Capitol Weekly Podcast

The Biden Effect

Episode Summary

In this week’s Capitol Weekly podcast CW’s Rich Ehisen is joined by frequent contributor Dan Morain and Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics and Executive Editor of RealClear Media Grou, Carl Cannon. The trio discusses the impact of President Joe Biden’s announcement to run for a second term on a host of ambitious California politicos, from Kamala Harris and Kevin McCarthy in Washington D.C. to Gavin Newsom and others here in California. And, as always we’ll get into another favorite topic – who had the Worst Week in California Politics.

Episode Notes

In this week’s Capitol Weekly podcast CW’s Rich Ehisen is joined by frequent contributor Dan Morain and Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics and Executive Editor of RealClear Media Grou, Carl Cannon. The trio discusses the impact of President Joe Biden’s announcement to run for a second term on a host of ambitious California politicos, from Kamala Harris and Kevin McCarthy in Washington D.C. to Gavin Newsom and others here in California. And, as always we’ll get into another favorite topic – who had the Worst Week in California Politics. 

Photo: Joe Biden on the campaign trail, Gage Skidmore, by Gage Skidmore.

0:30 Intro for Dan Morain and Carl Cannon

2:00 The Biden announcement

3:00 Kamala getting a second look?

8:55 The Gavin non-presidential campaign

11:00 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? What?

12:00 Gavin and homelessness

13:00 Can Gavin be blamed for homelessness?

14:55 Kevin McCarthy 

18:45 Nancy Pelosi

20:00 Schiff v. McCarthy

21:25 Dianne Feinstein

24:50 Condi Rice?

25:15 The CA Governor’s race

28:55 WWCA – The A’s win again

 

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