Biden saved us in 2020 when we needed saving, had a very successful Presidency overall, is a good man, and did the right thing now again when we needed him to. He deserves our respect and appreciation for all of that.
It was noble.. I understand the cynicism and the aggressiveness of the press. But I would really like to see some generosity once in a while. He was forced out. And he left the campaign with enormous dignity. Which I have not seen evidenced by the press.
Well said. I believe he was forced out also. I was very angry for quite awhile. The media never gave Predident Biden a chance any anytime to prove himself. He proved himself time and time again he was a better man and better candidate. Now Kamala is in the media as much as trump is makes me feel a little better. We need to get trump out fast. Like I keep saying he’s too old to run for president. He needs to go for very obvious reasons tho
Have we ever had a candidate for president, other than Harris, who has worked in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches? She should play up her experience. Especially over Trump.
Exactly! I hate that this is always the scenario. And these guests are supposedly left leaning? What exactly does America is moving to the right on crime mean when the right's candidate is a conviceted felon?
I know right, Al's last podcast was depressing, and as much as I was supporting Joe Biden this looks like the perfect storm for Kamala Harris to come in and just whoop Trump's orange butt! I'm an old white guy and now very inspired by the incredible enthusiasm and excitement across the country in the last 5 days, especially from black women, ALL women, plus all the LGBTQ and young people and everyone else of color in the US! 🎉
Isn't it interesting that both LBJ and Biden passed landmark bills of progressive policy, yet both of them had to pull out of the race. Progressive policies are popular with the people, but not with corporate donors.
And the outreach and out right criminality of the SCOTUS DECISIONS. Gratuity from billionaires is profoundly criminality in essence. . Buying the Supreme Court in a democracy is the most outrageous decision that could be imagined.
I'm not American but I've been intensively binge-watching podcasts all week. You guys seem a bit out of touch! It sounds like you missed the important bits of last week's story and were not really prepared. Your polling analysis was very short-sighted - check out the surge in voting registration across many states
I don’t understand why politicians aren’t allowed to change. Why can’t she just lean into her political emphasis having changed since 2020? Rather than allowing them to define her in a smear campaign.
Maybe because if she changes on issue one, she might change back, or change again. Why do people go to McDonald's? Because they don't want the best, they want something they can know, have faith in. Illogicality of human beings.
@@justgivemethetruth thank you, it makes sense and I think it’s true. She could be accused of pandering, right? I guess I’m thinking personally; as a person whose views have developed over time. Never pandering but just growing. Campaigning is such a delicate balance. I can defend my own changes which were not 180 but progressively more refined as I learned how to learn about political occurrences. Oh and with regard to changing, I’m in her DA county; Alameda. In 2020, I felt loyal to her but didn’t resonate with her. Now, I find she’s just blossomed and become dynamic so I changed and I like her more. I feel like she mirrors everyday people. I need to get over it but it just bugs me that campaigning doesn’t make room for politicians to simply explain how they evolved to where they. Also, it wreaks a little of just how perfect women and minorities have to be to get their foot in the door. Either way; she’s got my vote.
@@Indigobasil Well, I am trying to like her. I am your neighbor in Santa Clara county, and I have kept track of Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden of course. Over the years I find myself very critical of all of them. I think Joe should never have been the candidate, he was the Bernie Sanders dodge play in my opinion. Bernie let him win because he realized it would be all uphill if he were President, so Bernie threw the last debate and cinched Joe as Pres. Then he was able to make demands on Biden. Notice that Bernie has not yet endorsed Kamala. Then once nominated Biden in order not to have to fight with his VP picked the weakest candidate, just like George Herbert Walker Bush did with Dan Quayle. Biden has been hiding his whole Presidency. That bothered me when Republicans accused him of it, but he was doing an acceptable job if not just not being Trump. Then when he ran for a second term I was mad as hell because I knew he was a liar, and at this point he was also a lying incompetent. Even so, against Trump I am stuck voting for him. Then finally he acknowledges was a lying SOB he was, whether he was a competent President or not - he could not even read his adbication speech without glaring errors. And now, come to Kamala. The first notable thing she does is not decide not to attend the most important speech to Congress of Benjamin Netanyahu, to which she is PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. Then she slams Israel after all the data that has come out of the Middle East about Hamas, UN, UNRWA, Qatari corruption, Iran's massive attack on Israel, .... etc. It is like she is trying hard to be the most unacceptable whiny baby child president she can be. I've seen her questioning people testifying in the Senate, she asked very simple expected questions, with a nasty tone in her voice, great at scolding people, but never got a think done. Personally I have two apparently conflicting prioroties, maybe three if you lump Israel and Ukraine together under the catagory of foreign relations. 1. Is the Bernie agenda, which was imcompetently explained by Bernie as well. He should have switched to being a Democrat and switched from being a Democratic Socialist, which just confused people, to an FDR Democrat. I support some President who can pick up FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights agenda as a platform to run on. 2. End the Ukraine war, and end Iran's Islamic Regime. If you look at the putrid Islamic countries, every one of them has a failed incompent toxic undemocratic barbaric society that hurts their own people. It must end, and Israel must be free from attack. Kamala has no clue other than first thought, to pander to the extreme Left - the idiots, the rioters, those who hate America. What is she thinking?
