So Who Are These Vice Presidential Picks Meant To Appeal To?
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:25.0 | This podcast was recorded at 1.38 PM on Thursday, September 26th. |
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| 0:42.0 | I know that's what I was wondering. Hey there it's the |
| 0:45.2 | NPR Politics podcast. I'm Susan Davis I cover politics. I'm Danielle Kurtz Laben I |
| 0:49.2 | cover the presidential campaign. And I'm Tamara Keith I cover the White |
| 0:52.1 | House. And today on the show Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 0:53.0 | And today on the show, The Running Mates, what exactly have JD Vance and Tim Wall's been |
| 0:56.8 | up to on the campaign trail? These two men will obviously meet for the first time this |
| 1:01.0 | coming Tuesday at their vice presidential debate and we will of course |
| 1:04.0 | cover that on the pod. But Tam part of the reason I wanted to have this conversation is I'm not even entirely |
| 1:09.9 | sure what these running mates have been up to but then I thought about it and you |
| 1:12.9 | realize that's partly by design right it's not really the vice president's |
| 1:16.7 | candidates job to make news all the time yeah I was just talking to someone who |
| 1:20.4 | has helped presidential candidates prepare for debates. |
| 1:24.0 | And he said, the first job of the vice president is to do no harm. |
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