AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines what we’re following this week:
2020 Check-in:
The latest on the first Democratic presidential candidate debates: the winners and losers of the lineups, the moderators, the protocols. Also, are there just too many candidates in the ring?
But the candidates who didn’t make the cut to the debates aren’t necessarily done
Plus, there’s a new California poll, and it’s not looking great for Senator Kamala Harris
Dems seem to be shifting against the Death Penalty -- how will that play out after the primaries?
Trump faced criticism for saying he would “listen” if a foreign government gave him opposition research. He walked that back later, sort of
In White House staffing news:
Trump announced that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is stepping down as White House press secretary. Who could replace her?
The White House may bring back the daily briefing for the next press secretary. What’s the role of the press secretary, especially in the Trump administration
With guest host Kyle Stokes.
Guests:
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, director of civic engagement and lecturer in political science at the University of Texas
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush