1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda gam Nation. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 2: Well, Joe Biden has pulled out of the race. That's 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: what we're hearing today. 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: So what is very sensitive ritative. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: So by by Biden as that that song is probably 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 2: alluding to what happens. Now we're going to talk to 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: Pete's seat. He's a former White House correspondent of a 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: former White House spokesperson, political commentator. Hello Pete, how are you. 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: Well? Hello, good morning, good evening from the US. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: Well, what a day? 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 4: Hey? 12 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: So I know that Kamala Harris has got the endorsement 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: of Joe Biden. But does that mean she will be 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: the Democrat representative? Will she be the candidate? 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 3: Well, she is blitzing the phone lines as we speak, 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 3: trying to shore up that nomination. Let's be serious. There 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 3: are a lot of Democrats, particularly governors, who themselves are ambitious, 18 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: and we're looking ahead to twenty twenty eight, and so 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: Tamala Harris's the nominee and successful and winning in November, 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 3: they would have to sit out until twenty thirty two, 21 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 3: so there likely will be some competition unless she's able 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,199 Speaker 3: to lock everyone up in the next forty eight hours 23 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 3: or so. 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: And who is her competition paid. 25 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 3: Well. The names that are thrown out are the governor 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 3: of California, Gavin Newsom, the governor of Kentucky, Andy Basher. 27 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,919 Speaker 3: Occasionally you'll hear the governor of Michigan or the governor 28 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 3: of Illinois. But I mean, it seems like the signs 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 3: are pointing in the right direction and looking good for 30 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: Kamala Harris. But you can imagine that there are some 31 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: other contenders out there also making phone calls. 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 2: So it looks like it might be Kamala Harris and 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: Pete Boudagese as her vice president, a black woman, an 34 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: openly gay man. Is America ready to vote for them. 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 3: Well, that's to be seen. Pete Boudhaje Edge actually is 36 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: from my home state of Indiana. I've known him for 37 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: quite some time. He was a mayor up in the 38 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: northern part of the state here. I think there are, 39 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 3: just like people who want to be the presidential nominee, 40 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 3: a lot of folks who might want to be the 41 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: vice presidential nominee themselves. But I think regardless of who 42 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 3: it is, they have an uphill battle to mount a 43 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 3: campaign in about one hundred days all across this country, 44 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 3: especially being little known Joe Biden, well known, Donald Trump 45 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 3: well known. Kamala Harris not as well known as the 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 3: other two. 47 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, and do you feel that that Kamala Harris could 48 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 4: have done so much more of because when she first 49 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 4: got in there, every and said, Wow, this woman's amazing, 50 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: and then then something happened, she just fell off. 51 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, she certainly receded into the background. You know, she 52 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 3: became the border Czar, so to speak, for the administration 53 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 3: and was quote unquote in charge of immigration and securing 54 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 3: the situation at the border. I think any objective observer 55 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 3: would look at that and say it was a colossal failure. 56 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: It's going to be hard for her to make a 57 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 3: case on that, especially when immigration is assistently the number 58 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 3: two issue among voters in this country versus economy and inflation. 59 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 3: Number two is immigration. She doesn't have a great record 60 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 3: on either of those. 61 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: So when does a decision need to be made. 62 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: Well, the decision will need to be made at the 63 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 3: Democratic National Convention takes place in Chicago towards the end 64 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 3: of August. Now, the Democrats were planning to do a 65 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 3: virtual role call as early as the first week of August. 66 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 3: I assume that's going to have to be put on ice, 67 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: and they're going to have to wait until they're all 68 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 3: in person in Chicago. 69 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: Wow, what happens in a week? Doesn't allies are in America. 70 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: But that's always the white space. 71 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: A week is a month, a month is a year, 72 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: that's right. 73 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 4: And we've totally missed out on the whole blue screen 74 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 4: of death that happened on Friday. 75 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: And the news cycles already moved on. 76 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 4: We haven't mentioned it one bites visit the first time 77 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 4: we've mentioned it just now. 78 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: It's sead of like, oh, by the way, the internet crashed. 79 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 3: Its amazing how quickly this might me. Just think about 80 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: the last three weeks alone in this presidential cycle, normally 81 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 3: a history making, game changing event maybe once every presidential election. 82 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 3: We've had about a half dozen in three weeks. 83 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, the news cycle is like the lifespan of a 84 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 4: half fly at the moment. Okay, keep Bob, well, pet 85 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 4: thank you for joining us, Thank you for keeping and 86 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 4: we'd love to catch up with you as this progresses. 87 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: If that's okay, well, I appreciate it, thanks so much. 88 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: Thank you, Pete sat there. These are the times in 89 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: which 90 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: We aren't they interesting