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A full transcript of this episode is available here:Ezra Klein: So last week on the show, I made the argument that Democrats should pick a candidate at the convention this year.
This is the way political parties throughout most of American history have picked their nominees for president.
But it’s a funny kind of suggestion, because it is somehow simultaneously novel and ancient.
So what I wanted to do today was talk through how conventions work — how an open convention works, what kind of politicking happens at it, what kinds of candidates win, how they win and also talk through what would happen this year.
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