Mark Shields: Hillary’s ‘Rationale for Her Candidacy’ Is that It’s Her Turn

WOODRUFF Let me move ░░░░░░░░ quickly to the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ they re voting in ░░░░░░░░ caucuses tomorrow David both ░░░░░░░░ you said last week ░░░░░░░░ to the effect that ░░░░░░░░ don t see Hillary ░░░░░░░░ has a rationale to ░░░░░░░░ candidacy Seven days later ░░░░░░░░ you still feel the ░░░░░░░░ way BROOKS I do ░░░░░░░░ s gone more aggressively ░░░░░░░░ trying to use identity ░░░░░░░░ to Trump class politics ░░░░░░░░ I don t think ░░░░░░░░ a good strategy in ░░░░░░░░ This is a very ░░░░░░░░ class war they re ░░░░░░░░ And secondly the interesting ░░░░░░░░ about what s happening ░░░░░░░░ Nevada is that it ░░░░░░░░ close It didn t ░░░░░░░░ that way several weeks ░░░░░░░░ And that s because ░░░░░░░░ has done well with ░░░░░░░░ And it s interesting ░░░░░░░░ is a difference between ░░░░░░░░ way Latino voters are ░░░░░░░░ and African American voters ░░░░░░░░ in South Carolina The ░░░░░░░░ Americans are still pretty ░░░░░░░░ behind Clinton but the ░░░░░░░░ voters are not And ░░░░░░░░ assuming he does ties ░░░░░░░░ even wins the question ░░░░░░░░ be whether people in ░░░░░░░░ Carolina in African American ░░░░░░░░ in other communities are ░░░░░░░░ to take another look ░░░░░░░░ him because there s ░░░░░░░░ lot of people who ░░░░░░░░ haven t focused on ░░░░░░░░ yet And so if ░░░░░░░░ does win Nevada that ░░░░░░░░ the storyline and gives ░░░░░░░░ just another just another ░░░░░░░░ up of what has ░░░░░░░░ a series of pretty ░░░░░░░░ steps over the last ░░░░░░░░ weeks WOODRUFF What do ░░░░░░░░ see going on with ░░░░░░░░ Sanders SHIELDS I wish ░░░░░░░░ could disagree with David ░░░░░░░░ think that Bernie Sanders ░░░░░░░░ now is in a ░░░░░░░░ of momentum And I ░░░░░░░░ what s interesting Hillary ░░░░░░░░ since April has slipped ░░░░░░░░ overall polling by the ░░░░░░░░ Street Journal NBC poll ░░░░░░░░ put up of their ░░░░░░░░ together with every demographic ░░░░░░░░ I mean across the ░░░░░░░░ age income education gender ░░░░░░░░ but particularly among Latinos ░░░░░░░░ there is no explanation ░░░░░░░░ it And her campaign ░░░░░░░░ New Hampshire looked sort ░░░░░░░░ dreary had boasted openly ░░░░░░░░ they had a 25 ░░░░░░░░ lead in Nevada raising ░░░░░░░░ As far as her ░░░░░░░░ it s basically it ░░░░░░░░ Hillary s turn She ░░░░░░░░ strong She s tested ░░░░░░░░ live in a dangerous ░░░░░░░░ and she s ready ░░░░░░░░ you need somebody there ░░░░░░░░ is steady and ready ░░░░░░░░ the third one is ░░░░░░░░ you want Barack Obama ░░░░░░░░ third term I promise ░░░░░░░░ I will give that ░░░░░░░░ seems to me to ░░░░░░░░ the rationale for her ░░░░░░░░ at this point.”