Impeachment Trial Could Be A "Disaster" For Senators In 2020 Race

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🗓️ 4 November 2019

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All six U.S. Senators still running for president are backing the House's impeachment inquiry. But now that the lawmakers may be getting what they want, many political operatives see it as a train wreck for their presidential campaigns. This episode: Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, political correspondent Asma Khalid, and political correspondent Scott Detrow. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	This is Stephen Chappell. I am a college journalism instructor and I, along with more than
0:05.3	1600 other college student journalists and their advisors, are attending the National
0:10.6	College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. where the inimitable Nina Totenberg is about
0:15.6	to grace us with her wit, knowledge, and wisdom.
0:18.8	Three hot Festival 3.4 in F!
0:22.3	3.15 PM on Monday, November 4.
0:26.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:28.9	Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage on npr.org, on the NPR-1 app, and on your
0:34.9	local public radio station.
0:36.9	Alright, here's the show!
0:39.9	I can think of no better word for Nina Totenberg than inimitable.
0:46.8	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress.
0:51.5	I'm Scott Detrello. I cover the campaign.
0:53.3	And I'm Lessmo Calle. I also cover the campaign.
0:55.5	Another Democrat has exited the presidential race.
1:01.4	Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke ended his campaign on Friday after we taped the
1:06.1	podcast and he did it in the most Beto way possible.
1:09.4	Yeah, in a medium post. Where else? He wrote that it is clear to me now that this campaign
1:15.0	does not have the means to move forward successfully, which osmo is something that we were talking
1:19.6	about.
1:20.6	Much more blunt than other candidates who have been trying to do last minute fun raisers
1:23.5	and things like that. He just said, we don't have it anymore.
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