What the Harris Campaign Needs to Win, with James Carville and Paul Begala
Podcast:The Political Scene | The New Yorker Published On: Sat Aug 17 2024 Description: The Washington Roundtable discusses the surge of enthusiasm for the Harris-Walz campaign among Democrats in relation to Bill Clinton’s bid for the White House in 1992. They’re joined by the Democratic strategists James Carville and Paul Begala, whose work as architects of that Clinton campaign was portrayed in the 1993 documentary “The War Room.” Plus, a look ahead at next week’s Democratic National Convention.This week’s reading: “Kamala Harris’s Best Campaign Surrogate Is Donald Trump,” by Susan B. Glasser “Tim Walz and the Lessons of High-School Football,” by Louisa Thomas “Kamala Harris’s Youth-Vote Turnaround,” by E. Tammy Kim To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com with “The Political Scene” in the subject line.