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

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?
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Will Trump Regret Skipping The GOP Debates?

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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Pete Buttigieg: ‘We can choose a better politics’
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Pete Buttigieg: ‘We can choose a better politics’

Politics tamfitronics Behind Walz, Democrats redefine modern masculinity, contrasting with regressive MAGA caricature12:44'Supremely effective': Rachel Maddow and an MSNBC panel react to Tim Walz and Night 3 of the DNC11:56Watch highlights from Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention in 3 minutes03:00'I know guns': Walz touts responsible gun ownership during DNC speech00:36Walz in acceptance speech: 'Never underestimate a public school teacher'15:36'We're not going back': Walz pushes back against Trump and Project 202502:12Former students of Gov. Walz praise his leadership as a teacher, coach03:28'We love a dad in plaid’: Sen Klobuchar praises Gov. Tim Walz04:31Now PlayingUP NEXTGov. Wes Moore honors workers killed in bridge collapse at DNC06:53Oprah endorses Harris and appeals to independent voters at DNC14:52Amanda Gorman revives 'the audacity of hope' in new poem03:26Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto recalls Harris as a 'leader' while attorney general03:01Pennsylvania...
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