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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Washington, News, Politics, President, Wickenden, Wnyc, Barack, Obama, Lizza

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Although she leads in the polls, Hillary Clinton remains deeply unpopular by some measures. How will she win over an antagonistic electorate and fend off attacks from both the left and the right? Benjamin Wallace-Wells joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the next stage of the Clinton campaign.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, August 4th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of with New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, August 4th.

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I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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Hillary Clinton finally seems to have found an effective way to define herself in this campaign.

1:04.5

Here's part of what she had to say last week at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.

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And in the end, it comes down to what Donald Trump doesn't get.

1:16.6

America is great because America is good.

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So enough with the bigotry and the bombast, Donald Trump's not offering real change.

1:36.0

He's offering empty promises.

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And what are we offering a bold agenda to improve the lives of people across our country to keep you safe, to get you good jobs,

1:48.2

to give your kids the opportunities they deserve.

1:52.1

The choice is clear, my friends.

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Ben Wallace Wells joins me to discuss how Clinton intends to win over voters who continue to mistrust and dislike her in very large numbers.

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