AND HOST OF "WAY TOO EARLY,"
KASIE HUNT IS WITH US.
SO GUESS WHAT, EVERYBODY?
ONE WEEK EXACTLY ONE WEEK UNTIL
ELECTION DAY.
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE OUT ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL SET TO HOLD
RALLIES IN LANSING, MICHIGAN,
WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN, OMAHA,
NEBRASKA AND THEN HE HEADS OUT
TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS
AHEAD OF A RALLY IN NEVADA ON
WEDNESDAY.
>> HEY, GIRLS, BRING YOUR
VENTILATORS.
>> YEAH.
SUPER SPREADERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
JOE BIDEN HEADS TO GEORGIA AS
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND HELL
HOLD A DRIVE-IN RALLY IN
ATLANTA.
THAT IS SOCIALLY DISTANCED.
GEORGIA REMAINS NECK AND NECK IN
THE LATEST POLLING.
WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY ABOUT THE
"ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION"
POLL WHICH HAS BIDEN UP BY ONE,
47% TO 46%.
WITH A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS
OR MINUS 4 POINTS.
IN WISCONSIN THE LATEST
REUTERS/IPSOS POLL SHOWS JOE
BIDEN AHEAD BY NINE.
53% TO 44%.
IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE SAME POLL
FINDS BIDEN LEADING BY SEVEN,
51% TO 44%.
IN TEXAS THE LATEST "NEW YORK
TIMES"/SIENA COLLEGE POLL PUTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP AHEAD BY FOUR,
47% TO 43%.
>> SO JOHN HEILEMANN, YOU KNOW,
THESE POLLS COUNT OFF AND IF
THEY ARE OFF LETS JUST SHUT THE
WHOLE THING DOWN BECAUSE POLLS
HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS WRONG
BEFORE.
IF YOURE LOOKING AT THE POLLS
THOUGH THAT DONALD TRUMPS TEAM
IS LOOKING AT AND THE JOE
BIDENS TEAMS LOOKING AT, THEY
WILL TELL YOU, TELL ANYBODY THAT
ASKS, OFF THE RECORD, IF YOU
KNOW THEM WELL ENOUGH, MICHIGAN
IS GONE.
AND WISCONSINS GONE.
I DONT KNOW THAT DONALD HAS
FIGURED THAT OUT YET, BUT
THEYRE GONE.
PENNSYLVANIA IS SLIPPING AWAY
QUICKLY.
BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE SUNBELT
STRATEGY WHERE THEY WIN THOSE
SUNBELT STATES AND THEY SOMEHOW
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WIN
PENNSYLVANIA AND YET WE TALKED
ABOUT IT LAST HOUR WITH JONATHAN
LEMIRE, THIS PRESIDENT HAS A
SCATTER SHOT APPROACH.
HES GOING EVERYWHERE WHICH
MEANS HES GOING NOWHERE.
HES NOT FOCUSING ON ANY AREAS.
WHAT YOUR HEARING RIGHT NOW
ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS STRATEGY
AND WHY HES USING SUCH A
SCATTER SHOT APPROACH AND WHATS
THE MAP LOOK LIKE TO YOU?
>> GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
I THINK THE PRESIDENTS IN A
STATE OF PANIC.
I THINK THATS THE ONLY REAL
ANSWER AND I THINK YOU SEE
THINGS LIKE -- YOU GUYS POINTED
TO IN THE LAST HOUR WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT TRUMP BEING UP IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT
KIND OF PANIC.
THERES PLACES HES GOING WHERE
HE MAKES -- IT MAKES NO SENSE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD LOOK AT
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN AND I
GUESS, YOU KNOW, THERES STILL,
YOU KNOW, IF YOURE DONALD TRUMP
AND YOU BELIEVE IN THE MAGIC OF
2016 AND YOU HAVE CONVINCED THAT
YOU DID SOMETHING THAT THE
POLLS -- YOU HAVE CONVINCED OF
THE FALSE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
THAT THE POLLS IN 2016 WERE
WILDLY WRONG AND YOU HAD SOME
POLITICAL MAGIC SOMEHOW YOULL
PULL IT ALL BACK TOGETHER IN
SOME OF THE STATES, YOU KNOW,
YOU GET -- YOU CONVINCE YOURSELF
TO GO TO THE PLACES BUT YOU GO
TO NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE THERES
NOT BEEN A POLL THIS YEAR --
THIS YEAR THATS HAD DONALD
TRUMP WITHIN DOUBLE DIGITS OF
JOE BIDEN.
SO I THINK THERES A DEGREE OF
YOURE STARTING TO SEE THE WALLS
CLOSING IN.
THATS WHAT I SEE ON THE MAP.
THERES A PATH FOR DONALD TRUMP
TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY BUT ITS
THE BEST ANALOGY, HE PULLED AN
INSIDE STRAIGHT IN 2016 AND HE
HAS TO PULL AN INSIDE STRAIGHT
THIS TIME AROUND.
THERES NO BRIGHT SPOT ON THE
MAP RIGHT NOW.
THATS THE BEST WAY TO SIMPLIFY
THIS.
DONALD TRUMP IS ON DEFENSE
EVERYWHERE AND JOE BIDEN NOW IS
INCREASINGLY ON OFFENSE, FEELING
INCREDIBLY COMPETENT ABOUT THEIR
STANDING IN THE CORE SIX
BATTLEGROUND STATES, CONFIDENT
ENOUGH THEYRE STARTING TO PRESS
INTO STATES THAT THEY SPENT ALL
OF THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS SAYING
THEY WOULD NOT GO TO UNTIL THEY
KNEW THAT THEY HAD A CLEAR PATH
TO 270.
THERES DONALD TRUMP -- JOE
BIDEN GOING TO GEORGIA.
WE HAVE KAMALA HARRIS GOING TO
TEXAS.
WE HAVE JOE BIDEN GOING TO IOWA.
THESE ARE STATES THAT THEY HAVE
RESISTED THE SIREN CALL OF ALL
YEAR.
AND NOW, I THINK ITS A SIGN NOT
THAT THEY HAVE BECOME FOOLISH,
BUT THAT THE DISCIPLINE THAT THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS SHOWN OVER
THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS IN STAYING
OUT OF THE PLACES THEY NOW ARE
CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THE REST OF
THE MAP THAT THEY FEEL LIKE WITH
THEIR FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE AND
THE POLLING ADVANTAGE THEY CAN
START TO STRETCH THE MAP OUT AND
KEEP DONALD TRUMP ON THE RUN AND
THATS WHAT -- THATS WHAT THE
LAST WEEK OF THIS CAMPAIGN LOOKS