Looking ahead to the DNC, the Harris-Walz campaign prepares for a defining moment

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🗓️ 18 August 2024

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The state of the presidential race is a far cry from what it was just a few months ago. Vice President Kamala Harris's rise to the top of the Democratic ticket has sparked waves of excitement, and some tension, among democratic leaders and voters across the country.

Thousands of delegates now head to Chicago for the party's convention this week, where Harris is expected to deliver the biggest speech of her political career to date.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaker with co-host Ari Shapiro, about how this moment couple shape her campaign to the nation.

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0:00.0	turned back the clock just a couple of months ago, and the shape of the presidential race was feeling pretty familiar.
0:06.3	Former President Trump, in a dead heat with President Biden less than five months from election day.
0:11.3	President Biden and former President Donald Trump running neck and neck among
0:15.8	likely voters.
0:16.8	The national poll finds that former President Trump and President Biden are statistically
0:21.2	tied.
0:21.8	It was feeling a lot like the 20-20 election. The
0:24.9	same two candidates locked in a tight race until... the COVID, excuse me with
0:32.0	dealing with everything we have to do with, look, if we finally
0:41.1	beat Medicare.
0:42.1	Thank you, President Biden.
0:44.0	A disastrous debate performance from President Biden
0:46.0	sent his campaign into a tail spin.
0:49.0	That was painful.
0:50.0	I love Joe Biden.
0:51.0	I work for Joe Biden.
0:52.0	He did not deal well at all. 28% I love
0:53.8	28% I work for Joe Biden he he did not do well at all 28% I have never seen numbers
0:56.8	this bad for an incumbent president during my lifetime. I mean that mental health to be
1:01.8	president. Leader president and leader Jeffries both pushing the party to delay the
1:07.8	nominating process.
1:09.0	What began as a slow drip turned into an avalanche of calls from leaders in the President's own party
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