Excuse me, but WHERE is everybody (and by that, I mean this podcast and every other I’ve listened to in the last week, as well as every TV news analysis I’ve seen) … where is everybody getting this narrative of “Kamala the prosecutor being an unsuccessful candidate in the era of ‘Defund the Police’” from?? You’re welcome to go back and check the dates, but, as I recall, she withdrew from the Presidential race before there had even been a single primary-literally MONTHS before George Floyd was killed. Why are so many people parroting this myth? Her 2020 campaign closed early because she was unable to get a message through in that crowded field and she ran out of money. That doesn’t say anything about her worth as a candidate now, of course-I believe that she is the right pick for this moment, but I wish people weren’t so lazy when sharing their “insights”.
Seemed like Harris tried to distinguish herself by being to the left of Sanders & Warren, when she was more moderate than them. She came off as disingenuous.
Also people say she was "unelected" just because she avoided the primary. No she got 306 electoral votes to become Vice President... Yes they are elected separately.
I still think President Biden is a genius for waiting until the GOP was stuck with vonschitzinpants as their candidate, before the Democratic Convention chooses a candidate.
@@niceride Agree! Our legendary Founding Founders imagined government service as a burden that good folk would do for a couple of years and then go back to productive work. Of course, it didn't work out that way, even in their lifetimes.
I'm proud of Joe for putting America first and doing the right thing. And I'm thrilled with Kamala for having a vision for the future. I'm an old white guy & I approved this message. 💙VOTE BLUE, Y'ALL!💙
This episode was such hodgepodge of statements that really led nowhere. The one thing they both did was map out a plan of attack for the Trump campaign based on long-forgotten or even heard of Kamala - basically, really obscure. We've already seen how incompetent the Trump campaign and Republicans in congress are in trying to find things to criticize (border, soft on crime and too hard on crime, she's a DEI hire, ie, any minority hire is a mediocre person). So, shame on you for giving them more fodder for the gristmill which is, in reality, totally irrelevant and will be used by Republicans as far out of context as one can imagine. So shame on you for using your platforms for clicks, rather than providing the larger story re: what each candidate's intentions are and what they hope to implement. Trump: total abortion ban, regardless of the loss of the mother's life, project 2025, written by HIS people, which will absolutely destroy the fabric of America, his pledgeto become a dictator on day one (what dictator did all he wanted to do in one day? Once he has that power (which the SCOTUS has already given him immunity for), he will continue. And what about covering his nonsensical word salad speeches which clearlydemonstrate how much he has mentally deteriorated in the last few years (oh, and the fact that he attempted a coup to illegally overturn a free and fair election over 60 times in court, including the Supreme Court). But let's forget about all that and criticize Harris for a few ambiguous words. Unbelievable.
Increasing the number of Justices can be done through Congress, but, unless they're voluntary or through a system of Emeritus & Emerita, term limits will indeed require a Constitutional Amendment.
Whatever criticism the MAGAS have against Harris is nothing compared to the horrific platform that the MAGAS are putting forward. It should be easy to counter that. Ignore the damn polls and this nitpicking punditry just vote!
What can we throw at Conald Dump to slow his momentum??? Come on we need to f-ing WIN this Fight for the USA and the world 😡 the Autocratic forces are waiting for us to fail 🤷♀️ VOTE BLUE for OUR LIVES 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
@@hereigoagain5050I want to get credit for worrying about what I can't see over the horizon and I don't yet find another worrying about the same thing
I like Texas Paul Schroder's suggestion for Kamala to run with Marine Commandant General Eric Smith in the VP slot! No one can say that a Joint Chief has less governing experience than a freshman senator! I like that it wouldn't deprive Democrats of an elected official. We need so many Democratic stars right where they are! Including Gov Josh Shapiro, in case there is malarkey about PA's election results.
Sadly, yes we are. We like to elect generals, actors, astronauts, and even famous failed businessmen. Fame is valued over competence. This is why the founding fathers wanted an electoral college capable of overriding the views of the foolish masses. (Which of course created a whole different problem when blind party loyalty took priority over duty to country.)
Seems odd to ignore. The possibility withdrawal is a politically calculated moment. That he might’ve done exactly what he felt was needed in terms of waiting for the vice president nominee from the Republicans and avoiding a competitive campaign at all with the Democratic nominee. People say they don’t like that, but I don’t think we should assume that he didn’t like it, I also don’t think anybody knows that he’s wrong.
I think this one was, for a change, a real good one! Harris needs a program, or plan that we like and can really get behind and promote. And all of the voters can get behind.
