Containment and Campaignment

With the Democratic field winnowed down to essentially two, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are looking ahead at the two big mid-march primary days.

An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Containment and Campaignment" was published on March 9, 2020 and runs 21 minutes.

March 9, 2020 ·21m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

With the Democratic field winnowed down to essentially two, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are looking ahead at the two big mid-march primary days.

Episode Description

Since Super Tuesday, some things have changed. Former Democratic nomination hopefuls Sens. Kamala Harris and Corey Booker endorsed Joe Biden over the weekend. The Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsed Sanders, a coda back to the 1988 democratic primary, in which Sanders endorsed Jackson, who was at the time, largely seen as a spoiler against Mike Dukakis. With Biden picking up more mainstream Democratic endorsements, the pressure is on the Sanders campaign to show strong numbers in Tuesday's contests, particularly in Michigan and Washington state, which he won in 2016, but appears to be falling behind in the polls this time around.

Elena Schneider, national political reporter at Politico, where she covers the 2020 Democratic presidential primary and general election, previews this week’s primaries and caucuses and discusses the latest developments in the campaigns.