Bernie Sanders' Burden

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🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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It's Super Tuesday II and all eyes are on the key state of Michigan as Bernie Sanders faces a tough test to prove he can broaden his coalition. Plus, a look at how coronavirus is impacting American's daily lives. CNN Political Director David Chalian talks to CNN Senior Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny, as well as CNN Political Commentator and former Detroit health commissioner Abdul El-Sayed.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. I'm David Chalien, the CNN political director. This is the Daily D.C.
0:09.9	It is yet primary day again in America. Six states voting, plus the Democrats abroad are going to have their votes counted later this evening.
0:19.9	365 more delegates at stake in this nomination battle that is now a two-man race between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
0:29.5	Super Tuesday, too. I've got two great guests to discuss it with.
0:34.0	Later on, we'll be talking to a former Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan and a Bernie Sanders surrogate, CNN political commentator Abdul al-Sayed. But first,
0:42.9	joining me now to talk about the biggest battle of them all tonight, the 125 delegates at stake
0:48.6	in Michigan, Jeff Zellini, CNN's senior Washington correspondent, who just arrived back
0:53.9	from the Wolverine State.
0:55.5	How are you, sir?
0:56.2	Hey, David, I'm great. Thanks for having me.
0:57.5	So give me a sense of a view on the ground. What did Michigan feel like when you were there?
1:01.5	Michigan feels like it is obviously the biggest prize, 125 pledged delegates.
1:08.0	So certainly it is a moment where if Bernie Sanders is going to continue his effort in a robust way, if he's going to make his case, this is the place to make it to voters. If he's going to make the argument here, this is the place he'll do it. And a couple things. Talking to voters at the Sanders rally into Grand Rapids on Sunday and then again with Biden in Detroit on Monday. I'm
1:29.4	struck by the degree to which President Trump's name came up in both conversations. There is a
1:36.8	sense, without a doubt, he is the big difference from 2016. We compare a lot. Bernie Sanders
1:41.8	narrowly wins beats Hillary Clinton in 2016, and that was a
1:45.6	turning point. I remember that night very well. I was with the Clinton campaign in Cleveland,
1:50.0	actually, and Bernie Sanders winning was a huge surprise to them. The difference here is Hillary
1:55.0	Clinton is not on the ballot, which, you know, there were some anti-Hillary Clinton votes in there,
1:59.8	of course, and Donald Trump is the president.
2:01.8	So that in mind, everyone talked about President Trump. So I think that the sense here, us comparing it to 2016, I'm not sure how apt that is because, boy it was Bernie Sanders. Sure. And the test is for him, as I see it, that he's got to prove that he can recreate the coalition that he did create in 2016.
2:27.6	He's been underperforming in some key areas in this race thus far. And in a state like Michigan or a state where he overwhelmed
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