Alex Thompson

She had, when she took the job to run the DNC, started this ad hoc committee called the What-If Committee. And that was just to prepare for anything. And one of the things the What-If Committee did was keep track of the delegates, especially after the debate. And the What-If Committee conveyed to Reschetti and Donilon

Biden can still win the nomination at the convention, but it will be tight and it will be ugly. And I think that those two things, your senators have abandoned you because he thought Biden always thought of himself as a creature of the Senate and you can win, but it's going to be a very hideous victory. I think that just convinced him.

Biden can still win the nomination at the convention, but it will be tight and it will be ugly. And I think that those two things, your senators have abandoned you because he thought Biden always thought of himself as a creature of the Senate and you can win, but it's going to be a very hideous victory. I think that just convinced him.

Biden can still win the nomination at the convention, but it will be tight and it will be ugly. And I think that those two things, your senators have abandoned you because he thought Biden always thought of himself as a creature of the Senate and you can win, but it's going to be a very hideous victory. I think that just convinced him.

Plus, by the way, he made this decision while he was really sick with COVID, which could not have encouraged him that he was up to this over the next few weeks.

Plus, by the way, he made this decision while he was really sick with COVID, which could not have encouraged him that he was up to this over the next few weeks.

Plus, by the way, he made this decision while he was really sick with COVID, which could not have encouraged him that he was up to this over the next few weeks.

Look, I'm 56. I am not capable of doing things that I could do when I was 35. And I don't just mean, you know, running up and down a basketball court. Like I'm not as cognitively sharp now. Am I wiser? Sure. So I get that argument. But at a certain point, when I have aged past my cell date, CNN will show me the door or whoever I'm working for at the time.

Look, I'm 56. I am not capable of doing things that I could do when I was 35. And I don't just mean, you know, running up and down a basketball court. Like I'm not as cognitively sharp now. Am I wiser? Sure. So I get that argument. But at a certain point, when I have aged past my cell date, CNN will show me the door or whoever I'm working for at the time.

Look, I'm 56. I am not capable of doing things that I could do when I was 35. And I don't just mean, you know, running up and down a basketball court. Like I'm not as cognitively sharp now. Am I wiser? Sure. So I get that argument. But at a certain point, when I have aged past my cell date, CNN will show me the door or whoever I'm working for at the time.

But the presidency and politics in general is the only world in which there is no one, no boss to do that. It is the voters. It's up to the voters and the voters can be snookered in an era of tribalism. They can be told it doesn't matter if so-and-so is a kumquat. All that matters is that he's not the other guy.

But the presidency and politics in general is the only world in which there is no one, no boss to do that. It is the voters. It's up to the voters and the voters can be snookered in an era of tribalism. They can be told it doesn't matter if so-and-so is a kumquat. All that matters is that he's not the other guy.

But the presidency and politics in general is the only world in which there is no one, no boss to do that. It is the voters. It's up to the voters and the voters can be snookered in an era of tribalism. They can be told it doesn't matter if so-and-so is a kumquat. All that matters is that he's not the other guy.

And so we are not only in a gerontocracy, we're in a gerontocracy where tribalism makes it easier to do. I mean, it's still amazing to me that after everything that happened with Biden, Kay Granger, who was the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, somehow managed to quietly step down from leadership and then just check herself into a home for dementia.

And so we are not only in a gerontocracy, we're in a gerontocracy where tribalism makes it easier to do. I mean, it's still amazing to me that after everything that happened with Biden, Kay Granger, who was the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, somehow managed to quietly step down from leadership and then just check herself into a home for dementia.

And so we are not only in a gerontocracy, we're in a gerontocracy where tribalism makes it easier to do. I mean, it's still amazing to me that after everything that happened with Biden, Kay Granger, who was the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, somehow managed to quietly step down from leadership and then just check herself into a home for dementia.

while still drawing a congressional salary as if she was showing up to work every day. And Republicans in Congress, some of them knew about it, and they would just say, oh, it's so sad, it's so sad. Yes, it's very sad. But also, why is she drawing a congressional salary?

while still drawing a congressional salary as if she was showing up to work every day. And Republicans in Congress, some of them knew about it, and they would just say, oh, it's so sad, it's so sad. Yes, it's very sad. But also, why is she drawing a congressional salary?

while still drawing a congressional salary as if she was showing up to work every day. And Republicans in Congress, some of them knew about it, and they would just say, oh, it's so sad, it's so sad. Yes, it's very sad. But also, why is she drawing a congressional salary?

But now we have anecdotes and facts about what was really going on behind the scenes.