It seems like Kamala was their campaign spokesperson for Biden as she had ads on UA-cam, etc for the Biden-Harris campaign. Looking back it shouldn’t have been a surprise for Biden to cancel his candidacy. Of course don’t tell that to the Trump team! 😂
My main take-away: the Democratic Party needs a better way to choose a candidate. The primary system brought us Trump and unelectable Michael Dukakis. Bring back smoke-filled rooms!
Mr. Franken, why in the world would you NOT endorse Tim Walz for VP? You know him (and presumably respect him) better than most of us, having come from the same state
@@hereigoagain5050 Tim Walz (pronounced WALLS), the current Democratic governor of Minnesota? He represented a rural MN CD for several years before he ran for governor?
My state -- Georgia (16 electoral votes) is back in play. (University of Georgia / Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll) We've got a terrific one-hour daily political show on our public radio network (Peach State Radio), and listener calls were tremendously positive this week. Here's the best one to me: The guy says "I feel like that scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy moves from gloomy black and white to vibrant color." That made my day.
Kamala has had an amazing start. So much energy and hope injected into the race on D side. She's a true political athlete. Already honing and rounding out the stump speech, she sounds amazing. As far as discussing the '20 record, she needs to conduct some interviews and say since being in the WH and over last few years working with x,y,z '.. my position has evolved'; on the border she needs to discuss more of the detail around border and that R's rejected ( because of Trump ) a conservative bill to address border. There are ways to message, but she has to set the narrative. She should also highlight her work overseas in Munich, etc.
Al, I love you, but you need to back off with the political reporters on the podcast. Last week with Leibovich and Jong-Fast, was, frankly, appalling, and Foer and Calabro aren't much better. These folks talk about nothing but vibes, usually from the perspective of a political reporter (Biden annoyed reporters because yadda, how how it felt to them to watch so-and-so speak). Their opinions on these matters are not interesting or helpful. These folks have very shallow, horse-race views on politics and can really only talk about who has the hottest ads or whatever. It's garbage. Maybe get some serious people back on: economists, political scientists, psychologists, demographers, etc. People who might be able to shed some better light on the election, what it means, and what the electorate is "thinking" than people who live by a 24 deadline.
does anyone really believe .. that had biden opted out say after the 2022 midterms .. and there had been a real primary process .. that harris would have emerged as the nominee ?? .. no probably not .. being in the right place at the right time is just luck .. and having no other good options isn't a way to inspire confidence .. let's just hope that enough are sick of trump to vote accordingly ...
Damn. Although not successful, this podcast did more toward bursting my bubble for Kamala Harris than anything else I've listened to. Brutal. And I don't think we can count Pete b out as VP pick yet either.
For 245 years, we have had two men in President and VP positions. To reach complete equality, we should have two women in Prez and VP position for the next 245 years.
While it's true that Kamala Harris should avoid talking about the border patrol, because there is enough negativity on what's happened in the last couple of years. . . At the same time she needs to make a quick accurate statement to defend her position. Here is my solution: 1. The border issue has been hampered for more than 30 years because of politicians wanting to be re-elected . . .that they cannot make a long-term vision of what to do. So political statements becomes dependent on how the public views that issue. Until the politician ends up really saying nothing that would persuade the public. They just talk in response to what the public believes in the moment; 2. Who really has been in charge of the border issue has been the various groups of border patrols. And they ALL agreed to pass a bi-partisan very conservative legislature what Trump told the Republicans not to pass. This means that the bottom line for Trump is not that what's coming in to this country are insane dangerous people, which course is simply not true. . . It comes back to simply quote "What's in it for me?" and screw everybody else. President Donald Trump is not just too old, not just he doesn't read or look up to experts for advice, it is simply he is a sick person who should never be president. Here is a good example. In this latest Al Franken podcast, you mention the horrific decision-making that Trump did at the beginning of the Covid crisis. Saying that that alone, even though we don't want to think about the Covid crisis anymore, that alone should be enough not to make him president. But you also admit that Trump in the end began the right track in dealing with Covid, yet Biden gets the lion's share of the correctness in dealing with this crisis. But why is this? Why is it that we all can make decisions that initially were mistakes but then in the end we come to the correct way to deal with the problem? May I suggest two solutions to this: One is that we have not yet received all the facts to make a correct decision... ...and the other is that we are too self-centered to listen to another's points of view. But in Trump's case, it really has to do with that he's COMPLETELY selfish. His decision-making always seems to be "What is in it for me?" Which politicians all have this to some degree because they're trying to get re-elected..but because we the public ,our level of attention, our level of being able to study, can be very low, it takes much longer for us and people like Trump to make the correct decision. But for Trump it's ALL "What's in it for me?" From the very beginning to the very end. THAT is why it makes now more sense for Trump to say, when he looked at in front of him the graves at Arlington cemetery... "I don't get it. What's in it for them?" . . .and later, calling them "SUCKERS!" Also... "I don't care for heros!"... so, like Elon Musk, tries to persuade the ignorant by saying something like I am going to make you richer, and you will make me richer.
