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  • THAT'S THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT'S

  • "ANGLE."

  • >> YOU CAN KIND OF FEEL IT.

  • RIGHT?

  • THE WEATHER IS CHANGING.

  • FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

  • I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FALL OF

  • THE DEMOCRATS.

  • IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLE, AWFUL WEEK

  • FOR THEM.

  • CAPPED OFF BY A MISERABLE

  • THREE-HOUR DEBATE ON ABC.

  • FIRST, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE

  • DEMOCRATS WILL GIVE TRUMP A WIN.

  • THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THIS.

  • BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE TRUMP

  • A WIN.

  • AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO

  • ALLOW A VOTE ON THAT U.S. MCA --

  • THE NEW U.S.-MEXICO-CANADA FREE

  • TRADE DEAL.

  • EVEN "THE WASHINGTON POST," I

  • ALMOST FELL OVER WHEN I READ

  • THIS, SAID IT'S A NO-BRAINER.

  • BRING THE THING UP FOR A VOTE.

  • SECOND THING IT'S BEEN A

  • BAD WEEK FOR THE DEMOCRATS, THE

  • DOW IS NOW UP AROUND 27,000, THE

  • S&P IS AT 3,000.

  • WELL, THAT'S NEAR RECORD

  • TERRITORY FOR THE DOW.

  • UP FOR THE EIGHTH STRAIGHT DAY.

  • NOW, WHAT DOES THIS INDICATE?

  • RENEWED OPTIMISM AMONG CONSUMERS

  • AND BUSINESSES.

  • THIS IS IMPORTANT TOWARD THE

  • CLOSE OF THIS YEAR.

  • THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM,

  • STILL OPEN TO A TRADE DEAL WITH

  • CHINA.

  • A TIGHT LABOR MARKET HERE AT

  • HOME, THAT MEANS WAGES

  • CONTINUE -- SEE, A LITTLE BIT OF

  • AN UPTICK.

  • THAT'S ALL GOOD NEWS.

  • I LOVE A TIGHT LABOR MARKET.

  • THIRD, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NO

  • ANSWER FOR TRUMP ON THE ECONOMY.

  • INSTEAD, WHAT YOU HEARD IN LAST

  • NIGHT'S DEBATE WAS THE SAME

  • TIRED PLATITUDES.

  • >> WE CAN USE TRADE TO HELP

  • BUILD A STRONGER ECONOMY.

  • >> WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS

  • CREATING THE ECONOMY THAT WORKS

  • FOR ALL OF US, NOT 1%.

  • >> THE GOAL OF MY CAMPAIGN IS TO

  • MAKE THIS AN ECONOMY THAT ALLOWS

  • US TO LIVE OUR HUMAN VALUES AND

  • ASPIRATIONS.

  • >> Laura: WE'RE DOING THAT.

  • IN A FEW MOMENTS, WITHE EEL

  • ANALYZE THE DEBATE WITH THE ONLY

  • WAY IT MAKES SENSE, BY THE WAY,

  • BRUTAL SATIRE.

  • BUT FIRST, LET ME SAY NO ONE ON

  • THAT STAGE LOOKED STRONG ENOUGH

  • TO BEAT TRUMP IN 2020.

  • I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO

  • CONFIDENT.

  • TO USE ANOTHER TIRED ANALOGY.

  • BUT THEY JUST DID NOT LOOK LIKE

  • THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO

  • STAND ON THE STAGE AND DEBATE

  • THIS PRESIDENT ON HIS

  • ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

  • BECAUSE THE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE

  • LEADING THE PACK STILL, AFTER

  • ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS TO TAKE

  • THEM DOWN, COULD BARELY STRING

  • TOGETHER TWO COHERENT SENTENCES.

  • >> I'M THE GUY THAT BROUGHT THE

  • BRADY BILL INTO FOCUS AND BECAME

  • LAW.

  • I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF

  • AFGHANISTAN NOT WITH A GUN.

  • THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,

  • PAKISTAN OWNS THE THREE

  • COUNTY -- THE COUNTIES RUN IT.

  • I'LL GO ON AND ON.

  • I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE

  • UNITED STATES.

  • >> Laura: WOW -- HE'S NO LONGER

  • THE VICE PRESIDENT.

