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Matter of Opinion

TL;DR: Blame Biden

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

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

4.27.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Democratic Party needs to take a look in the mirror, and fast. This week, our old friend Lydia Polgreen joins the hosts to dissect what went wrong for Democrats, and what kind of leadership the party needs to win back voters in Trump’s America. Plus, something to do other than doomscrolling.

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0:00.0

I wish we were pounding beers at a Notre Dame football game.

0:03.5

That's where I'm going this weekend, by the way.

0:05.4

I'm going to an Notre Dame football game this weekend.

0:07.4

Eat a hot dog for me.

0:08.5

I wish this were a Notre Dame football podcast, but it is not.

0:11.6

It can be.

0:12.5

Those are my plans for next year.

0:13.8

I put that in my goals, my performance review.

0:18.0

From New York Times opinion, I'm Carlos Lozada.

0:21.0

I'm Michelle Cottle.

0:22.2

And I'm Ross Dousin.

0:23.6

And this is matter of opinion where thoughts are always allowed.

0:28.1

For now.

0:43.2

So we are back again with a second episode of Mooh this week. You just can't quit us.

0:48.6

When we spoke in the hours immediately after the presidential election was called,

0:54.7

Michelle and Ross and I focused mainly on the Trump side of the story. What is Victory tells us about American politics, about America, period. So today, I want us to focus more on Kamala Harris and what her

1:01.6

defeat means for the future of the Democrats and for the future of the left more broadly.

1:08.1

Who better to join us in that pursuit than our dear founding friend of the

1:12.7

moo, Lydia Polgreen.

1:14.5

Lydia.

1:16.0

Lydia. Welcome back. Lydia. Are you saying I'm an expert in losers? Is that what I'm

1:20.4

to understand? If that's how you interpreted this, Lydia, I don't know. That wasn't what I was

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