Kamala vp pick...🤔 I vaguely recall a former Senator from Minnesota who seemed to be somewhat effective. Al something or other.... He might be a good choice. You know,...for a change...🤣
Good news: Harris vs Trump are statistically tied in the polls. Bad news: Harris has to win by more than 6 points given the electoral map, or more than 9 points in polls give 3% MOE.
Congressman [Tim]othy Ryan (50) or Admiral William McRaven (69) is more than a "satisficing" option for the Vice-President candidacy. Admiral McRaven would be an optimal contributor to (a) national security formulations, (b) education policy offerings as chancellor emeritus of the University of Texas, and (c) politically to garner electoral votes from North Carolina: McRaven's home state. Congressman Ryan would bring to the Vice-President candidacy (a) two decades of legislative and deliberating experiences, (b) extraction of electoral votes from his home state of Ohio, and (c) countervailing clout to J. D. Vance: the Republican choice for the Vice-President cabdidacy who is also from Ohio.
In response to Al's non- explanation/explanation of the problem of 2 women in position of prez/vp of course the question being the answer. As for Elaina's question how did we get here in regard to the quick & succinct attack on Shapiro being a Jew, where has she been we've always been there. Maybe she meant when did we get to the point where it's OK to say it out loud? A good show as you know for a change.
Please disregard. This is a test post to see if my comments will actually post (to any channel). No, we DO NOT have open borders. Please think this through. If that's the case, then how is it that America ... - Has substantial barriers and surveillance equipment along the border - Border patrol makes millions of arrests per year - Has detention centers None of that would be there if we have open borders the way Republicans want people to believe. All of this is easily provable (as is both Obama and Biden admins with significant deportation rates). Please ... please be more skeptical of where you're getting your information, because it IS NOT factual.
@@Idlewyld trump loves any billions he can reach with a rake! Most have been Russian. Everybody squawks the billions in the investment fund inexperienced Jared Kushner is in charge to manage. We need to be reminded how many millions in annual salary Kushner gets for doing it!
TOO BAD YOU DON’T OPEN A POSITION AL MY MINNESOTA HOME 🏠 TOWN HERO 🦸♂️ FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IF SHE BECOMES OUR 47TH PRESIDENT BUT CAN HOPE FOR OUR GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
Biden saved us in 2020 when we needed saving, had a very successful Presidency overall, is a good man, and did the right thing now again when we needed him to. He deserves our respect and appreciation for all of that.
and y'all cheer biden's proxy wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and never mind those pesky lefties with their wimpy body counts
It was noble.. I understand the cynicism and the aggressiveness of the press. But I would really like to see some generosity once in a while. He was forced out. And he left the campaign with enormous dignity. Which I have not seen evidenced by the press.
Well said. I believe he was forced out also. I was very angry for quite awhile. The media never gave Predident Biden a chance any anytime to prove himself. He proved himself time and time again he was a better man and better candidate. Now Kamala is in the media as much as trump is makes me feel a little better. We need to get trump out fast. Like I keep saying he’s too old to run for president. He needs to go for very obvious reasons tho
Have we ever had a candidate for president, other than Harris, who has worked in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches? She should play up her experience. Especially over Trump.
Very astute comment.
She’s got my vote. I finally feel like there’s a chance.
If Kamala has to defend or explain her previous inconsistencies, why doesn't Trump have to explain his previous positions??
And Trump's perpetual , ever-changing inconsistencies .
Missionary etc?
Exactly! I hate that this is always the scenario. And these guests are supposedly left leaning? What exactly does America is moving to the right on crime mean when the right's candidate is a conviceted felon?
Couldn’t wait for this episode to drop after how disheartening last week’s topic was. New-found hope!!
I know right, Al's last podcast was depressing, and as much as I was supporting Joe Biden this looks like the perfect storm for Kamala Harris to come in and just whoop Trump's orange butt! I'm an old white guy and now very inspired by the incredible enthusiasm and excitement across the country in the last 5 days, especially from black women, ALL women, plus all the LGBTQ and young people and everyone else of color in the US! 🎉
@@J.M.-nb4gw while that may be .. let's remember that most of the swing states have white majorities .. it's a big rock and a steep hill ...
@@direwolf6234But how many of those white people are women and those who love them?
@@direwolf6234 How many of those swing states have Democratic governors? 4 of 7?
Yes yes yes do something about the supreme court number ONE! And the Electoral College too! ❣💙
Isn't it interesting that both LBJ and Biden passed landmark bills of progressive policy, yet both of them had to pull out of the race. Progressive policies are popular with the people, but not with corporate donors.
Yeah, thanks SCOTUS for Citizens United. 😡
And the outreach and out right criminality of the SCOTUS DECISIONS. Gratuity from billionaires is profoundly criminality in essence. . Buying the Supreme Court in a democracy is the most outrageous decision that could be imagined.
