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Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong

2024/7/12
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Julián Castro: 就拜登总统的年龄和健康状况,以及这是否会影响其竞选连任和执政能力,表达了担忧。他认为,民主党建制派为了避免党内分裂,压制了对拜登的挑战,导致缺乏初选辩论,使得选民无法在其他候选人中做出选择。他认为,拜登在与特朗普的辩论中的表现糟糕,进一步证实了之前的担忧。他认为,普通选民很早就意识到了拜登年龄的问题,而党内精英阶层才较晚意识到这个问题的严重性。他还批评了民主党建制派对潜在挑战者的打压,认为这扼杀了党内竞争,并导致了目前民主党面临的困境。他认为,哈里斯副总统将是一个比拜登更好的候选人,她可以利用政府的成就,并以拜登无法做到方式激励选民。他认为,如果民主党选择哈里斯,特朗普可能会利用种族主义和偏见来攻击她,但这可能会适得其反,反而会让更多选民转向民主党。 David Remnick: 对民主党在拜登总统与特朗普总统的六月辩论前后出现的恐慌进行了分析,并探讨了民主党内部对拜登连任的焦虑和担忧。他指出,白宫和几乎所有民主党领导人都认为拜登状态良好,并且没有人会阻止他再次竞选。然而,在六月辩论中表现糟糕后,民主党正在应对这一策略的后果。他与Julián Castro讨论了民主党内部的焦虑、混乱和对个人政治命运的权衡,以及一些来自摇摆选区的民主党人正在考虑自身的政治未来。他还探讨了拜登的政治风险,以及年龄问题对他的竞选造成的影响。他还探讨了民主党内部对拜登连任的讨论,以及一些民主党人对拜登是否应该再次竞选的公开或暗示性表达。他还探讨了如果拜登不寻求连任,民主党应该如何选择候选人,以及潜在候选人的优缺点。 David Remnick: 就拜登总统的年龄和健康状况,以及这是否会影响其竞选连任和执政能力,表达了担忧。他认为,民主党建制派为了避免党内分裂,压制了对拜登的挑战,导致缺乏初选辩论,使得选民无法在其他候选人中做出选择。他认为,拜登在与特朗普的辩论中的表现糟糕,进一步证实了之前的担忧。他认为,普通选民很早就意识到了拜登年龄的问题,而党内精英阶层才较晚意识到这个问题的严重性。他还批评了民主党建制派对潜在挑战者的打压,认为这扼杀了党内竞争,并导致了目前民主党面临的困境。他认为,哈里斯副总统将是一个比拜登更好的候选人,她可以利用政府的成就,并以拜登无法做到方式激励选民。他认为,如果民主党选择哈里斯,特朗普可能会利用种族主义和偏见来攻击她,但这可能会适得其反,反而会让更多选民转向民主党。

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The panic among Democrats after President Biden's debate performance was not sudden; concerns about his age and effectiveness have been growing among voters for some time.

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The panic that gripped Democrats during and after President Biden’s performance in the June debate against Donald Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. In January of last year, the Radio Hour produced an episode about President Biden’s age), and the concerns that voters were already expressing. But no nationally prominent Democratic politician was willing to challenge Biden in the primaries. After the debate, Julián Castro was one of the first prominent Democrats to say that Biden should withdraw from the race, and he went on to tell MSNBC’s Alex Wagner that potential Democratic rivals and even staffers “got the message” that their careers would be* “blackballed” *if they challenged him. Castro—who came up as the mayor of San Antonio, and then served as President Obama’s Secretary for Housing and Urban Development—ran against Biden in the Presidential primary for the 2020 election. He talks with David Remnick about how we got here, and what the Democratic Party should have done differently.