State of the Race with Politico's Jonathan Martin
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🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Bill and Jonathan Martin discuss the state of the 2024 presidential race. Martin is the Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist for Politico. They agree that Kamala Harris has a slight advantage, but the race is still a toss-up. They discuss the importance of key battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, as well as the potential impact of issues like abortion and immigration. They also talk about the role of Donald Trump and the choice between two different personalities in this election. They observe that Joe Biden will be campaigning with Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and discuss the potential future of Democratic politicians like Gavin Newsom and Josh Shapiro. Overall, the election is seen as a referendum on Donald Trump and his presidency.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. Good to see you again here at the Bill Press pod. Well, you know, |
| 0:11.9 | it seems like it's been going on for a couple of years now, which it has. But with the Labor Day |
| 0:18.0 | behind us, campaign 2024 is now officially underway. |
| 0:22.0 | In fact, actual voting begins this week when the first absentee ballots are mailed out in North Carolina. |
| 0:30.1 | But of course, it's a whole different ballgame than it was a couple of years ago, |
| 0:34.8 | even than it was a couple of months ago. |
| 0:39.5 | Democrats energized by a whole new team and new possibilities, while Republicans are stuck with the same, tired, cranky, old, |
| 0:47.0 | three-time candidate Donald Trump, yes, the oldest man ever to run for president. And yet, and yet, while things look promising for |
| 0:57.2 | Kamala Harris, much better than they did for Joe Biden six weeks ago, the election is still too |
| 1:03.0 | close to call. Kamala Harris might win narrowly, where the election held this week, but there's |
| 1:09.7 | still 60 some days to go, still probably |
| 1:12.8 | at least one more presidential debate, and anything could happen. |
| 1:17.9 | So this week, we thought it would be important to kick off this final stretch of the campaign |
| 1:22.4 | by getting a good assessment on the state of the race as of Labor Day. |
| 1:27.2 | And nobody better to do it with than today's |
| 1:29.8 | guest, Jonathan Martin, Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist for Politico. Hey, hello, Jonathan |
| 1:37.9 | Martin. I haven't seen you since Chicago when you were drilling Governor J.B. Prisker at the political event, but you got them to admit that Chicago did such a good job in 2024. They may try again at 2028. |
| 1:55.6 | To borrow the Ernie Banks line, it was so nice, let's do it twice. Exactly. You know, look, Jamie Britsker is a salesman, and he's a good one, and he's trying to sell his city and his state. And they had, you know, look, they had a great weather out there. And the protests were far less than advertised. So today, I was wanted to back. And, you know, I wouldn't mind having it back there. |
| 2:19.0 | Yeah, no, it was a good show, great city and a great convention. |
| 2:24.3 | As they were saying, they want to be remembered for 1996 and 2024, not for |
| 2:30.5 | 1968, right? |
| 2:31.9 | That's right. |
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