i'm joined now by ray la raja — political science professor, at university of massachusetts, amherst. you watch the speech earlier by president god, what did you make of it and will it have assured any doubters? —— by president biden. have assured any doubters? -- by president biden.— by president biden. you, make no doubt people _ by president biden. you, make no doubt people are _ by president biden. you, make no doubt people are watching l no doubt people are watching his every word to see if he falters, he delivered a good speech, he looked frail at the same time, but this was a good opportunity for him to convey vigour. opportunity for him to convey viaour. ., ,, opportunity for him to convey viaour. ., i. ., opportunity for him to convey vi.our_ ., y., ., ., opportunity for him to convey viaour. ., i. ., ., vigour. now, you wrote a column last week — vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in _ vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in the _ vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in the boston - vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in the boston globe - last week in

ray la raja, professor of political science at the university of massachusetts amherst, says it was inevitableiven dwindling support in the democratic party. well, obviously he is proud, he has worked hard in politics and feels he deserves it, but the pressure brought to bear by the top democratic leaders, including people like nancy pelosi, other members of the senate who were leaders, once you start to lose the support of key figures in your party like that, game over. so he is smart enough as a politician to know the handwriting on the wall. �* , ., ., ., ., wall. and in terms of kamala harris, wall. and in terms of kamala harris. who _ wall. and in terms of kamala harris, who he _ wall. and in terms of kamala harris, who he has— wall. and in terms of kamala| harris, who he has endorsed, and she has managed to get some endorsements, as we have been reporting so far, but there are still some uncertainty about what is likely to happen. given the polls regarding kamala harris, do you see the likelihood of her managing to get more democrats, or rather enough democrats rallying behind her?— behi

ray la raja is political science professor, at university of massachusetts, amherst.good opportunity for him to convey vigour. he looked frail at the same time, but now, you wrote a column last week in the boston globe saying it was a huge risk to ditch the incumbent, have you change your mind? i still have my doubts for a lot of reasons, the party is still divided, there is no overwhelming consensus to move ahead and that itself is a problem. my other concern is the whole process itself. going to a convention, you know, the way the us used to nominate people was at conventions. but we haven't done that in over half a century. and i'm not sure we have the muscle memory to do that again, and the whole world will be watching and it could prove very divisive, could actually drag the party down and at the end of the day, you might not even get the best possible candidate. those are some of the risks. i know the risk of not going with the best possible candidate, and yet, you know, i'm not convinced of the alternatives. that they will do better, that's very tough to pull.

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