host: joe mcquaid, longtime publisher and editor at large of the new hampshire union leader. we will spend an hour talking but the history of the new hampshire primary. that s all? host: before we get into history, let s talk with the current one. michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or new hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. what does that do to the relevance of your primary? guest: there are all these questions about the relevance of the new hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. people are not going to campaign, they are going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. the short answer is i don t know. there are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones and thinks he can get street cred by buying it, which i think is probably not going to work for him. he said recently that even if he does not win the nomination, h
talks about the primary history and the state of politics there. after that, prime minister s questions from the british house of commons. forum with s iowa presidential candidates talking about money in politics. host: joe mcquaid, longtime publisher and editor at large of the new hampshire union leader. we will spend an hour talking but the history of the new hampshire primary. before we get into history, let s talk with the current one. michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or new hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. what does that do to the relevance of your primary? guest: there are all these questions about the relevance of the new hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. people are not going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. the short answer is i don t know. there are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones
abouta at an event campaign finance. [applause] i don t think i need this microphone. fork you for coming, braving the cold. i think it is one degree outside. so, we are really excited to have six of the candidates in conversation with us. joining us will be on livestream. the way this is going to work is the candidates will be coming out, speaking for a couple of minutes about plans to fix democracy, kevin and i will be asking them questions, then we will take questions from the audience. react toage you to things. please be respectful. haggling, protesting, no rushing the stage please. i would like to first introduce senator elizabeth warren, our first speaker. [applause] they just use your mind and they never give you credit, it s enough to drive you crazy if you let it. sen. warren: thank you. i think the single biggest question we face now and in america is who this government is going to work for. for decades, our government has worked better and better and be
michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or new hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. what does that do to the relevance of your primary? guest: there are all these questions about the relevance of the new hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. people are not going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. the short answer is i don t know. there are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones and thinks he can get street cred by buying it, which i think is probably not going to work for him. he said recently that even if he does not win the nomination, he will spend money to help whoever wins the nomination get elected. but i think that just underlines, i have all the money in the world, i am going to spend it. people asked about the relevance of the primary when these televised debates, which i hate to call them debates because t
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