Clinton's Big Boost in New Hampshire
COOPER: We told you last night how Bernie Sanders raised a lot of money since the debate. Hillary Clinton has gotten a big boost in New Hampshire since this week's debate as well. A new "Boston Globe" Suffolk University poll just out today shows her in a statistical dead heat with Sanders in New Hampshire, 37-35 percent. Just last month, Sanders had a 16 percent point lead over Clinton according to a CNN poll. Clinton sat down today with our Jake Tapper for an interview that included a lot of topics including her latest thoughts on Donald Trump. Listen.</s>JAKE TAPPER, CNN CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Speaking of politics, let's talk about the front runner on the other side of the isle, Donald Trump. His daughter, Ivanka, just gave an interview to CNN. She said her dad quote "is not a politician but he is really changing the dialogue and he is really disrupting the process in a very positive way." Do you agree?</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: First of all, I have a really high regard for her. She's a wonderful young woman.</s>TAPPER: And friend of Chelsea, I think.</s>CLINTON: Yes, she is. And I think what she said is borne out by what's been happening. He has brought his oversized personality and his reality television experience to the highest level of American politics. And seems to be getting a very positive response among a large part of the Republican electret. So that's up to the Republicans. They there to decide if that will be their nominee or not. I have called him out in things he said which I thought were uncalled for, insults and attacks on immigrants, on women and just unacceptable be said about the president. So I'm going to continue to criticize him for going beyond the bounds of what I think is appropriate for anybody running for president.</s>COOPER: Joining me now is CNN political commentator and Democratic strategist Paul Begala. He is co-chair of a pro-Hillary Clinton super Pac and also a longtime advisor to President Bill Clinton. And also with me again, CNN political analyst and "New York Times" presidential campaign correspondent Maggie Haberman. Paul, what do you make of this new poll? I mean, Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders although it within the margin of error in New Hampshire. She had been struggling there trailing Sanders in some polls.</s>PAUL BEGALA, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Right. That same poll Suffolk University poll a month ago had her at ten. Now she's up two. Now look. It is like the old hem said, many danger toils and snares between now and the New Hampshire primary. So I couldn't as a Hillary guy wouldn't get too excited. But I like seeing her move 12 points in a month in the right direction. You know, it has been a terrible complements for here. And now, looks like, you know, she's turned the corner. Now, Keep in mind, New Hampshire in the Democratic Party has a rich tradition of neighboring favorite sons, favoring</s>COOPER: You have no doubt about that, polls will go up and down in those states.</s>BEGALA: Absolutely. Because you know, first at New Hampshire, Independent are smart and it is hard to poll there because the electret is fluid. You wake in the day of the primary and choose. You want to vote Republican or Democratic primary. In fact, both parties have pretty interesting primaries. So it's really going to be tough to get the polling right there.</s>COOPER: Maggie, I mean, you heard Clinton in that interview kind of navigating the interesting relationship between her family and Donald Trump's, their daughters are friends at this point. Do Trump and Clinton benefit from having each other to go after of having the other to portray as beyond the pale or, you know, Trump portrays her as the worst secretary of state ever. You know, she portrays him and calls him out as she said on various things that he in her opinion goes too far on?</s>HABERMAN: I think that he has been more useful for her, frankly, than the other way around. You know, remember, he did his whole very long kick off campaign speech back in June and he didn't talk about her. It took him until actually until she wanted him until he said anything about her. He would probably argue that's him being consistent because he always says I don't hit people until they hit me. He is, however, very useful for her because the comments he is making primarily about immigration, the comments that he said about Mexican and his announcement speech where he talked about rapist and criminals, those have been very useful as a foil. She can use that to tar the entire Republican field. And frankly, a lot of what Trump said, much of the rest of the field had to respond to. You have seen this time and time again. You saw it impact Scott Walker. You have seen it impact Jeb Bush. So he is extremely helpful to her.</s>COOPER: Paul, there are reporting from "New York" magazine tonight saying that it's really a matter of when vice president Biden gets in, not if. I know you're going to try and bob and weave on this perhaps and quote some biblical passage but you have an instinct on everything because you have a biblical passage for pretty much everything. I'm impressed by this.</s>BEGALA: I'm a person of faith.</s>COOPER: I know you are. I know you are. Do you have a gut feeling on whether or not he's going to run?</s>BEGALA: No. Here is the thing, honestly because I don't know. And I know as a general matter, I speak more loudly and certainly when I'm pristinely ignorant. This time, understood.</s>COOPER: But here is my question. Why wouldn't he run for president, OK? I mean, obviously, look, there is the personal loss that he and his family experienced, the worst kind of loss there possibly is. But this is what politics do. They run for things. And if he doesn't run for this, this is his last really opportunity to run for something. I mean, you know, everybody says he's not a guy that cares about money. You know, I guess he could be on boards and stuff or, you know, do some kind of work, but why wouldn't he run?</s>BEGALA: Because he knows really better than anybody because he's run twice before. He does it. He has said this in interviews. This takes all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your time, all of you attention. And you know, his heart is broken. Now, maybe he finds healing in running. I saw him on TV at the Labor Day in Pittsburgh. Man he looked rejuvenated. So maybe that does it for him. But at other times, his interviews with Stephen Colbert, he looks like heartbroken guy who is not quite ready yet to put that kind of heart and soul</s>COOPER: Not quite the biblical passage I was anticipating.</s>BEGALA: Not biblical, a little profane this time.</s>COOPER: You'll have to read the bible more tonight just to make up for that. Maggie, I mean, relatively good week for the Clinton campaign, though. How much of a halt is that cone if Joe Biden jumps in the next couple days?</s>HABERMAN: I think there is anxiety around Hillary Clinton supporters about what will happen with him because the question is not put to bed. I know that a lot of people thought that, you know, the window closed after her debate performance the other night. She had a very, very strong night. There is no question about that. But the question is not, a lot of people says there is not a window him prior to that. So the question is not did the window suddenly shut? The question is whether there before is there now? Her debate performance according to a lot of people I have spoken who are around him is not really a factor in how he's considering this and people have said that publicly. I tend to believe it. I think Joe Biden as Paul said wakes up feeling one way one day, another way the next day, he has said different things depending on who he's talking to and at different moments. It's so hard to try to free this decision. I don't think he knows what he's going to do. The reasons not to do it would be he might not win. And if you read his book, which is a couple years old now and he talks about the various times that he was encouraged to run for president and didn't, you know, there's a lot that went into this, and a lot of angst back and forth. Sometimes he did, sometimes he didn't.</s>COOPER: Maggie, thank you. Paul Begala, as well. Thanks very much. If you miss this week's Democratic presidential debate or just want to see it again? 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