The Real Danger Within the Democratic Party of a Fundamental Crack-Up
Description
It was once a fringe opinion to say President Biden should drop his re-election bid and Democrats should embrace an open convention. That position is fringe no more. But when the conventional wisdom shifts this rapidly, there’s always the danger of overlooking its potential flaws.
My colleague, the Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, has been making some of the strongest arguments against Biden dropping out and throwing the nomination contest to a brokered convention. So I invited him on the show to talk through where he and I diverge and how our thinking is changing.
Book Recommendations:
Into the Bright Sunshine by Samuel G. Freedman
Wide Awake by Jon Grinspan
Illiberal America by Steven Hahn
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You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.
This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Elias Isquith. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair and Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Efim Shapiro and Aman Sahota. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Annie Galvin, Rollin Hu and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Sonia Herrero.
" I'd be curious if this framing resonates with you" if i had a hundred dollars for every-time Ezra forgets to remeber that he has at least 100k undereducated truckers like me that listen to his show ( and a few of us read books too) f-that wafty language... ( f them fancy words garbagel) speak to us in broken down simple English!!!
Clay makes a great point as he tends to ... who the F is gonna be her running mate for vp !! ....... and nooo "fair shakes"