Howard Dean on Biden: Others Who Were ‘Much More Seriously Disabled than This’ Were ‘Able to Run the Country’

MELBER We re joined ░░░░░░░░ by someone who knows ░░░░░░░░ about these particular difficult ░░░░░░░░ in the party in ░░░░░░░░ White House Howard Dean ░░░░░░░░ course ran the DNC ░░░░░░░░ served as the governor ░░░░░░░░ Vermont he ran in ░░░░░░░░ Democratic primaries for president ░░░░░░░░ 2004 he was as ░░░░░░░░ sometimes remind people governor ░░░░░░░░ m now going to ░░░░░░░░ to the he to ░░░░░░░░ you You were someone ░░░░░░░░ at one point was ░░░░░░░░ as What an agitator ░░░░░░░░ this guy out of ░░░░░░░░ Then you were embraced ░░░░░░░░ you literally ran the ░░░░░░░░ But we thought of ░░░░░░░░ for this discussion because ░░░░░░░░ I think it is ░░░░░░░░ to question the competence ░░░░░░░░ the facts about anyone ░░░░░░░░ for high office Donald ░░░░░░░░ a lot of problems ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden people are ░░░░░░░░ these questions the idea ░░░░░░░░ primaries and the voters ░░░░░░░░ the whole process we ░░░░░░░░ already had up to ░░░░░░░░ point could be wiped ░░░░░░░░ that seems like an ░░░░░░░░ place to start I ░░░░░░░░ we start with the ░░░░░░░░ and the Democratic legitimacy ░░░░░░░░ I m curious what ░░░░░░░░ think tonight Dean This ░░░░░░░░ very complicated So let ░░░░░░░░ start with the substance ░░░░░░░░ Is Biden qualified and ░░░░░░░░ he run the country ░░░░░░░░ another four years I ░░░░░░░░ the answer to that ░░░░░░░░ absolutely yes There s ░░░░░░░░ a question in my ░░░░░░░░ There have been people ░░░░░░░░ have been much more ░░░░░░░░ disabled than this and ░░░░░░░░ ve been able to ░░░░░░░░ the country He has ░░░░░░░░ great staff His list ░░░░░░░░ real achievements turning around ░░░░░░░░ lot of the damage ░░░░░░░░ Trump did is extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ the last four years ░░░░░░░░ I have no doubt ░░░░░░░░ he especially on the ░░░░░░░░ scene where Trump after ░░░░░░░░ years essentially has no ░░░░░░░░ because he doesn t ░░░░░░░░ experience you know Biden ░░░░░░░░ the right guy Now ░░░░░░░░ is the big big ░░░░░░░░ As you very well ░░░░░░░░ politics is much more ░░░░░░░░ perception than it often ░░░░░░░░ about reality And I ░░░░░░░░ most people who are ░░░░░░░░ about Biden are not ░░░░░░░░ because they don t ░░░░░░░░ Biden They re upset ░░░░░░░░ they re afraid we ░░░░░░░░ going to lose to ░░░░░░░░ And the perception that ░░░░░░░░ has got some cognitive ░░░░░░░░ and so forth and ░░░░░░░░ on that has no ░░░░░░░░ on his presidency But ░░░░░░░░ look at that and ░░░░░░░░ of course the Republicans ░░░░░░░░ it up as much ░░░░░░░░ they possibly can and ░░░░░░░░ go Wait a minute ░░░░░░░░ is coupled by a ░░░░░░░░ factor that has nothing ░░░░░░░░ do with Biden or ░░░░░░░░ except that they re ░░░░░░░░ and that is our ░░░░░░░░ needed to get the ░░░░░░░░ out of politics before ░░░░░░░░ did Honestly generations hang ░░░░░░░░ too long Mine is ░░░░░░░░ the only one that ░░░░░░░░ done that So it ░░░░░░░░ have been much better ░░░░░░░░ we had a bunch ░░░░░░░░ people who were 45 ░░░░░░░░ old running for president ░░░░░░░░ we didn t because ░░░░░░░░ weren t going to ░░░░░░░░ an incumbent president with ░░░░░░░░ very good record So ░░░░░░░░ what we have Ari ░░░░░░░░ a situation where the ░░░░░░░░ has overtaken the reality ░░░░░░░░ we could lose to ░░░░░░░░ Trump The polls show ░░░░░░░░ has been some erosion ░░░░░░░░ s what makes this ░░░░░░░░ difficult It s unfair ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden but he ░░░░░░░░ has to think about ░░░░░░░░ out of the way ░░░░░░░░ he can t beat ░░░░░░░░ Trump because the thought ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump as president ░░░░░░░░ a convicted felon and ░░░░░░░░ who s really not ░░░░░░░░ his right mind most ░░░░░░░░ the time is a ░░░░░░░░ thought and it would ░░░░░░░░ mean the end of ░░░░░░░░