  • BUT IT FELT GOOD TO SAY THAT,

  • I'M SURE.

  • ALL OF THE DEMOCRATS ON STAGE

  • DEMONSTRATED IN ONE WAY OR THE

  • OTHER THAT THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT

  • COMPETENT TO GOVERN, EVEN

  • LIBERALS KNOW THIS ISN'T

  • WORKING.

  • THE LEFTY PUBLICATION, "SLATE"

  • EVISCERATED BIDEN'S ANSWER ON

  • THE QUESTION OF REPARATIONS.

  • AND ALL "SLATE" DID WAS MERELY

  • PUBLISH BIDEN'S INCOHERENT

  • ANSWER IN FULL.

  • AND WHEN ABC MODERATORS RAISED

  • THE ISSUE OF TRADE, EVERYONE ON

  • STAGE, EXCEPT ANDREW YANG, WAS

  • CAUGHT STUMBLING OR RESPONDED

  • AGAIN WITH MEANINGLESS BROMIDES.

  • THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE KIND

  • OF 7th GRADERS SHOCKED ABOUT A

  • SURPRISE QUESTION THAT THE

  • TEACHER DROPPED IN ON A HISTORY

  • EXAM.

  • TELL US ABOUT THAT.

  • ELIZABETH WARREN, SHE SAID

  • PROUDLY THAT SHE'S GOING TO BAN

  • ALL FRAKING.

  • GOOD LUCK WINNING TEXAS WITH

  • THAT POSITION, LIZ.

  • BETO'S GUN BUYBACK, A GUN BAN

  • SPELLED DIFFERENTLY.

  • NOT HAPPENING.

  • AND BERNIE SANDERS, HE ALWAYS

  • SEEMED ANGRY.

  • HE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE HE BELONGS

  • TO THAT WALDORF IN THE MUPPETS.

  • THAT'S A GOOD LOOK.

  • ALL KIDDING ASIDE, THIS IS OUR

  • FUTURE.

  • THIS IS OUR LIVES.

  • THIS AMERICA, THE MONEY THAT

  • EVERYBODY HAS EARNED, LOOKED SO

  • HARD TO EARN IN THE PAST FEW

  • YEARS, DO I THINK AMERICANS ARE

  • GOING TO TURN THAT ALL OVER, ALL

  • OF THOSE GANGS, TO, WHAT?

  • ELIZABETH WARREN AND HER GREEN

  • RAW NEW DEAL.

  • OR LET JULIAN "LET THEM ALL IN"

  • CASTRO THROW OPEN THE COUNTRY'S

  • BORDERS?

  • NO WAY.

  • COMPARE TRUMP'S RECORD OF PEACE

  • AND PROSPERITY TO WHAT WILL

  • UNDOUBTEDLY HAPPEN IF ONE OF THE

  • TOP DEM CONTENDERS WIN.

  • I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T THINK

  • IT'S EVEN CLOSE.

  • PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW A LOT

  • ABOUT POLITICS ARE SURE --

  • THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT

  • TRUMP'S PERSONALITY, HIS TWEETS,

  • AND HIS TONE, IT'S ALL GOING TO

  • SINK HIM.

  • HE'S TOO ABRASIVE, TOO COCKY.

  • HE SWINGS AT TOO MANY PITCHES,

  • BLAH, BLAH.

  • ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT IS A LOT

  • OF PEOPLE -- THEY DON'T LIKE

  • BILL BELICHICK EITHER.

  • HE'S GRUFF.

  • HE DOESN'T SMILE MUCH.

  • BUT GUESS WHAT, BELICHICK WINS

  • AND WINS AND WINS.

  • A LOT OF PEOPLE DO LIKE THEM,

  • ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WINS.

  • THE TRUTH IS, OBAMA REALLY WAS A

  • GREAT POLITICIAN.

  • YOU'VE GOT TO BE HONEST ABOUT

  • THAT.

  • TERRIFIC.

  • CAPTIVATED A CROWD.

  • NONE OF THE DEMS RUNNING NOW

  • REALLY ARE.

  • IT'S NOT IN THEIR FAULT, IT'S

  • NOT IN THEIR DNA, IT'S NOT IN