Paul Begala on the Democratic Party, the Midterms, and 2020

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🗓️ 19 May 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Paul Begala is a veteran Democratic strategist and commentator, and served as counselor to the president in the Clinton White House. In this Conversation, Begala analyzes the key dynamics within the Democratic Party today. Looking ahead to the midterms and to 2020, Begala considers the Democrats’ response to Trump, the tensions between progressives and moderates, and the kinds of candidates that are likely to succeed. Begala also makes a spirited case for why Democrats must defend free speech and liberal principles more generally.

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0:00.0	And the Hi, I'm Bill Crystal. Welcome to Conversations. I'm very pleased to be joined today by my friend
0:19.4	Paul Bogala, veteran Democratic strategist to the Clinton victory in 92 and senior aid in the
0:26.8	Clinton White House and a very keen observer of all things Democratic.
0:30.4	And Republican. Thanks Bill, great to see you again. Good to see you.
0:34.0	So I thought we... We dressed alike. We wore the uniform. It's the new unity in
0:38.4	Donald Trump's America. Trump creates strange, but bipartisanship.
0:42.0	That fell off. Yeah, right, exactly. Trump creates strange but bipartisanship. That fellow.
0:43.0	Yeah right exactly.
0:45.0	So we're speaking just to locate it in what early mid-May 2018.
0:50.0	Well what's going on in the Democrat?
0:52.0	Everyone's talking about the Republicans.
0:53.2	I'm very interested in that.
0:53.9	We can talk about that too.
0:54.7	But what about the Democratic Party?
0:56.3	What's the effect of Trump?
0:57.6	What's the response to Trump?
0:58.9	Where do we go this year?
0:59.9	And then later on, we'll get where do we go in 2020?
1:02.3	You know, the the challenge first thanks
1:04.0	thanks for having me here we've done this once before it's always
1:06.5	fascinating and I love doing these things with you.
1:09.9	The challenge for the Democrats and I think they're rising to it is to look beyond
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