronald reagan. ronald reagan actually voted for abortion amendment when he was governor of california. he also voted for a pro-amnesty act when he was president, things he later regretted completely. the old saying is i didn t leave my party, my party left me. a lot of cases it happened to be that way for donald trump. the difference between the donald and possibly other candidates like jeb bush and others, he hasn t flip-flopped within the past few years. these are things he has mitt
congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. some folks still don t think i spend enough time with congress. why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask? really? why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell? mitch mcconnell jokes, only f funny in washington. we are back with our roundtable, joining me former undersecretary of state, republican diplomacy and public affairs karen hughes. i d love to have a drink with mitch mcconnell. democratic congressman from texas, joaquin castro, our political director and white house correspondent, chuck todd, republican strategist mike murphy and democratic senator from minnesota, huge minnesota day on the program, could klobue could. welcome to all of you. how did the president do last night? i think he was incredible. you know he likes to do these things. it s fun. i really look at this dinner as a chance for him to make fun for himself in a town there s dagers on every corner for people to come together and have some fun.
himself in a town there s dagers on every corner for people to come together and have some fun. he was tremendous. my famous line was actually when he talked about now he wanted to have his presidential library and he wanted to have it in the first place. these are actual opportunities for presidents and presidents, i think back to president bush, usually do very well at these things, plus they can take on stuff they re actually legitimately mad about with humor. a sense of humor. humor and humility are in short supply in washington. i thought the president s remarks were funny last night. chuck, what were his favorite targets? we played it at the top, the bit about if you want minority outreach, why don t you start with this minority. contractually are we okay to praise conan? he was really funny, too. i think so. what i wonder is how many people realized at the end when he did his there s always this part at the end where they get serious for the minute, the
tonight we celebrate. tomorrow we go back to work. dana bash is in manchester. christine romans is in the election center digging into who voted and why. peter ham by is in south carolina, the next stop in this grueling presidential primary. let s begin with dana there. romney s two for two. he won iowa, he won new hampshire. this victory wasn t a surprise, not to most. he was expected to win. it s the size of his win that s really grabbing attention, however. is it enough to get the party to finally rally behind him? reporter: well, fred, that s probably not going to happen immediately because as you mentioned, all of these other candidates are still in the race. effectively, look, this was no question a huge win for mitt romney. you said certainly he was expected to win here because he was governor of a neighboring state, but the size of his win in terms of the overall number, but also the kind of voter that he got, namely the conservative voters in this state. there