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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

David Remnick and Hendrik Hertzberg on the choice between Obama and Romney.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

President, Barack, News, Politics, Wnyc, Obama, Lizza, Washington, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2012

⏱️ 18 minutes

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David Remnick and Hendrik Hertzberg on the choice between Obama and Romney.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker

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writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, October 25th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden,

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executive editor of The New Yorker. You've now heard three debates, months of campaigning,

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and way too many TV commercials. And now you've got a choice.

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That was President Obama in the final debate Monday night.

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Yesterday, he was campaigning against Mitt Romney in Iowa.

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If you say you won't give a big tax cut to the wealthy,

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but you're caught on video promising your tax cut would include the top 1% that you might have

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Romneyia. If you talk about how much you love teachers during a debate, but just a few

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weeks ago you said we shouldn't hire any more teachers because they won't grow the economy.

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You probably have Romneyia.

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So the Obama campaign is slipping.

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