The Debate and the Democratic Panic With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin. Plus, Jeff Greenfield Revisits Four Presidential Campaigns.

The Press Box

On the Final Edition, Bryan has a jam-packed show following the presidential debate.

First, he welcomes Semafor's Benjy Sarlin for a recap. They discuss:

• The worst part of the night for Joe Biden (1:08)
• The timing of the debate (10:35)
• The history of incumbent presidents who've lost their first debates (15:31)
• Ben’s opinion on whether or not Biden will be the Democratic nominee on election day (26:06)
• What stood out about Donald Trump (31:04)
• Anderson Cooper’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris (39:19)

Then, he welcomes longtime CNN and ABC News political analyst Jeff Greenfield, who takes us back down memory lane as he revisits four presidential campaigns that he's covered in his career.

• How Trump has changed everything he thought about campaigns (50:39).
• Biden's run for president in 1988 and its collapse (54:12).
• Television's importance to presidential campaigns in the '80s (56:43)
• Behind the scenes of the race between George H. W. Bush and the Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in 1988 (61:35)
• Bill Clinton's decision not to do an interview with Howard Stern interview, and Biden's decision to go through with it (70:46)
• CNN's coverage of the 2000 election (76:17)
• Observations from the Al Gore and George W. Bush campaigns (79:40).
• Revisiting the night Florida was called for Al Gore and then recalled (84:12)
• Covering the 2008 election and how campaigns were thinking about television in the age of social media (88:17)
• What stands out about the Democratic primary campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (91:39)

Host: Bryan Curtis

Guests: Benjy Sarlin and Jeff Greenfield

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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