The Candidate Is the Problem, Not the Campaign

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🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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As the president’s poll numbers continue to decline, Donald Trump’s campaign has replaced its campaign manager. But the campaign has been far more focused on making the case against the president’s opponent than the president himself. Also, has the public’s anxiety over a new surge of COVID cases outpaced the rate of new infections? Source

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.
0:26.5	Today is Thursday, July 16, 2020.
0:29.3	I'm John Pothort.
0:30.2	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always,
0:32.8	executive editor, a Greenwald high a.
0:34.8	Hi, John.
0:35.6	Senior writer, Christine Rose and high Christine.
0:37.8	Hi, John.
0:38.4	And associate editor, Noah Rothman, high Noah.
0:41.6	Hi, John.
0:42.4	We gather today, we are, I believe, 112 days from the election.
0:48.6	And if anybody doesn't think that Donald Trump is the distinct
0:54.6	underdog in the selection, they're high.
0:58.1	There were about 97 polls yesterday.
1:01.9	Polsters in these polls, reporting these polls.
1:06.7	One of them, I think it Quinnipiac said,
1:09.9	there is no good news, whatever, anywhere in any of these polls
1:14.5	for Donald Trump whatsoever.
1:18.8	So of course, Trump in firing his campaign manager, Brad
1:21.5	Parscale and putting in place Bill Bridgegate,
1:26.3	Steppian as the campaign manager, said,
1:30.7	with our polls rising, we just need to take it to the next level.
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