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The Chuck ToddCast: Meet the Press

Goodbye Chicago: Terry McAuliffe reflects on the most unexpected DNC in memory

The Chuck ToddCast: Meet the Press

Chuck Todd

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Kamala Harris wrapped up a high-energy Democratic National Convention unlike any we’ve seen since the 1950s. Chuck sits down with former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who ran the Democratic National Committee and the 2000 DNC in Los Angeles, to reflect on the week that was.

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0:00.0

Hello from Chicago I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast. I am recording

0:10.8

just outside the United Center in an NBC trailer if you will

0:17.7

Just after Kamala Harris just wrapped up her acceptance speech here

0:27.9

I got a great guest lined up for trying to go through the entire conventions and history of conventions. It's none other than former DNC chair former governor of Virginia

0:35.1

Long time party boss if you will and fundraiser Terry McAuliffe. Maybe you can call a Mr. DNC, literally wrote a memoir called What a Party, and he is Mr. Party.

0:48.5

The first time I ever met him was at the 1992 Democratic Convention and there he was sort of a fundraiser

0:54.7

du jour and he had a lot of accolades at the time. But before we get to that I

0:59.6

want to give you my thoughts on this Convention overall and the vice president's speech.

1:05.0

Look, this convention went about as well as anybody on the Harris campaign could have expected expected went about as well as any

1:13.4

that when you think about where the Democrats were six weeks ago many were

1:17.1

dreading this convention many were worried organizers were worried they

1:20.5

couldn't get key speakers that a lot of candidates

1:23.4

running down the ballot if this was going to be a Joe Biden convention may not

1:26.9

come. You already had a few that didn't come for their own political reasons.

1:29.9

John Tester shared Brown. But there was a real concern that this was going to be a really tough

1:36.4

slaw. Well, a month ago, the candidate switch happens and it electrified organizers ability to create a

1:45.3

convention suddenly they had more people wanting to speak then they had slots

1:49.2

which may explain why each night went a little bit long but they did finally get their

1:54.2

organizational organizational strength back together for this last night and

1:58.8

Kamala Harris mostly spoke before 11 PM Her speech went over a little bit, but compared to the first three

2:06.7

nights it was a much better timed evening on Thursday.

2:12.6

Let me get at her speech here.

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