With Norah Odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us, were going to begin with the first night of the Democratic National convention and what will be an unth docks political event brought on by an unprecedented pandemic. The Coronavirus Crisis is not only changed how tonights speeches will be given, but what they will focus on. Over the next four nights democrats will appear virtually without the pomp and sirks were used to seeing, where they will argue that joe biden and Kamala Harris uniquely qualified to take on President Trump and the pandemic. Tonight which will feature a speech by former First Lady Michelle Obama comes just as a new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll shows gentlemen biden leading the president among likely voters. Not only who will vote this november but how they will cast their ballot will also be front and center tonight. Todays democrats hand picked postmaster general trying to slow down mail delivery and
On cspans q a. K. Th joel thetein, the author of white house vice presidency the path to significance, mondale to biden. Good morning. Guest good to be with you. Thanks for having me. Host i will go right into your most recent article. You wrote in the atlantic twas called the stunning success of Vice President most powerful in. Why do you think that . Guest actually, that was an article that i was quoted in it was an article written by somebody else. But i think that Vice President bidens Vice President would be very important and consequential. The office has grown really withficantly, beginning the Walter Mondale vice presidency from 1971 to 1981. It is no longer just a stopgap equipment. Ofis a robust, ongoing job real consequence. I think the fact that Vice President biden served himself or eight years is a very consequential as a very consequential and engaged Vice President gives him a unique appreciation of the office, and i think he is likely to interest his Vice President , t
Called the stunning success of Vice President most powerful in. Why do you think that . Guest actually, that was an article that i was quoted in it was an article written by somebody else. But i think that Vice President bidens Vice President would be very important and consequential. The office has grown really withficantly, beginning the Walter Mondale vice presidency from 1971 to 1981. It is no longer just a stopgap equipment. Ofis a robust, ongoing job real consequence. I think the fact that Vice President biden served himself or eight years is a very consequential as a very consequential and engaged Vice President gives him a unique appreciation of the office, and i think he is likely to interest his Vice President , to use his Vice President in important ways, and to rely on his Vice President perhaps some ways different from president obama use but to make significant of the Vice President. Aboutlets talk a little the history of the vice presidency and how the office has evolved
Mary, what does ill tell us it tell us about the economy . Mary i think its good news and what we had to say in all of this is we are not getting back to february any time soon because unless we have the virus basically solved, there are lots of economies that are not going to open and the fact that we are doing better than just threading water here, make gains, thats good news. In the in the half halffull camp i would say theres less momentum. We had better momentum in june and may and we are still down 13 million jobs and as we try to get below 10 unemployment, now at 10. 2, thats where it becomes more difficult to restore those jobs short of a vaccine. Paul jason, it would seem on marys momentum point that the flareup in the summer to have virus in the south and South Western States did seem to slow the growth of of jobs, you did see a lot of restaurant jobs, a lot of Leisure Hospitality jobs come back but theres still millions that that are on the sidelines. Bill yeah, striking in
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