Podesta Refuses to Say if It Is a Good Idea for Wasserman Schultz to Open Convention

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BRZEZINSKI: "Do you really think that’s a good idea?"
PODESTA: "Look, I think that was her choice. I think that we’re moving on. Look, we’re excited about what’s happening tonight. We have some --"
SCARBOROUGH: "Wouldn’t it be better, though — you have great people, but it starts it badly."
PODESTA: "Guess what."
SCARBOROUGH: "Let me ask you the question. I have to ask you the question."
PODESTA: "Go ahead."
SCARBOROUGH: "Would you like Debbie — very good, by the way. Would you like Debbie to not — would it be best for Hillary Clinton if Debbie did not open the convention?"
PODESTA: "It’s best for Hillary Clinton that we have a new chair of the party. We’ll have that with Donna Brazile, and we’re looking forward to that."
SCARBOROUGH: "Would you perf tonight that she not —"
PODESTA: "I’m not going to jump on her more."
BRZEZINSKI: "Let me translate for you. That’s a yes. That’s his yes."