UP "WAY TOO EARLY" WITH US. "MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN, BUT ALSO, JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS HAVE A RECORD TO RUN ON. THE UNCOMMITTED CAMPAIGN IS PART OF THE PROCESS. ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO BE AN EARLY STATE TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD EARLY IN THIS PROCESS. YOU SEE THIS PRESIDENT IS LISTENING. YESTERDAY STARTED TALKING ABOUT A CEASE-FIRE. HE'S LISTENING. WHEN WE PARTICIPATE LIKE THIS IN THE PRIMARY IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T BE VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN IN NOVEMBER. WE'LL ROLL THIS INTO A VICORY IN NOVEMBER. >> THAT IS THE CHAIR OF THE PARTY BEFORE THE STATE'S PRIMARY. THEY'RE EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE DEMOCRATS WILL TURN OUT IN NOVEMBER DESPITE A SIZABLE PROTEST VOTE. PRESIDENT BIDEN DID WIN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN EASILY LAST NIGHT, BUT WITH MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE CASTING BALLOTS FOR UNCOMMITTED, MOSTLY IN PROTEST OVER HIS HANDLING OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, DONALD TRUMP RACKED UP ANOTHER BIG VICTORY OVER NIKKI HALEY, BUT WITH SOME BIG WARNING SIGNS FOR HIM THERE AS WELL. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO "MORNING JOE." IT IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th. WITH US THE HOST OF "WAY TOO EARLY" JONATHAN LEMIRE, CORRESPONDENT FOR BBC NEWS KATY KAY, EDITOR FOR THE "WASHINGTON POST" DAVID IG NASE SHUS. WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND FROM POLITICO, SAM STEIN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STEVE KORNACKI WAITING OVER AT THE BOARD TO BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS FOR US. A COUPLE HEADLINES, A BIG UNCOMMITTED VOTE AGAINST JOE BIDEN, BUT ALSO, AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP, NIKKI HALEY WINNING ALMOST 300,000 VOTES IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN TAKING THEM AWAY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FROM DONALD TRUMP. >> AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, THIS IS DEMOCRACY. IF THERE'S A TIME THAT YOU'RE IN MICHIGAN AND WANT DONALD TRUMP TO BE STOPPED, BUT YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN, YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE WHITE HOUSE REGARDING THEIR POSITION ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND ISRAEL AND GAZA, IT'S A PERFECT TIME TO DO IT. WHAT DO WE HEAR? WE HEARD THE LEADER OF THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL TIME TO DO IT. WE ARE ALL ALIGNED AND WANT TO SEE DONALD TRUMP BEATEN AND JOE BIDEN WANT TO SEE HIM WIN IN THE FALL. THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID, THOUGH, CAN IT, WILLIE, FOR DONALD TRUMP. YOU NOW -- HE HAS OVER A QUARTER OF THE VOTE, VOTING AGAINST HIM. WHAT YOU HEAR FROM SUPPORTERS OF NIKKI HALEY ARE THAT THEIR VOTES ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THEY'RE NOT VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP. YOU HEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY'RE MOVING AWAY FROM TRUMP. ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ALL THE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT WERE ONCE MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT LEFT, PEOPLE LIKE ME SAYING, THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP AND NEVER VOTE FOR ANYBODY THAT SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP FOR ONE DAY. AGAIN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THIS IS A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT KEEPS SHRINKING BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. AND EVEN INSIDE OF THAT SHELL OF THE OLD REPUBLICAN PARTY, YOU'VE GOT WHETHER IT'S 25% OR 30 OR 40% SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE IMPACT IN THE FALL. >> YEAH. BARRING A SEISMIC EVENT, DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, BUT IN STATE AFTER STATE AFTER STATE, YES, HIS MARGIN LAST NIGHT WAS BIGGER OVER NIKKI HALEY THAN IT'S BEEN, BUT HER WINNING ALMOST 300,000 VOTES TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS. THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF THE PARTY. NEARLY 30% LAST NIGHT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING A
