The Brain Lehrer Show

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Aimee Allison , founder and president of She the People, a national network aimed at empowering women of color as voters and candidates, and Gabriel Debenedetti , National Correspondent for New York Magazine , discuss the unraveling of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. Plus, your calls: if you were a Harris supporter, who are you supporting now? Kamala's campaign ended for the same reasons that Beto's campaign ended: it's not enough to be cool and likable. You must have a clear point of view and stick with it. Sadly, I don't feel she brought that. — Jen Daniele (@jen_daniele) — Regina Schrambling (@gastropoda) I was also really moved and excited by Harris to Biden that night. But I was really disappointed over the next few days when it became obvious that she didn't have clear policy ideas about busing herself. — Dorian Zimmerman (@Dzim1N)

Ruth Marcus , columnist at the Washington Post and deputy editor of its editorial page and the author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover (Simon & Schuster, 2019), talks about the impeachment hearings, plus her new book about the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.  She says in many ways "impeachment is Kavanaugh 2.0."  

Julian Zelizer , professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, co-host of the podcast Politics and Polls , and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (Penguin Press, 2020), discusses the latest news on impeachment, including Speaker Pelosi's announcement.