Hello, welcome to How to Win 2024. It's Monday, July 22nd, about 9 a.m. on the

East Coast. I'm Jennifer Palmeri and I'm back here on a Monday with my co-pilot

Claire McCaskill. Oh my God, Claire. Yeah, it's been, it's really been something. We're going to take a little

time to talk about Joe Biden and how wonderful he is, but I just want to say, even though this has been an emotional roller coaster, I feel really

blessed that I've had a front row seat.

As somebody who loves politics and who is a major in political science, these are incredible times to live in.

And you know, I don't know how all this is going to turn out, but you know, I'm buckled

in now and I'm ready for a wild ride because you know the first two loops on the roller coaster are so big

But then it builds to the great big one at the end. Yes, I'm ready for I'm ready for the great big one and I think it's going to feel great getting to the top and fun sliding down the other way after we beat Donald Trump.

Oh, I mean, yeah, that part of the roller coaster I'm all down for. And it's not even Labor Day you know because I know

Labor Day is where you really buckle in to say like okay we're inching up on the

roller coaster and this is where it's going to get crazy but But when we last book on this podcast on Friday,

all eyes were on President Joe Biden

and whether he decide to leave the race or stay in

amid the deafening calls to rethink his candidacy.

And Sunday, yesterday, we all bore witness to this important

next chapter of history. The president released a letter mid-afternoon

announcing that, quote, it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president and

while it has been my intention to seek re-election I believe it is in the best

interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus entirely on fulfilling my duties as

president for the remainder of my term.

Yeah, I mean it was stunning, right?

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