The Democrats and Their Biden-Harris Dilemma

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Paul Gigot interviews political scientist Ruy Teixeira about the Democratic Party debate over whether to dump President Biden from their 2024 ticket. Can Biden survive and beat Donald Trump? If the President bows out, is Kamala Harris the best choice, or should Democrats have an open convention? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal
0:21.3	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.0	Welcome to Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	I'm Paul Geego, editor of the editorial pages,
0:30.0	and this is our daily opinion page podcast. We are living in an extraordinary moment in
0:36.6	American politics as the Democratic Party deliberates privately and
0:41.8	often publicly these days about whether to replace
0:45.4	President Biden as their nominee after his much-panned debate performance on
0:51.8	June 27th.
0:53.2	Talk to 100 Democrats these days,
0:55.2	and you'll get 100 opinions about what the party should do,
0:58.1	when, how, and who should be the nominee.
1:00.7	And it makes sense of it.
1:02.0	Our guest today is Roy to share a long time
1:04.7	student of Democratic politics now affiliated with the American Enterprise
1:09.2	Institute where he often contributes to a blog called the liberal patriot on sub-stack.
1:16.8	He's also author of the book Where Have All the Democrats Gone the Soul of the Party in
1:22.1	the Age of Extremes that was out last year.
1:25.2	Welcome.
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