Kamala Harris’s campaign didn’t just fall out of a coconut tree. Here’s what you need to know.

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels and POLITICO politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin join host Ryan Lizza to tackle questions about Vice President Kamala Harris’s new role at the top of the Democratic ticket, including: What really caused Joe Biden to end his quest for a second term? How did Kamala Harris lock up the nomination so fast? And what is really going on inside her campaign right now? How have the issues, swing states, and demographics that will decide the 2024 election changed? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Democrats vying to serve as vice president? And how is Donald Trump responding to all of this?

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0:00.0	We've gotten used to saying this, but the last week in politics really was one for the history books.
0:05.0	There's a lot to unpack at the end of such an eventful week,
0:10.0	and we're going to try to answer some of the big questions today.
0:13.4	What really caused Joe Biden to end his quest for a second term?
0:17.2	How did Kamla Harris lock up the nomination so fast?
0:20.9	And what is really going on inside her campaign right now?
0:25.0	How have the issues, swing states, and demographics that will decide the 2024 election changed?
0:32.0	What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Democrats buying to serve as
0:35.8	Vice President? And how is Donald Trump responding to all of this? I called up two long time friends of the show and frankly two
0:44.7	longtime friends my playbook colleague Eugene Daniels. The speed at
0:49.0	which her and her team got together basically got this nomination together.
0:52.6	Got a hundred million dollars in 24 hours.
0:54.5	It's just like for anyone that covers politics,
0:56.2	it's head spinning.
0:57.5	And Politico's Politics Bureau Chief Jonathan Martin,
1:00.9	aka J Martin, to help answer these questions and a lot more.
1:05.0	Paid advertising, travel, staff, VP.
1:11.0	Those to me are the four markers that are going to reveal what kind of campaign she wants to run.
1:18.0	And make sure you stick around until the end of the show when I try to get Eugene and Jmart on the record about who they predict Harris will pick as her running me.
1:28.4	I'm Ryan Liza and this is playbook deep dive. This is Playbook Deep Dive. So a pretty eventful week.
1:34.0	Let's go through the week and like break down the big events gentlemen.
1:48.0	How does that sound?
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