one of the big judgments we're going to make in the upcoming presidential campaign is, are people going to campaign on the future and have real plans, and then get a mandate for change, or are they simply going to campaign by gouging the other guy's eyes out, which we have seen so often in the past?
David Gergen discusses the nature of campaigning in the upcoming presidential election, contrasting future-focused plans with negative campaigning.
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Trust in our institutions has plunged over the last 20, 30 years. It started before Donald Trump got to office, but he has accelerated the downward spiral.
He is obsessed with winning re-election. It's all about self-respect. It is whether he is going to be humiliated or not.
I think that Trump is shoring up his base. But Anderson, I must say, I think that this is going to in the long run, going to play in more in favor of Biden and the Democrats.
I think Joe Biden's in a much better position than Hillary Clinton was at this stage in the campaign.
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