Candidates Jockey For Position As Sanders Alternative Ahead of Tuesday Debate
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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And while Joe Biden was once the uncontested front-runner in South Carolina, lavish spending by Tom Steyer and an uptick in attention from the Sanders campaign means that Biden's chances aren't what they once were.
This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, senior political editor-correspondents Domenico Montanaro and Ron Elving.
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| 0:05.1 | Gillian, and my son, Frankie. |
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| 0:10.4 | This podcast was recorded at... |
| 0:12.6 | 236 pm on Monday, February 24. |
| 0:16.1 | Things may have changed by the time you're here this. |
| 0:19.1 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:21.2 | That sounds like a lot more fun than being here. |
| 0:26.4 | I don't know if I was at that festival I'd be recording a time stamp for us. |
| 0:29.7 | Do you think that was really two kids or just one kid changing his voice? |
| 0:33.0 | Or were they even there at all? |
| 0:34.2 | Or was the scientists doing both of his kids voices? |
| 0:36.4 | I think it's proof that it's never too soon to start listening to the MPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:40.8 | I'll sign up for that. |
| 0:41.9 | Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm Domenico Montenar, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent. |
| 0:48.5 | And I'm Rhonda Elving at your Correspondent. |
| 0:50.9 | And we are not even one week removed from the last debate and it's time to prepare for another one. |
| 0:57.0 | Democrats will meet on the stage tomorrow night in South Carolina. |
| 1:00.6 | There will be seven candidates this time. |
| 1:02.8 | One more from the last debate. |
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