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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Who's Ahead in the Race to Beat Trump?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

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

4.07.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Democrats are throwing their hats in the ring for the 2020 presidential election, but who has a real shot? Opinion's new columnist, Jamelle Bouie, joins Michelle Goldberg and Ross Douthat to weigh in on who has an edge, whose campaign needs sharpening, and who to watch out for in the primary. Then David Leonhardt joins Michelle and Ross to debate the media's biases in the Trump era. Finally, Michelle has a suggestion for anyone planning a big, fat, expensive wedding: don't. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

0:01.2

I'm Ross Douthet.

0:02.2

I'm David Leonhardt, and this is the argument.

0:05.6

This week, we take a look at the current list of democratic presidential candidates.

0:10.1

She really speaks to my sort of like aspirations for this country.

0:14.2

Then, what does media bias look like in the Trump aid?

0:17.6

This is an insane, insane take.

0:20.8

And finally, a recommendation.

0:22.9

I've never for a moment thought that I lost out on anything.

0:30.0

Over the past few weeks, a handful of candidates have said that they are running for president.

0:39.1

I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States.

0:46.5

I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week.

0:50.3

I'm filing an exploratory committee for President of the United States tonight.

0:58.4

For now, there are two frontrunners among the announced candidates, senators Kamala Harris

1:03.6

and Elizabeth Warren.

1:05.5

From the outside, they seem cut from the same cloth, two liberal women from two liberal

1:10.1

states, California and Massachusetts.

1:13.5

But Harris and Warren are less similar than they may seem at first.

1:17.6

We have a new colleague in the opinion section, Jamel Buie, and he's a keen observer of politics.

1:23.0

So he's going to join us for this discussion, and I'm going to step out.

1:26.4

And I'll come back for segment two.

1:28.6

Here are Jamel, Michelle, and Ross on the 2020 race.

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