DEBATES BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING

FOR --

>> Melissa: CAN I JUST JUMP IN

IN?

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS FOR

BERNIE SANDERS AND HOW THEY

COMPARE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO

PULLED IN AND THE FOURTH QUARTER

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER

RIGHT HERE.

BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT HE

HAS 105 MILLION ON HAND THAT IS

READY TO BE SPENT.

THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS

THAT MUCH POWDER LEFT TO BURN IS

BLOOMBERG.

I MEAN, IT COULD JUST BE

MONEY --

>> Gillian: THE PRESIDENT HAS

A WHOLE LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY

THAN THE DEMOCRATS AT THIS POINT

IN TIME.

HE HAS A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN

TERMS OF TIMING.

HE CAN SPEND IT NOW, HE CAN

SPEND IT LATER.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY.

THEY HAVE GOT TO SPEND A LOT OF

THE CASH ON HAND.

THE PRESIDENT, THIS IS REALLY

LIKE THE ADVANTAGE OF --

>> Kennedy: THAT IS A REALLY

GOOD POINT.

WE SAW SOME OF THE CANDIDATES

GET INTO THE 2020 RACE WITH CASH

ON HAND FROM -- BUT THE

PRESIDENT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,

HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN

IMPEACHMENT.

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO WOUND HIM

AND MAKE HIM LESS POPULAR.

BUT SOMEHOW, THE SUPPORTERS OF

HIS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE

SIDELINES, THEY ARE NOW A LITTLE

BIT MORE EXCITED THAN THEY WERE

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

>> Jessica: $10 MILLION OFF OF

IMPEACHMENT --

>> Melissa: $42 MILLION SINCE

THE IMPEACHMENT.

>> Jessica: YES.

THEY ARE RAISING OFF OF IT, AND

CERTAINLY AMONGST INDEPENDENT

VOTERS AGAINST IMPEACHMENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE DISHONEST

AND SAY THAT IT IS A SLAM-DUNK

FOR THEM A PRETZEL LIKE CHARLIE,

BUT I DO THINK THAT THE STRENGTH

OF THESE FUND-RAISING NUMBERS

FOR CERTAIN CANDIDATES

MATTER, BUT THE UNEQUIVOCAL

FRONT RUNNER, WHO IS JOE BIDEN.

HE IS NOT LOSING SUPPORT OF ANY

TERM.

HE IS CONSOLIDATING ACTUALLY

FROM PEOPLE WHO LEFT

KAMALA HARRIS.

I DON'T THINK IT IS ANYTHING --

WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THE RACE

IS GOING, AND SAYING IT IS ALL

BERNIE SANDERS, HE STILL DOESN'T

HAVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUPPORT.

YOU CANNOT WIN WITHOUT BLACK

SUPPORTERS.

>> Pete: THEY WOULD HAVE LEAD

WITH IT ON MINUTE ONE --

'S BEFORE THEY SURPRISED

EVERYONE.

ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A BIG

SURPRISE THAT THEY HELD BACK.

EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO

BE A BAD NUMBER, AND IT TURNED