I'm not American but I've been intensively binge-watching podcasts all week. You guys seem a bit out of touch! It sounds like you missed the important bits of last week's story and were not really prepared. Your polling analysis was very short-sighted - check out the surge in voting registration across many states
I don’t understand why politicians aren’t allowed to change. Why can’t she just lean into her political emphasis having changed since 2020? Rather than allowing them to define her in a smear campaign.
That’s too rational. America demands instant gratification
Maybe because if she changes on issue one, she might change back, or change again. Why do people go to McDonald's? Because they don't want the best, they want something they can know, have faith in. Illogicality of human beings.
Totally agree 👍👍👍
@@justgivemethetruth thank you, it makes sense and I think it’s true. She could be accused of pandering, right?
I guess I’m thinking personally; as a person whose views have developed over time. Never pandering but just growing. Campaigning is such a delicate balance. I can defend my own changes which were not 180 but progressively more refined as I learned how to learn about political occurrences.
Oh and with regard to changing, I’m in her DA county; Alameda. In 2020, I felt loyal to her but didn’t resonate with her. Now, I find she’s just blossomed and become dynamic so I changed and I like her more. I feel like she mirrors everyday people.
I need to get over it but it just bugs me that campaigning doesn’t make room for politicians to simply explain how they evolved to where they. Also, it wreaks a little of just how perfect women and minorities have to be to get their foot in the door. Either way; she’s got my vote.
@@Indigobasil
Well, I am trying to like her. I am your neighbor in Santa Clara county, and I have kept track of Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden of course. Over the years I find myself very critical of all of them.
I think Joe should never have been the candidate, he was the Bernie Sanders dodge play in my opinion. Bernie let him win because he realized it would be all uphill if he were President, so Bernie threw the last debate and cinched Joe as Pres. Then he was able to make demands on Biden. Notice that Bernie has not yet endorsed Kamala.
Then once nominated Biden in order not to have to fight with his VP picked the weakest candidate, just like George Herbert Walker Bush did with Dan Quayle. Biden has been hiding his whole Presidency. That bothered me when Republicans accused him of it, but he was doing an acceptable job if not just not being Trump.
Then when he ran for a second term I was mad as hell because I knew he was a liar, and at this point he was also a lying incompetent. Even so, against Trump I am stuck voting for him. Then finally he acknowledges was a lying SOB he was, whether he was a competent President or not - he could not even read his adbication speech without glaring errors.
And now, come to Kamala. The first notable thing she does is not decide not to attend the most important speech to Congress of Benjamin Netanyahu, to which she is PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. Then she slams Israel after all the data that has come out of the Middle East about Hamas, UN, UNRWA, Qatari corruption, Iran's massive attack on Israel, .... etc.
It is like she is trying hard to be the most unacceptable whiny baby child president she can be. I've seen her questioning people testifying in the Senate, she asked very simple expected questions, with a nasty tone in her voice, great at scolding people, but never got a think done.
Personally I have two apparently conflicting prioroties, maybe three if you lump Israel and Ukraine together under the catagory of foreign relations.
1. Is the Bernie agenda, which was imcompetently explained by Bernie as well. He should have switched to being a Democrat and switched from being a Democratic Socialist, which just confused people, to an FDR Democrat. I support some President who can pick up FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights agenda as a platform to run on.
2. End the Ukraine war, and end Iran's Islamic Regime. If you look at the putrid Islamic countries, every one of them has a failed incompent toxic undemocratic barbaric society that hurts their own people. It must end, and Israel must be free from attack.
Kamala has no clue other than first thought, to pander to the extreme Left - the idiots, the rioters, those who hate America.
What is she thinking?
GREAT INTERVIEW AL FRANKEN MY HOME 🏠 TOWN MINNESOTA HERO 🦸♂️
Two major themes: freedom not tyranny; cops not robbers. They fit her like right sized gloves
Excuse me, but WHERE is everybody (and by that, I mean this podcast and every other I’ve listened to in the last week, as well as every TV news analysis I’ve seen) … where is everybody getting this narrative of “Kamala the prosecutor being an unsuccessful candidate in the era of ‘Defund the Police’” from?? You’re welcome to go back and check the dates, but, as I recall, she withdrew from the Presidential race before there had even been a single primary-literally MONTHS before George Floyd was killed. Why are so many people parroting this myth? Her 2020 campaign closed early because she was unable to get a message through in that crowded field and she ran out of money. That doesn’t say anything about her worth as a candidate now, of course-I believe that she is the right pick for this moment, but I wish people weren’t so lazy when sharing their “insights”.
Seemed like Harris tried to distinguish herself by being to the left of Sanders & Warren, when she was more moderate than them. She came off as disingenuous.
@@chrisvoss451 who cares about that now? She's up against the most disingenuous human ever.
@@chrisvoss451 yes, that’s a more accurate representation of what happened. And she’s more comfortable just being herself, now, which is great.
Also people say she was "unelected" just because she avoided the primary. No she got 306 electoral votes to become Vice President... Yes they are elected separately.
I still think President Biden is a genius for waiting until the GOP was stuck with vonschitzinpants as their candidate, before the Democratic Convention chooses a candidate.
