Who Should Lead the Democratic Ticket? Six Columnists Weigh In.
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Published 2024-07-04
00:40 Lydia Polgreen on the case for Vice President Kamala Harris
06:38 Nicholas Kristof on the case for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan
09:45 Ross Douthat on the case for Senator Joe Manchin
14:01 Pamela Paul on the case for Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland
18:15 David French on the case for Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania
24:00 Charles Blow on the case for President Biden
(A full transcript of this episode will be available within 24 hours of publication on the Times website.)
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All Comments (21)
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Kamala,? The word salad queen ? Are you drunk?
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Every time i think the NYT can't be more pathetic or out of touch, they prove me wrong.
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Let Democrats interested in running have a public venue to make their case. Let them do this frequently over the next month, and let the convention delegates vote at the convention. Not rocket science.
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no to manchin.
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The last guy seems to have forgotten how we got here. Can’t replace Biden cause that would be undemocratic? And coronating Biden without a primary was somehow more democratic?
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Just my opinion, and I take no joy in saying this. Kamala publicly presents as awkward, inarticulate, and she regularly repeats the exact same silly word-salady phrases. She is not likable. Again, just my opinion, and I respect your opinions. She's just a national embarrassment.
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Wes Moore: inexperience in Washington politics is not an asset.
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Kamala. "Eloquent" wow, two words that I don't expect to hear in the same breath
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The only way Kamala might have a chance in November is if Biden steps down now and appoints her and she doesn’t suck for the next four months.
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How is Harris a successful debater?? In the first primary debate, she instantly owned her self attempting to play the race card on Biden by bringing up school bussing, and never recovered. She sucked.
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Too bad we didn't do a primary....
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Two myths that made history: "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction" and "Biden is fit to serve another term."
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The Democratic party owes it to the American people to have a contested convention as penance for not having a primary.
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Joe Manchin??? Really??? Did we really need to listen to that?
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Kamala is so bad bad bad...
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Why can NYT put sections in their video so we can skip Joe Manchin talk?
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I wish all government from local to federal, wasn't guided by what we DON'T want, but rather by what we DO want.
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I would love Governor Whitmer! I am a Michigander and she has been amazing for this state. We went from the Snyder shitshow to being a state that I am incredibly proud to live in. We have marijuana, abortion access, and we overturned right-to-work! Also she doesn't say loony shit like coasty politicians.
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Charles Blow: "I'm not trying to convince anyone that Biden is your best candidate, he's a fantastic person, and you know, shooting on all cylinders and full of verve, I'm just saying that as it stands, he is likely your best option.." Do you hear yourself, advocating for someone you can't even vouch for being "firing on all cylinders"? Do you blame the voters for wanting a president who is lucid, competent and capable, as a minimum standard?
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I stoppped listening when he suggested joe Manchin to be president . A person who stopped democrats from carrying out any agenda that would of helped regular working people. And pushed for deregulation to help with his own profits in fossil fuel
