The Obamas Strike Back
Is Obamaism making a comeback? Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle and Barack Obama electrified the crowd with the most powerful speeches of the week so far, and seemed to an...
21 Aug 202439min
Democrats Don’t Think They Have This Election Won
I’m reporting from the Democratic National Convention this week, so we’re going to try something a little different on the show — a daily audio report of what I’m seeing and hearing here in Chicago. F...
20 Aug 202432min
Manliness, Cat Ladies, Fertility Panic and the 2024 Election
A strange new gender politics is roiling the 2024 election. At the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump made his nomination a show of campy masculinity, with Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock and Dana Whit...
16 Aug 20241h 30min
Nate Silver on Kamala Harris’s Chances and the Mistakes of the ‘Indigo Blob’
Risk has been on my mind this year. For Democrats, the question of whether Joe Biden should drop out was really a question about risk – the risk of keeping him on the ticket versus the risk of the unk...
13 Aug 20241h 6min
Nancy Pelosi: ‘It Didn’t Sound Like Joe Biden to Me’
It’s been remarkable watching the Democratic Party act like a political party this past month — a party that makes decisions collectively, that does hard things because it wants to win, that is more t...
9 Aug 202458min
Kamala Harris Isn’t Playing It Safe
In picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris is after more than just Pennsylvania.Mentioned:“Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?” by The Ezra Klein ShowThoughts? Guest suggestions...
6 Aug 202430min
‘We Have Created the Scarcity on Purpose’
The economy is one of the biggest vulnerabilities for Democrats this election and, in particular, the issue of affordability. Many Americans blame the Biden administration for the past few years of hi...
6 Aug 202449min
Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?
I’ve watched a lot of presidential campaigns, and I can’t remember one in which the contest for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination has played out quite so publicly. One breakthrough voice has...
2 Aug 202459min
