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Dem campaigns get desperate after debate shutout
Dem campaigns get desperate after debate shutout
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week on the Nerdcast with Scott Bland: More than half of the
Democratic presidential field got bounced from the party’s debate
circuit Wednesday night, but they’re not meekly exiting stage left.
POLITICO campaign reporter Elena Schneider explains what actions they
might take against the DNC’s debate rules. Also, voters across the
country — from California to Pennsylvania to Massachusetts — grilled
House Democrats on the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump
at a series of events this month. POLITICO reporter Sarah Ferris
describes what she observed on the ground at town halls.
Democratic presidential field got bounced from the party’s debate
circuit Wednesday night, but they’re not meekly exiting stage left.
POLITICO campaign reporter Elena Schneider explains what actions they
might take against the DNC’s debate rules. Also, voters across the
country — from California to Pennsylvania to Massachusetts — grilled
House Democrats on the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump
at a series of events this month. POLITICO reporter Sarah Ferris
describes what she observed on the ground at town halls.
Released:
Aug 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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