Trans Atlantic 006 - (2020 Election) State of the Party: Pre-Iowa Plutocratic Panic
Recorded hours before the Iowa 2020 caucuses, Stephen looks back at the rising tide of panic amongst the Democratic Party establishment. As usual he ends up getting into some uncomfortable home truths about both the party and the plutocrats adjacent to it.
Show notes
“Got a problem? Ask the Super” by Geraldine Ferraro for The New York Times / Posted: February 25, 2008
“Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, ‘Is There Anybody Else?’” by Jonathan Martin for The New York Times / Posted: October 22, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/us/politics/democratic-candidates-2020.html
“The Democratic Establishment is Right to Panic” by Katrina vandal Heuval for The Washington Post / Posted: October 29, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/29/democratic-establishment-is-right-panic/
“Bernie Could Win the Nomination. Should We Be Afraid?” by Michelle Goldberg for The New York Times / Posted: January 27, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/opinion/bernie-sanders-iowa-trump.html
“They Let Him Get Away with Murder: Dems Tormented Over How To Stop Bernie” by Natasha Korecki for Politico / Posted January 27, 2020 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/27/democrats-bernie-sanders-rise-105825