In June Mondoweiss U.S. correspondent Michael Arria spoke with political consultant Peter Feld about the Democratic primaries, AIPAC’s big spending, and how the presidential election was shaping up.
This was weeks before Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Kamala Harris took his spot on the ticket, but Feld’s analysis remained just as relevant.
“We have a number of months to go and you know we’ll see what happens, but I think there’s a danger of dispirited and demoralized Democrats not voting in a presidential year,” he told Mondoweiss. “That’s an existential threat, not just to Biden’s reelection, but to Democrats down ballot. Now, on the other hand, you know, there may be this over performance and we might see, you know, some strength for Democrats down ballot that that doesn’t help Biden. And that’s bad also because for Democrats, because obviously if Biden doesn’t win, we’re heading into a very a serious situation where Trump is going to be very, very focused in taking over a lot of parts of the Executive Branch, which he didn’t manage to do the last time he was in office.” ….more