Samantha Bee asked a question on many people’s minds when she hosted a Democratic political strategist on this week’s episode of her podcast, The Daily Beast. With less than two weeks until Election Day, how could the results be so close? Carville’s honest response was, “I don’t care.”
“I try to help people form coalitions, stay focused, and take action to win,” he explained. But he’s not really interested in analyzing elections before they happen. “I’m not interpreting things. I’m trying to influence things.”
Carville worked on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign and is best known for coining the phrase “It’s the economy, you idiot.” In a recent New York Times op-ed, he offered three reasons why he is “confident” that Kamala Harris will win the White House next month.
But that doesn’t mean he’s convinced by her campaign. Mr. Carville met with Mr. Coles and Mr. Bee to offer his own advice on what Democratic candidates should do in the final stages of the presidential campaign, when early voting has already begun in many states. Carville explained that her campaign is currently offering two different ideas. That is, Donald Trump is an idiot, but he is also a threat to American democracy. Harris argued that we should choose one of these messages and stick to it. (Which one is it? Ask and find out.)
Coles and Bee are joined by Daily Beast special correspondent Harry Lambert to discuss Joe Rogan’s perplexing appeal to young people and why that voting base made him the election’s “kingmaker.” We debated what that meant. They then discussed Coles’ appearance in New York Magazine’s latest cover story about the state of media in the United States and its leadership. After addressing her questionable mug shot in the magazine, Coles said the magazine’s extensive feature on the magazine’s own media scandals, including star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi and presidential candidate Robert F.・He suggested that he had been “overshadowed” by his affair with Mr. Junior.
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