Unpopular, Biden Keeps Notching Wins. Here's His Reelection Plan.

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The early days of the campaign will be easier for Biden this time around: he's got all the advantages of incumbency, including a relative risk-free primary process. Here's a primer on his campaign leadership and how he's using the Democratic National Committee in an effort to win new states.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Mark. I'm standing on the beautiful White Neue Beach in New Zealand.
0:06.0	The sun is just poking out and it's gorgeous. This podcast was recorded at...
0:12.0	109 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, June 1st.
0:17.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:20.0	Okay, here's the show.
0:23.0	I so want to go to New Zealand.
0:28.0	Hi. Have you been? No, I want to.
0:32.0	Good friends from there.
0:33.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Usma Khalid. I cover the White House.
0:37.0	I'm Tamer Keath. I also cover the White House.
0:40.0	And I'm Frank Ordoniaz. And I also cover the White House.
0:43.0	And well folks, we have got a whole White House trio here because today on the show,
0:48.0	we're going to dive into President Biden's presidential re-election campaign.
0:52.0	Joe Biden has been a historically unpopular president, but he seems to keep notching up these wins.
0:58.0	He's passed a whole bunch of bipartisan legislation. And last year during the midterms,
1:02.0	he managed to hold off the red wave that some folks were predicting.
1:06.0	Now, at 80 years old, he is running for re-election amid widespread concerns about his age and mental fitness for the job.
1:13.0	And he often uses this line to answer the skeptics.
1:17.0	Like often say, don't compare me to Almighty, compare me to Alternative.
1:22.0	So today, we are going to talk about Biden's re-election message and the team behind his campaign.
1:28.0	And Tam, I want to start with you because it seems that Biden does not appear to be operating much of a traditional campaign,
1:35.0	at least in terms of the infrastructure. What does his operation look like?
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