It’s Kamala’s DNC Now: Doris Kearns Goodwin On Convention’s Historical Context, LBJ ’68 & Joe Biden’s POTUS Ranking On ElectionLine Podcast
23 Aug
Politics

It’s Kamala’s DNC Now: Doris Kearns Goodwin On Convention’s Historical Context, LBJ ’68 & Joe Biden’s POTUS Ranking On ElectionLine Podcast

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Politics tamfitronics Running until the final election results come in for the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features commentary and interviews with top lawmakers and entertainment figures. As the VP prepares to give her acceptance speech today, take a listen to the podcast, and follow all the news, DNC and otherwise, on Deadline’s ElectionLine hub.“They’re all going to have flaws, they’re all going to have mistakes, they’re all going to have strengths. But the balancing act is what historians take a while figuring out,” Doris Kearns Goodwin says of the pantheon of great presidents, her comments coming in a week that has seen two...
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Will Trump Regret Skipping The GOP Debates?
23 Aug
Politics

Will Trump Regret Skipping The GOP Debates?

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Politics tamfitronics Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.maya (Maya Sweedler, senior editor): The first Republican debate last Wednesday featured eight candidates — none of whom was the front-runner. Former President Donald Trump elected to skip the debate, writing on his social media website that “The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had.”In his absence, the other candidates … well, what did the other candidates do, and was it effective? Some of FiveThirtyEight’s crack team is here to discuss Trump’s decision, whether it was the right call for him and if he would be served well by making a similar one for the September debate.Let’s start with what happened last week. How did Trump’s absence manifest in the debate?none (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): It...
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