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Matter of Opinion

The Divisions Roiling Beneath the Democratic Party’s Joyful Exterior

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.27.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When Democrats coalesced around Kamala Harris this summer, they set their differences aside in the interest of preventing a second Trump presidency. But at what cost? On this episode, Lydia is joined by her fellow Opinion columnists Jamelle Bouie and Michelle Goldberg to discuss whether this temporary unity is good or bad for the future of the Democratic Party.

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0:00.0

Hey matter of opinion listeners it's Ross Michelle Carlos and we are actually not in this week's episode

0:06.9

Lydia Polgreen is handling things all by her lonesome but we're here to you, well what are we here to tell you?

0:13.5

So in case you missed last week's episode, I just want to quickly remind you that we've got

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and you'll get access to our full back catalog and wild bonus episodes, which we're cooking up as we speak.

0:32.0

And if you're not yet a subscriber, you can find out how to become one in the link in this episode's show notes,

0:38.0

which is a place that I never actually visit.

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Fortunately, everyone else. visit.

0:46.0

Fortunately, everyone else does. And just so you can really have a window inside the glamorous life of podcasters.

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We are recording this promo just after recording the bonus

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be very spooky.

1:03.5

So if that isn't enticement enough,

1:05.7

I can't imagine what would be.

1:08.0

And now...

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On with the show.

1:10.0

On with the show.

1:36.1

From New York Times opinion, I'm Lydia Polgreen, and this is matter of opinion. Last month Ross brought our fellow columnist David French on to debate whether voting for Kamala Harris is the best way to save conservatism. In this episode we're going to talk about whether voting for Kamala Harris is the best way to turn

1:41.6

a Democrat into a conservative.

1:42.6

Just kidding.

1:44.6

But really, I've been thinking a lot

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