JEDEDIAH: [LAUGHTER]
PETE:
WILL: JOE BIDEN IS SHAKING UP
HIS CAMPAIGN TO GEAR UP AND
LEAVE THE BASEMENT AFTER LABOR
DAY WITH PLANS TO HIT THE ROAD
IN KEY SWING STATES.
JEDEDIAH: HERE TO BREAK DOWN
THIS STRATEGY SHIFT PRESIDENT
AND PARTNER, LEE CARTER, LEE
WELCOME.
SO WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A
SHIFT HERE FROM JOE BIDEN.
HE’S GOING TO HIT THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL ALBEIT A LITTLE BIT DELAY
ED STILL, AND HE IS GOING
TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE GOING ON
IN THE NATION EVEN THOUGH THERE
WAS JUST AN ENTIRE CONVENTION
WHERE HE DIDN’T MENTION IT AT
ALL.
REGARDLESS THERE’S BEEN A SHIFT,
WHY?
>>  SO I THINK IT’S A COUPLE
THINGS.
ONE IT’S PROBABLY ALWAYS AS
PLANNED TO COME OUT STRONGER
AFTER THE CONVENTION.
I THINK HE HAD A STRATEGY OF
LAYING LOW AND LETTING THINGS
PLAY OUT AND NOW HE’S GOING TO
GET OUT WITH HIS MESSAGE BUT I
THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE
TAKE NOTE OF THIS SHIFT ON THE
VIOLENCE, BECAUSE IT’S
REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND I THINK
THEY MAY HAVE MISJUDGED HOW
IMPORTANT IT WAS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND WHAT IT MEANT BEHIND
IT AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WERE THINKING THAT IF YOU WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE, IF
YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT LAW AND
ORDER THAT ALSO MEANT THAT YOU
DID NOT SUPPORT BLACK LIVES
MATTER AND I THINK THAT YOU’RE
NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND
THAT’S SOMETHING HE’S REALIZED
AND RECOGNIZED AS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL.
HE HAS TO ADDRESS IT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY ABOUT THEIR
INDIVIDUAL SAFETY.
PETE: LEE HOLD ON.
WAS IT REALLY ALWAYS HIS PLANS
BECAUSE WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN, A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE ABOUT THIS BASEMENT
STRATEGY IS WORKING.
WE COULD DO THIS ALL THE WAY TO
ELECTION DAY, AND THEN HIS
CONVENTION HAPPENED, REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION HAPPENED, VIOLENCE
WAS NOT DENOUNCED AND SUDDENLY,
JOE ACABA NOUNS I’M GOING TO
LEAVE MY BASEMENT AND IT FEELS
LIKE A REACTION TO A TIGHTENING
RACE WHERE HE CAN’T HIDE THE
WHOLE TIME.
>>  LOOK, I THINK THERE’S NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT WHAT HE’S REALIZED
I WAS JUST READING SOME
TRANSCRIPTS OF FOCUS GROUPS
ABOUT UNDECIDED VOTERS AND ONE
OF THE UNDECIDED VOTERS SAID
THIS.
HE SAID, I FEEL LIKE DONALD
TRUMP IS DEFINING JOE BIDEN.
I NEED TO HEAR FROM JOE BIDEN.
WHO IS JOE BIDEN?
ONLY 30% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT JOE
BIDEN’S PLATFORM IS.
TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS KNOW
THAT HE IS NOT DONALD TRUMP.
HE STANDS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS
FOR AND THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE
AND A BIG MISS JUDGMENT BUT I
THINK THE CAMPAIGN THOUGHT IT BE
ENOUGH JUST NOT TO BE DONALD
TRUMP IN ORDER TO BEAT DONALD
TRUMP.
AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE
ENOUGH.
WE’RE SEEING POLLS TIGHTENING,
AND IN SWING STATES IT’S GETTING
CLOSER AND CLOSER AND JOE BIDEN
NEEDS TO MAKE HIS CASE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IT HAS TO.
IT ABSOLUTELY MUST INCLUDE HOW
ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE BECAUSE
THAT IS WHAT AMERICANS MOST,
IT’S ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST
CONCERNS RIGHT NOW.
THAT AND THE ECONOMY AND SO HE’S
GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT WITH A
MESSAGE ON BOTH OF THOSE SO I
THINK TO A CERTAIN EXTENT YOU’RE
RIGHT AND HE’S REALIZED HE CAN’T
JUST LAY BACK ANYMORE, IT’S TIME
FOR HIM TO GET OUT THERE AND I’M
NOT SURE THEY DIDN’T HAVE A
STRATEGY TO ALWAYS GO OUT THERE
MORE AFTER A CONVENTION, BUT
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT NOW, IT IS
ESSENTIAL HE TELLS THEM BECAUSE
IF YOU DON’T TELL YOUR STORY
SOMEONE ELSE WILL TELL IT FOR
YOU AND IT’S NOT FAVORABLE.
WILL: LEE REALLY QUICKLY I WANT
TO BELIEVE THE POLLS ARE
TIGHTENING BECAUSE I WANT TO
LEAVE WE CAN HAVE OUR FINGER ON
THE PULSE OF THE ELECTION TO SEE
HOW IT’S MOVING BUT HOW MUCH
CREDENCE SHOULD WE GIVE THE POLL
S KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED
IN 2016 AND THIS IDEA THAT MANY
ARE AFRAID OR  UNWILLING TO
ANSWER WHICH WAY THEY WOULD VOTE
TO A POLSTER?
SO HOW MUCH CREDENCE DO WE GIVE
THESE MOVEMENTS IN THE POLLS
ANYWAY?
>>  I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
A COUPLE THINGS.
DON’T LOOK AT NATIONWIDE POLLS,
SO YOU’LL UNDERSTAND WHERE
SENTIMENT IS MOVING YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE BY LOOKING
AT IT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT SWING
STATES AND LOOK AT INTENSITY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW LIKELY
ARE PEOPLE TO VOTE THAT’S
ANOTHER THING THAT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING YOU REALLY NEED
TO LOOK AT IS INDEPENDENTS AND
RIGHT NOW THE INDEPENDENT RACE
IS TIGHTENING.
THERE WAS A POLL THAT CAME OUT
THIS WEEK, THAT RELEASED IT AND
SAID THAT TRUMP IS AHEAD BY 10
POINTS WITH THE INDEPENDENCE.
THE RACE IS GOING TO BE WON AND
LOST, BECAUSE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE PRETTY MUCH
DECIDED WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR
IT’S THE INDEPENDENT VOTER
WHOSE COULD GO EITHER WAY AND
WE’VE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON
THOSE VOTES.
THE OTHER THING YOU’VE GOT TO
LOOK AT IS THERES INTERESTING
POLLING QUESTIONS OUT THERE,
THERE’S A QUESTION ABOUT WHO ARE
YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR BUT THEN A
QUESTION ABOUT WHO DO YOU THINK
YOUR NEIGHBOR WILL VOTE FOR AND
THAT’S ALSO A BIG INDICATOR
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
AFRAID TO SHARE THEIR OPINION.
JEDEDIAH: LEE CARTER WE GOT TO