Same. The timing was perfect. So proud of him.
Yes. The whole thing has been exquisitely timed. Catching the corona virus was a blessing
Sorry there buddie, Kamala has already been coronated.
No grand strategy by the Dems, just events overtaking their playbook. I'm glad they were flexible enough to pivot.
@@alanbailey5621 There is no candidate until the DNC convention selects her.
Sad to think that the corruption on the supreme court can't be addressed. Very sad.
Best SCOTUS that money can buy!
Please run for office again or serve in a cabinet position, Mr. Franken. I lived in Cedar,Minnesota in the 70's.
First time I haven't liked you, Al.
Wow. Had a higher opinion of Atlantic prior to this, as well.
70s
Keep them out of the working world in general. Old people need to learn to go away
@@niceride Agree! Our legendary Founding Founders imagined government service as a burden that good folk would do for a couple of years and then go back to productive work. Of course, it didn't work out that way, even in their lifetimes.
I'm proud of Joe for putting America first and doing the right thing. And I'm thrilled with Kamala for having a vision for the future.
I'm an old white guy & I approved this message.
💙VOTE BLUE, Y'ALL!💙
Kamala Harris can promote a Solarpunk vision for America's future!
Great insight without all the hype
17 hr ago? WTF Frankin? This is NOT representative of Harris at all.
Ufh one of your Worst Podcasts!!???!!!
This episode was such hodgepodge of statements that really led nowhere. The one thing they both did was map out a plan of attack for the Trump campaign based on long-forgotten or even heard of Kamala - basically, really obscure. We've already seen how incompetent the Trump campaign and Republicans in congress are in trying to find things to criticize (border, soft on crime and too hard on crime, she's a DEI hire, ie, any minority hire is a mediocre person). So, shame on you for giving them more fodder for the gristmill which is, in reality, totally irrelevant and will be used by Republicans as far out of context as one can imagine. So shame on you for using your platforms for clicks, rather than providing the larger story re: what each candidate's intentions are and what they hope to implement. Trump: total abortion ban, regardless of the loss of the mother's life, project 2025, written by HIS people, which will absolutely destroy the fabric of America, his pledgeto become a dictator on day one (what dictator did all he wanted to do in one day? Once he has that power (which the SCOTUS has already given him immunity for), he will continue. And what about covering his nonsensical word salad speeches which clearlydemonstrate how much he has mentally deteriorated in the last few years (oh, and the fact that he attempted a coup to illegally overturn a free and fair election over 60 times in court, including the Supreme Court). But let's forget about all that and criticize Harris for a few ambiguous words. Unbelievable.
I wish people would stop making fun of my 8pm bedtime (63Male)😂
Increasing the number of Justices can be done through Congress, but, unless they're voluntary or through a system of Emeritus & Emerita, term limits will indeed require a Constitutional Amendment.
Leo Kottke outro audio is good again this week, thanks!
Whatever criticism the MAGAS have against Harris is nothing compared to the horrific platform that the MAGAS are putting forward. It should be easy to counter that. Ignore the damn polls and this nitpicking punditry just vote!
What can we throw at Conald Dump to slow his momentum???
Come on we need to f-ing WIN this Fight for the USA and the world 😡 the Autocratic forces are waiting for us to fail 🤷♀️
VOTE BLUE for OUR LIVES 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
So what are the Russians going to do if they see The Donald losing?
What are your thoughts? I try not to crawl into Putin's mind.
@@hereigoagain5050I want to get credit for worrying about what I can't see over the horizon and I don't yet find another worrying about the same thing
Thank you for this thoughtful podcast ❤
We are going to win and save democracy!
All I want for Christmas - is a Harris - Franken Presidential ticket in November.
Harris is on fire 🇺🇲🎉
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I like Texas Paul Schroder's suggestion for Kamala to run with Marine Commandant General Eric Smith in the VP slot!
No one can say that a Joint Chief has less governing experience than a freshman senator!
I like that it wouldn't deprive Democrats of an elected official.
We need so many Democratic stars right where they are! Including Gov Josh Shapiro, in case there is malarkey about PA's election results.
He's an Astronaut?! That's why? Are we 7?
Sadly, yes we are. We like to elect generals, actors, astronauts, and even famous failed businessmen. Fame is valued over competence. This is why the founding fathers wanted an electoral college capable of overriding the views of the foolish masses. (Which of course created a whole different problem when blind party loyalty took priority over duty to country.)
@@ateamfan42 oh, that's what I was worried about
This was the greatest judo throw in American history.
DON-OLD
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Very catty & condescending tones, not to mention the hypocrisy of the press in general, as they were a huge player in how we got here.
Seems odd to ignore. The possibility withdrawal is a politically calculated moment.
That he might’ve done exactly what he felt was needed in terms of waiting for the vice president nominee from the Republicans and avoiding a competitive campaign at all with the Democratic nominee.
