Ed Schultz: ‘I Think Democrats Deserve a Heated Debate,’ Not Hillary Coronation

SCHULTZ: “Good to have you back with us tonight. Let's talk politics in 2016 for a moment. I think that Democrats deserve a heated debate before 2016, so what's the hold up? We still don't know where Hillary Clinton stands on the TPP, fast track, the transpacific partnership as well. Her record shows that she supported past trade agreements for President Clinton signing on NAFTA, to President’s Obama's pact with South Korea. She's remained silent on the Keystone XL project and has yet to lay out her economic agenda. Things are different here in 2015 from what they were in 2007 and 2008. Clinton's position could remain a mystery without debate the way things are going and as it stands now, she's facing very little competition or questions from anybody on any of these issues. Now, she hasn't announced, I know that, but the field is getting cleared. Elizabeth Warren said on Tuesday, she will not run on 2016. She has been outspoken on the issues”
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WARREN: “We need to refinance student loan rates. We need to make sure that social security is secure into the future and expand the benefits. We need to do equal pay for equal work. We need to raise the minimum wage ... I just want two things from the big banks, and this is really true. I want them not to cheat people. That's why I think we need a strong consumer financial protection bureau ... The other thing I want them to do is I want it so they can't wreck the American economy.”
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SCHULTZ: “I think, if you were to interview Hillary Clinton, she would say exactly the same thing, but there's a mystery so far when it comes to, okay, what are the Democrats going to stand for in 2016 and who is going to be leading the pack. I'm talking trade. I'm talking the environment. The scientific information at our fingertips today is far different in 2015 than what it was in 2007, 2008. What is Hillary Clinton's economic plan and how are we going to find out if there's no debate? Is Hillary Clinton for reducing the corporate tax rate? Is she going to go after Wall Street? More regulation? Does she want to break up the big banks? What about all these billions of dollars that are sitting offshore in corporate accounts that are going untaxed and not reaching the fair tax dollars of the United States treasury? Democrats -- if no one else runs, there's a real possibility that these issues are going to be cast aside because it seems like the mainstream media doesn't really pay much attention to what I just put out. We talk about social security, minimum wage, equal pay for women. I got all that. We got all that. But when you talk about outsourcing, everybody is for infrastructure, but what is the economic plan? What is the tax plan? What is the plan to keep jobs here? What about trade that guts jobs? I do believe when Martin O'Malley says he doesn't know where Hillary Clinton stands and that nobody is going to run against Hillary Clinton, I assume nobody is going to run against her -- what kind of candidate are we going to get? This is not a shot at Hillary. I'm not against any candidate. I'm pro-issue and I'm all for debates. Is it possible that our vetting process in the liberal community could be a series of one-on-one interviews and then no debates whatsoever and trade cast aside and the environment cast aside without a heated debate that will give people a choice? How could this happen?”