Washington journal continues. Host joe simonson joins us and has been following the ins and outs of campaign 2020, and in a recent piece focusing on joe biden you posed this question about who is actually leaving the Democratic Party. He wrote what if biden is the passenger in not the driver . Explain. Guest as i laid out the Democratic Partys governing coalition which is who is actually running the country in 2021 and, as well as who are democratic voters. As i write, this is one of the most incoherent coalitions in modern american political memory. I think that sets him up well to win in november. If you see who makes up and who is the coalition, it is largely black americans who vote the highest rate of any group in this country, higher than whites, and college educated. Suburban voters as well as those with a postgrad degree. These are overwhelmingly, particularly those of a post at postgrad degree, vote democrats. These two groups have completely separate policy ,oals, separate in
For joining us for tonights governors debate. I am political director adam sexton. We will hear from the candidates for the Corner Office about their plans for New Hampshire and their records so far. The debate is happening live but as usual, inc. s will look different. Our panelists are in the studio, Jennifer Vann and john di stasio. The candidates are in a different studio, separated by several feet as part of covid19 precautions. We look forward to a robust debate. Lets look at the candidate backgrounds. An incumbent governor whos planning and management faced a life or death tested this year. A good result was clearly as a result of the tough decisions we had to make. The opponent is known for pushing for progressive reforms. Ive been pushing for families every step of the way. They have two different approaches for protecting an empowering government stagers. Theyve had a different response to covid19, and move forward on anothers of this years issues, police reform. Using an exe
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Considered most newsworthy to participate in the debate. Candidates get one minute to answer questions and 32nd rebuttals a lot of the moderator discretion. We think both candidates. Our opening question is about the covid19 pandemic and it goes to you first, senator feltes. Thanksgiving is a little more than fiveweek the way and it is fair to say that a sense of connection is more important to people and it has been. The reality is we are seeing cases of covid every day and rising numbers across the country. How do you lead granite stators through the end of the year as they no doubt want to be together with loved ones but fear that could put them in others at risk . Sen. Feltes families are sacrificing and struggling. Hundreds of lost loved ones, tens of thousands of lost jobs, thousands more their homes, cases are going up right now in schools shutting down. Obamacare, the Health Care System we rely on, is in jeopardy right now. Working families dont know what the next week will rin
Stephen colbert. Togh hng rttom. Plus, stephen welcomes deusus and mero and musical guest jake isaac featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen thank you, friendly announcer lady. I never say thank you to her. Thats on me. Im sorry. Its been years now. Thank you, friendly announcer lady. I hope we meet some day. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. It will be a while because we cant meet anybody right now. Too bad, we cant go for a walk. Happy first day of fall. Theres a crispness in the air, the leaves are changing, our nation is ravaged by a preventable disease due to our president s criminal negligence. So happy is a relative term. Its a mixed bag. But despite his historic shanking of the coronavirus response, yesterday in ohio, our Pumpkin Spice potus put a positive spin on things. We now know the disease. We didnt know it. Now we know it. It affects elderly