Joan Walsh: "If You Like Her, Vote For Her"
Joan Walsh has been watching the campaigns, and she has some thoughts. She tackles Bloomberg's record, the media's treatment of Warren, and the left's homophobia, aimed at Mayor Pete.
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Show Notes
As the Democratic primary candidates move out of the earlier, more homogeneously white nomination contest and into South Carolina and Nevada, some candidates — particularly Buttigieg and Klobuchar — are reportedly struggling to gain footing with voters of color. And all the candidates are struggling to win the support of the African American donor class. Joe Biden, who had long been the race's assumed front-runner before the first nomination battles, is working to reassure his supporters after a pair of poor showings in the early states. Attorney General William Barr, who had resisted calls to testify during the President's impeachment proceedings, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the Justice Department's reduced sentencing recommendation in the trial of Roger Stone, amid which several U.S. attorneys assigned to the case have recused themselves.
On Today's Show:
Joan Walsh, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and a CNN political contributor, talks about the latest news in the 2020 campaign.