Concerns about Joe Biden Focus Spotlight on Kamala Harris

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Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As some Democrats become increasingly frantic about the chances of 81-year old President Joe Biden winning reelection, there have been high-profile calls for Biden to step down and allow another Democratic candidate to emerge in a brokered convention. Many names, including Governor Gavin Newsom, have been floated as possible alternatives. But the natural successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, is often dismissed due to her own low approval ratings. We’ll talk about Kamala Harris’ record as Vice President and why she struggles to be thought of as a viable option if Biden needs to step down during the campaign or his presidency. Guests: Aimee Allison, founder and president, She the People - a national organization dedicated to building the political power of women of color Errin Haines, editor at large, The 19th - a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy Shira Stein, Washington correspondent, San Francisco Chronicle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.3	With all the big ideas floating around about Democrats somehow nominating someone other than Joe Biden,
1:21.5	were asking, what about Kamala?
1:23.7	Before she was vice president, Kamala Harris was a popular politician in her own right.
1:28.5	She won locally here in San Francisco as DA, became attorney general, then crushed her
1:33.3	opponents in the Senate race up and down the state.
1:36.3	She's incontrovertibly smart and accomplished, and yet views seem to be taking her seriously
1:41.1	as a possible candidate to run against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
1:46.0	What's going on? We talk about Vice President Kamala Harris and the quandary.
1:49.0	Many Democrats feel they're in.
1:51.0	That's all coming up next. After this news.
1:58.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
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