People say they don’t like that, but I don’t think we should assume that he didn’t like it, I also don’t think anybody knows that he’s wrong.
thnx A.F. as always.
I do not appreciate the disrespect towards President Biden
Great discussion … thanks!
I think Walz is the best choice, so that Dems won't lose a Senate seat or Governor in a red/purple state.
Who is Walz?
Another great one , for a change 👏 thank you for this broadcast Mr Franken 👍
yeah baby
I think this one was, for a change, a real good one! Harris needs a program, or plan that we like and can really get behind and promote. And all of the voters can get behind.
It seems like Kamala was their campaign spokesperson for Biden as she had ads on UA-cam, etc for the Biden-Harris campaign. Looking back it shouldn’t have been a surprise for Biden to cancel his candidacy. Of course don’t tell that to the Trump team! 😂
Good Show.
Hey, are you OK? You usually have more to say than "Good Show." 🙂
My main take-away: the Democratic Party needs a better way to choose a candidate. The primary system brought us Trump and unelectable Michael Dukakis. Bring back smoke-filled rooms!
I am Kam and cool with-it Kamala.
Nice slogan. Channels Calvin Coolidge. He too was an AG & VP.
Mr. Franken, why in the world would you NOT endorse Tim Walz for VP? You know him (and presumably respect him) better than most of us, having come from the same state
Tim who? That is why. I'm a Midwesterner, and I've never heard of him.
@@hereigoagain5050 Tim Walz (pronounced WALLS), the current Democratic governor of Minnesota? He represented a rural MN CD for several years before he ran for governor?
@@66zebulon Good call! Just heard that Tim is it.
@@hereigoagain5050 Thank you! It's a happy day today!😀
My state -- Georgia (16 electoral votes) is back in play. (University of Georgia / Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll) We've got a terrific one-hour daily political show on our public radio network (Peach State Radio), and listener calls were tremendously positive this week.
Here's the best one to me: The guy says "I feel like that scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy moves from gloomy black and white to vibrant color." That made my day.
Kamala has had an amazing start. So much energy and hope injected into the race on D side. She's a true political athlete. Already honing and rounding out the stump speech, she sounds amazing. As far as discussing the '20 record, she needs to conduct some interviews and say since being in the WH and over last few years working with x,y,z '.. my position has evolved'; on the border she needs to discuss more of the detail around border and that R's rejected ( because of Trump ) a conservative bill to address border. There are ways to message, but she has to set the narrative. She should also highlight her work overseas in Munich, etc.
Biden has quit. No need for the petty disrespt. You know he has achieved more than you talking heads ever will
Al understands being railroaded
Could Sunday Morning be any more depressing. Do better Al!
❤ love Al
Al, I love you, but you need to back off with the political reporters on the podcast. Last week with Leibovich and Jong-Fast, was, frankly, appalling, and Foer and Calabro aren't much better.
These folks talk about nothing but vibes, usually from the perspective of a political reporter (Biden annoyed reporters because yadda, how how it felt to them to watch so-and-so speak). Their opinions on these matters are not interesting or helpful. These folks have very shallow, horse-race views on politics and can really only talk about who has the hottest ads or whatever. It's garbage.
Maybe get some serious people back on: economists, political scientists, psychologists, demographers, etc. People who might be able to shed some better light on the election, what it means, and what the electorate is "thinking" than people who live by a 24 deadline.
AL keep doing your thing! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙✌✌
does anyone really believe .. that had biden opted out say after the 2022 midterms .. and there had been a real primary process .. that harris would have emerged as the nominee ?? .. no probably not .. being in the right place at the right time is just luck .. and having no other good options isn't a way to inspire confidence .. let's just hope that enough are sick of trump to vote accordingly ...
There is so much valuable information in these podcasts where more viewership is expected.
Damn. Although not successful, this podcast did more toward bursting my bubble for Kamala Harris than anything else I've listened to. Brutal. And I don't think we can count Pete b out as VP pick yet either.
For 245 years, we have had two men in President and VP positions. To reach complete equality, we should have two women in Prez and VP position for the next 245 years.
While it's true that Kamala Harris should avoid talking about the border patrol, because there is enough negativity on what's happened in the last couple of years. . . At the same time she needs to make a quick accurate statement to defend her position. Here is my solution:
1. The border issue has been hampered for more than 30 years because of politicians wanting to be re-elected . . .that they cannot make a long-term vision of what to do. So political statements becomes dependent on how the public views that issue. Until the politician ends up really saying nothing that would persuade the public. They just talk in response to what the public believes in the moment;
2. Who really has been in charge of the border issue has been the various groups of border patrols. And they ALL agreed to pass a bi-partisan very conservative legislature what Trump told the Republicans not to pass. This means that the bottom line for Trump is not that what's coming in to this country are insane dangerous people, which course is simply not true. . . It comes back to simply quote "What's in it for me?" and screw everybody else.
President Donald Trump is not just too old, not just he doesn't read or look up to experts for advice, it is simply he is a sick person who should never be president.
