The Power of Personal Narratives in Politics

The Washington Roundtable discusses the surge of enthusiasm for the Harris-Walz campaign among Democrats in relation to Bill Clinton’s bid for the White House in 1992. They’re joined by the Democratic strategists James Carville and Paul Begala, whose work as architects of that Clinton campaign was portrayed in the 1993 documentary “The War Room.” Plus, a look ahead at next week’s Democratic National Convention.

This week’s reading:

• “Kamala Harris’s Best Campaign Surrogate Is Donald Trump,” by Susan B. Glasser
• “Tim Walz and the Lessons of High-School Football,” by Louisa Thomas
• “Kamala Harris’s Youth-Vote Turnaround,” by E. Tammy Kim

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