Running-Mate Myths with Matt Yglesias

Is there such a thing as “balancing the ticket”? How much can a vice-presidential nominee influence the election? Host Jerusalem Demsas talks with political commentator and journalist Matt Yglesias (x.com/mattygle...) about Kamala Harris’s recent pick of Tim Walz as her running mate and whether that choice could sway undecided voters.
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[@xaviersgiantego1453]

Yglesias and Demsas on a podcast in 2024?! We're so back

[@ifionlyhadaboat]

It's not about attracting rural voters, it's about not antagonizing people who oppose you into mobilizing en masse. It's about doing no harm.

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Great Conversation

[@daquidi]

i m expecting this to dismiss walz in any way possible. since atlantic has been pushing for shapiro, even calling critics of shapiro antisemites. let s see. will listen to it now.

[@daquidi]

wasn t so bad. still tried to make a case for klobuchar instead of walz.

[@russella90]

Matt Yglesias is a pseudo-intellectual, with has the kind of mildly edgy bad takes that make him a perfect mild spice to boost listenership on a podcast, but at the end of the day he has no receipts to demonstrate any of his takes are worthy of serious consideration.

[@kevinjenner9502]

Say no to AIPAC.