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Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

Democrats Go to War With Biden, With Axios's Alex Thompson

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

The Ringer

News

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Tara is joined by Alex Thompson from Axios at the RNC to share their reactions to Donald Trump’s closing speech. They then discuss the growing calls from once-friendly lawmakers for Joe Biden to step down from the 2024 presidential race and examine the current tumultuousness within the Democratic Party. For more of Tara’s reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, 'The Best and the Brightest,' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20. Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Alex Thompson Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you're a fan of the inner workings of Hollywood, then check out my podcast, The Town, on the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:05.5

My name is Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.

0:10.0

And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in

0:14.2

Hollywood. Every week we've got three short episodes featuring real Hollywood insiders

0:18.6

to tell you what people in town are actually talking about. We'll cover everything from why your favorite show was

0:23.9

canceled overnight. Which streamer is on the brink of collapse and which

0:27.4

executives on the hot seat. Disney, Netflix, who's up, down, and who will never

0:31.9

eat lunch in this town again.

0:33.0

Follow the town on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Tara Paul Mary. I'm Puck's Senior Political Correspondent, and this is

0:57.7

Somebody's Gotta Win. I am in the CNN Political grill hiding out with my former colleague Alex Thompson.

1:07.0

We are both former political so we're actually in a dark space right now as ex-politico journalist.

1:13.2

Yeah, political expats, political exiles,

1:15.7

political refugees, whatever you want to call.

1:17.2

Yeah, exactly.

1:18.0

So we were just kind of commenting that if we were found here

1:21.2

recording a podcast, we may be actually evicted, but I think it's fine.

1:25.0

At the very least, really serious side eye.

1:28.0

Very serious side eye.

1:29.0

But the reason we're really getting together is there's a lot to talk about today.

1:32.0

Most importantly Joe

1:33.3

Biden and the status of his campaign, the status of his political life, let's be

1:38.2

serious and what's going on on the hill as Democratic leaders like really try to push him out and Alex is

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