The Return of the Governor

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In recent years, governors have sat on the sidelines as the federal government has commanded most of the attention and airtime. Today, we explore how the pandemic has generated a revival of state and local politics — and made governors into national heroes. Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Governors of both parties have taken a lead role in confronting the crisis, asserting themselves in ways that have only highlighted the initial lack of seriousness from the White House.With his widely watched coronavirus briefings, one governor in particular has stood out: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Here’s how the leader of New York State has become a figurehead for the Democratic Party.

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0:33.0	Today, for the past decade, governors have been relegated to the sidelines of American politics.
0:48.0	Alex Barnes, on how the pandemic is changing that.
0:59.3	It's Friday, April 3rd.
1:05.5	So Alex, up until the past few months, how would you describe the role of governors in
1:11.2	the United States?
1:12.2	Look, I think that they were very much the supporting cast of American politics.
1:17.7	They perform a function that I think people in their states recognize is super important,
1:24.4	but they have not been seen for a decade or more now as the kind of people who the great
1:31.3	mass of American voters look to for inspiration, direction, national leadership in any kind
1:38.4	of crisis.
1:39.9	You said a decade or more, so that's a change.
1:43.2	Right.
1:44.2	Now, for most of the three or four decades prior to that, governors were seen as the most
1:51.2	capable leaders in the country.
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