{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9a03fe9e-1ff0-4dcc-b3f6-50bd1f016ea4/938061ec-8fe0-46fc-9051-316b98c26500?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Super Tuesday Special: Biden's Back!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195701f2eacc3a36070252a/619570bccb3c660012e3d048.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>A special live edition recorded on the morning after Super Tuesday: we try to make sense of where the Democratic race now stands.&nbsp;How did Biden pull it off?&nbsp;Is there a path back for Sanders?&nbsp;And what role was Obama playing behind the scenes?&nbsp;Plus we ask which strategy now makes sense for the general election and whether Trump has got the candidate he wants or the one he fears.&nbsp;With Helen Thompson and Gary Gerstle, recorded at the McCrum Lecture Theatre in Cambridge.</p><p><br></p><p>Talking Points</p><p><br></p><p>Biden, the comeback kid, is now the overwhelming favourite to be the Democratic nominee.</p><ul><li>Bernie has attracted more young people and Latinos, but does his coalition have a ceiling?&nbsp;</li><li>Biden’s coalition seems to be bigger than Bernie’s. Turnout was up—for him.</li><li>People were too quick to write off Biden. He was always going to do well with African Americans in the South.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Party discipline kicked in: did the Democrats learn from what the Republicans failed to do with Trump?</p><ul><li>What was going on behind the scenes? And what has Obama been up to?&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>There will be bloodletting on the left.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>If all of Warren’s votes had gone to Bernie, he would have won more states.&nbsp;</li><li>But Warren is a different kind of candidate than Bernie and her coalition includes a lot of college educated voters who may choose Biden over Bernie.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>What’s next for Biden?</p><ul><li>All eyes will be on his VP pick.</li><li>His campaign was phenomenally weak for a leading candidate.&nbsp;</li><li>He’s going to get more staff, more money, and more endorsements.</li><li>Biden’s path to victory runs through suburbanites who can’t stomach voting for Trump, bue he’s also going to have to appeal to the left of the party.&nbsp;</li><li>Trump does well against establishment politicians, but he also seems to fear Biden.</li><li>The Hunter Biden story isn’t going away.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Mentioned in this Episode:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/democratic_2020_nomination/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The real clear betting odds&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/13/opinion/election-nytimes-the-choice.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The full transcript of the New York Times’ Biden interview</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Party-Decides-Presidential-Nominations-American-ebook/dp/B002TYZMBW\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Party Decides, by Marty Cohen, David Karol, Hans Noel, and John Zaller</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21123518/trump-2020-election-democratic-party-james-carville\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">James Carville on Elizabeth Warren, and a lot of other things for Vox</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/03/12/elizabeth-warren-in-the-trap/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Caroline Fraser’s article on Warren and the gender trap for the NYRB</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Further Learning:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/super-tuesday/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A breakdown of the results from our friends at 538</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/blog/2019/211-monopoly-and-muckraking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gary’s guide to the history of monopolies in America</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">More on Hunter Biden</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>And as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here: </strong><a href=\"http://lrb.co.uk/talking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>lrb.co.uk/talking</strong></a></p>","author_name":"David Runciman and Catherine Carr"}