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Speaker 1: Dems wrap it up today in Chicago, nominally accepting the candidacy.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Tim Wolves did the same thing yesterday. Very

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Speaker 1: big week in Well for the glitterati and the high hopes.

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Speaker 1: It's been a full of phiz this campaign, hasn't it.

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Speaker 1: Under the convention Democratic polster and strategist Mike Melbourne as

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Speaker 1: well as Mark very good morning to you, Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you politics aside, I've watched most of it. It's

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Speaker 1: been fantastic. I mean as an event, as a noise maker,

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Speaker 1: as a g them up, it's been brilliant, hasn't it.

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Speaker 2: It's been an amazing convention. It's been an inspiring convention.

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Speaker 2: It's a convention. I think it's going to have an

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Speaker 2: impact on the election ultimately.

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Speaker 1: The critics argue that they're running on vibes. Are they

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Speaker 1: running on vibes and the people vote on vibes?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm not even sure exactly what vibes are all

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Speaker 2: the time. But the reality is there is an extensive

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Speaker 2: platform that the Democratic Party passed on the first day

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Speaker 2: of this convention. There are policy proposals that the Harris

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Speaker 2: Wild's team is rolling out over the course of the

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Speaker 2: next number of weeks. So it's much more than just vibes.

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Speaker 2: There's policy that they're running on, but there's also the

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Speaker 2: kind of country that we want to live in. There's

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Speaker 2: big issues like protecting our democracy, protecting our freedom. Those

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Speaker 2: are big and important issues that don't just have a

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Speaker 2: particular policy prescription attached to them, but they're critically important

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Speaker 2: for this country in this election.

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Speaker 1: The poll moves, do you believe they're real and they

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Speaker 1: can stick?

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Speaker 2: They're real. On the other hand, you know, we expect

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Speaker 2: to get a bump from a convention like this. How

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Speaker 2: long that bump last really depends on what else happens

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Speaker 2: in the course of this race over the next number

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Speaker 2: of weeks. This has been a great and inspiring convention,

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Speaker 2: as I said before, and I think it will have

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Speaker 2: an impact on the polls and on the vote eventually.

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Speaker 2: But the reality is that there's lots to happen in

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Speaker 2: this election. The reality is we are a country that

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Speaker 2: is very evil and divided, and this is likely to

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Speaker 2: be a very close race.

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Speaker 1: I think that's probably true. Mike, appreciate your expertise, and

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Speaker 1: in so, Mike Melman out of the Democrats convention in

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Speaker 1: Chicago will wrap up this afternoon though Clinton was pretty

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Speaker 1: good at There's some criticism online about Clinton looked a

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Speaker 1: bit old but shaky. I thought he told a good story.

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Speaker 1: Same same old, same old. The Obamas haven't changed, Clinton

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Speaker 1: hasn't changed. For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast listen

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