Here is a good example. In this latest Al Franken podcast, you mention the horrific decision-making that Trump did at the beginning of the Covid crisis. Saying that that alone, even though we don't want to think about the Covid crisis anymore, that alone should be enough not to make him president. But you also admit that Trump in the end began the right track in dealing with Covid, yet Biden gets the lion's share of the correctness in dealing with this crisis.
But why is this? Why is it that we all can make decisions that initially were mistakes but then in the end we come to the correct way to deal with the problem?
May I suggest two solutions to this:
One is that we have not yet received all the facts to make a correct decision...
...and the other is that we are too self-centered to listen to another's points of view.
But in Trump's case, it really has to do with that he's COMPLETELY selfish. His decision-making always seems to be "What is in it for me?" Which politicians all have this to some degree because they're trying to get re-elected..but because we the public ,our level of attention, our level of being able to study, can be very low, it takes much longer for us and people like Trump to make the correct decision.
But for Trump it's ALL "What's in it for me?" From the very beginning to the very end.
THAT is why it makes now more sense for Trump to say, when he looked at in front of him the graves at Arlington cemetery...
"I don't get it. What's in it for them?"
. . .and later, calling them "SUCKERS!"
Also...
"I don't care for heros!"... so, like Elon Musk, tries to persuade the ignorant by saying something like
I am going to make you richer, and you will make me richer.
Not can she Use climate, will she DO some good things about it?
The "Al Franken Decade" has already lasted over 40 years. Good times.
Boy this episode was a wet rag, give her time.
Wouldn't term limits for Supreme Court justices require a constitutional amendment?
Kamala vp pick...🤔
I vaguely recall a former Senator from Minnesota who seemed to be somewhat effective. Al something or other....
He might be a good choice.
You know,...for a change...🤣
Good news: Harris vs Trump are statistically tied in the polls. Bad news: Harris has to win by more than 6 points given the electoral map, or more than 9 points in polls give 3% MOE.
Hi Al!
Congressman [Tim]othy Ryan (50) or Admiral William McRaven (69) is more than a "satisficing" option for the Vice-President candidacy. Admiral McRaven would be an optimal contributor to (a) national security formulations, (b) education policy offerings as chancellor emeritus of the University of Texas, and (c) politically to garner electoral votes from North Carolina: McRaven's home state. Congressman Ryan would bring to the Vice-President candidacy (a) two decades of legislative and deliberating experiences, (b) extraction of electoral votes from his home state of Ohio, and (c) countervailing clout to J. D. Vance: the Republican choice for the Vice-President cabdidacy who is also from Ohio.
I don't like your guests but WON'T unsubscribe because I love Al, not his fault country is...
Oh I've been waiting for this one all week, can't wait to hear what I have to say about the events of the past week!
In response to Al's non- explanation/explanation of the problem of 2 women in position of prez/vp of course the question being the answer. As for Elaina's question how did we get here in regard to the quick & succinct attack on Shapiro being a Jew, where has she been we've always been there. Maybe she meant when did we get to the point where it's OK to say it out loud? A good show as you know for a change.
Please disregard. This is a test post to see if my comments will actually post (to any channel).
No, we DO NOT have open borders. Please think this through. If that's the case, then how is it that America ...
- Has substantial barriers and surveillance equipment along the border
- Border patrol makes millions of arrests per year
- Has detention centers
None of that would be there if we have open borders the way Republicans want people to believe.
All of this is easily provable (as is both Obama and Biden admins with significant deportation rates). Please ... please be more skeptical of where you're getting your information, because it IS NOT factual.
Great podcast, Al. Thank you.
What about demilitariziat IDT ,get the Israeli out of Palestine. And Palestine belongs to Palestinians, not other Arabic countries
Did anyone care that Joe Lieberman was Jewish?
Whaaaat? Sencient being? WTF AL
Ugh. You missed the boat here..
wheres the tim walz interview?
That was a pretty depressing podcast. And no mention of Buttigieg as potential VP choice
The lady on this pod needs to get on board, or you know, at least don't vote for Trump, lol
Quit trying to burst our bubble! We need hope and a positive message people!
Atlantic still publishing?
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With Bernies help trump can win.
Hunter luvs rocks😅
channeling our inner geologist ...
Trumps love Saudi Billions
@@Idlewyld trump loves any billions he can reach with a rake!
Most have been Russian.
Everybody squawks the billions in the investment fund inexperienced Jared Kushner is in charge to manage. We need to be reminded how many millions in annual salary Kushner gets for doing it!
Isl@m mu$lim ads on your program?!
Walz vp!
It was obvious to me 4 years ago.....
TOO BAD YOU DON’T OPEN A POSITION AL MY MINNESOTA HOME 🏠 TOWN HERO 🦸♂️ FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IF SHE BECOMES OUR 47TH PRESIDENT BUT CAN HOPE FOR OUR GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
Tim who? Lack of national name recognition is a big downside.
@@hereigoagain5050 governor Tim Walz