Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Both Need a Good Debate

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The presidential polls are close to a dead heat, as the two candidates prepare to meet in what could be their only 2024 debate. Will Harris do a better job of explaining her policy shifts since 2020, and is her media-shy strategy a potential mistake? Will Trump steer clear of his personal grievances, and could the mute button on his microphone end up working in his favor? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:21.0	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.2	Kamala Harris and Donald Trump gets set for their first debate and maybe their only debate
0:29.5	of the 2024 campaign as the polling in the presidential race tightens into what looks like a dead heat.
0:36.5	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.0	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Bill McGurn, and editorial board member
0:45.4	Manay Uque Barua.
0:48.0	The stage is set at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in the pivotal swing state of
0:54.1	Pennsylvania for a 90 minute televised clash tonight the first time that
0:59.2	Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have ever met face-to. The host will be ABC's David Meir and
1:06.2	Lindsay Davis. No audience, no props, but each of the candidates will get a pen and
1:10.9	paper provided. Two minutes for rebuttals and they're not allowed to ask each other
1:15.4	any questions.
1:16.6	Vice President Harris seems to be holding her cards close to her chest, but Donald Trump
1:20.9	predictably was doing phone interviews this morning with
1:24.0	NBC. Here's part of what he said about Kamala Harris his opponent.
1:28.0	Quote, you don't know what to expect. She's changed all of her policies over the years.
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