Chuck Todd suggested that the “chatter” around Joe Biden running for president is due to the “concern” that Hillary Clinton “can win the nomination.”
Todd Chuck, appearing on “Morning Joe” Wednesday, ceded that there are legitimate questions about Clinton’s “electability and where she’s going to stand in the general election and that’s the same issue right now.”
Joe Scarborough: Nixon always said you run to the right and in primaries, you go to the center and generals, that, I guess that’s my point. I have the same concerns as you do for these candidates. Hillary and Trump when you look at the general, but just judging right now where we are in the game, he’s looking pretty strong.
Chuck Todd: Well, he is and I hear that. And it’s like, but at the same time, where is his capacity grow and where do you see him, how does he get to the 50 percent mark when he gets down there? And you look at it and again, you look at these negative ratings that he has outside of the Republican electorate, and you just can’t help but sit there and go, “Look this is part of Hillary Clinton’s problem.” Why is there chatter for Biden? It’s not that there is this concern that she can’t win the nomination, it’s concern she can win the nomination. Right? That she’s going to be the nominee. So I just think, you can’t judge Clinton and Trump in different ways too. We look at Clinton’s numbers, stronger in the primary and yet in many ways, I think there’s questions about her electability and where she’s going to stand in the general election and that’s the same issue right now. I mean, what I was pointing out is both parties are being led by two people who the general election electorate considers the most unfavorable and that matters.