He wasnt announced candidate. So i walked onto the floor of the c mobbed and as he left a Television Commentator there said to him, who do you thinks going to win . He said, t nored to be here with two of the most vital and insightful public intellectuals america, whom i read all the time. Anne applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian, writer fo senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins of advanced international studies. Her latest book is, quote, the twilight of democracy the seductive lure of by the way. When i recall a lot of the book titles that weve heard about during this festival, im tempted to think theres more than a little pessimism here about the future. Ezra klein min is a columnist for the New York Times, where he also hosts thea klein podcast at a young age. He has a storied career in journalism and as a is New York Times best seller is entitled why were polarized. Another optimistic take on where we are in america. Let me start witll start with you, ezra. We . How did we
Among the top ones, the economy, immigration, and health care. Among all the categories, most expressed that they trust former President Trump to handle those issues versus President Biden. We will show you the list, and you can call in and tell us what issues are important to you as you consider voting this Election Year. On the phone lines, it is 202 7488000 for democrats. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you want to text us, you can do that at 202 7488003. You can always post on our social media sites, on facebook and on our x feed. It is abc news and if sosa releasing a poll yesterday asking a variety of questions related to this years election. One of those, a list of those top issues that voters thought were important to consider and who they trust better to handle those situations. At the top of that list is the economy, from the abc news ipsos poll. 80 say that was the most important thing. 46 say they trust former President Trump to handle those issues b
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There are a lot of ways to raise money. Hillary clinton raised a large sum of money, mostly from women. Only 17 of the funds were from small grassroots donors. 76 of Bernie Sanders donors were those grassroots folks. Fewer than 100,000 of the 2. 5 million addresses on her list. Margaret she is in a really strong position when it comes to classic core fundraising. There are two kind of unproven territories. One is how she is going to play in the super pac world. Especially compared to jeb bush. The other is on the small donor front. We see she is really good in terms of women fundraising. Small donors, you could even argue will be more important. Mark she needs to prove she can excite the grassroots the way sanders is. I think the super pac thing is the one that may be harder to solve because wealthy democrats dont feel threatened by this republican field and they dont believe in soft money. I think her numbers are perfectly good. She has raised a lot of hard money. She is going to have
Sum of money, mostly from women. Only 17 of the funds were from small grassroots donors. 76 of Bernie Sanders donors were those grassroots folks. Fewer than 100,000 of the 2. 5 million addresses on her list. On her list were still active. Two things look good for her in terms of funding . Margaret she is in a really strong position when it comes to classic core fundraising. There are two kind of unproven territories. One is how she is going to play in the super pac world. Especially compared to jeb bush. The other is on the small donor front. We see she is really good in terms of women fundraising. Small donors, you could even argue will be more important. Mark she needs to prove she can excite the grassroots the way sanders is. I think the super pac thing is the one that may be harder to solve because wealthy democrats dont feel threatened by this republican field and they dont believe in soft money. I think her numbers are perfectly good. She has raised a lot of hard money. She is go