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‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Can’t Believe How Bad Hillary Is Doing And How Well Bernie Is [VIDEO]

Steve Guest Media Reporter
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The “Morning Joe” panel Monday had a difficult time coming to terms with the news that Hillary Clinton is now polling 30 percent to Bernie Sanders’ 53 percent in New Hampshire, according the a new YouGov/CBS News poll.

Joe Scarborough even wondered who “these experts” were who don’t think Sanders has a shot. Scarborough suggested that Bernie has “got a shot” at the nomination.

Mika Brzezinski: Let’s get to the polls.

Joe Scarborough: Oh, my gosh, did you see the polling?

Brzezinski: Incredible, incredible polls to tell you about. Troubling numbers for Hillary Clinton out of Iowa and New Hampshire. A YouGov/CBS News poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters shows Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders widening his lead in that state. He’s now ahead of Clinton by 22 points.

Scarborough: Let’s stop right there. John Heilemann, two months ago nobody would have imagined Bernie was ahead. Now 52 percent to 30 percent over Hillary Clinton. What’s happening?

John Heilemann: [Laughter] I mean…

Scarborough: No, for a change to be, and we’ve seen, last week we had polls of her losing 10 points in almost every poll. This is 22 points.

Heilemann: This is, if this were, the thing is, the scale of Sanders’ surge and of Clinton’s decline every time we see a new poll we’re surprised by the numbers, right? This has been, though, now the most significant thing about it has been on this constant trajectory now for months. This is, they’re both traveling on straight lines. She’s down and to the right and he’s up and to the right and so you see if each one of you think, “Wow, it couldn’t get worse than that,” and then a week later or two weeks later, it’s worse than that.

Scarborough: Twenty-two points in New Hampshire. And Willie, we now have two front-runners in the two main states where everybody’s campaigning that the establishment is saying can never win. But Bernie Sanders winning by 22 points. And we’re going to show you an Iowa poll that’s equally impressive and Trump winning in all of his polls. Who are these experts that are, I mean, I don’t think, they may not have it right. If Bernie’s up by 22 points here and up in Iowa, he’s got a shot.

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