b'The guest host for today\'s show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, \'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,\' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by the usual host of the show, Leslie Marshall! As you probably already know if you\'re a listener, Leslie is a Democratic Strategist, National Radio Host, and a Fox News Contributor who provides political analysis from a liberal point of view.\\xa0
Brad and Leslie discuss the significance of today\'s endorsement of Joe Biden for President by Senator Bernie Sanders, including it happening three months sooner in the primary process than it did for Hillary Clinton.\\xa0 They give some advice as to what Vice President Biden can do to earn the votes of Bernie supporters, and preview his general election matchup with President Trump.
During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Tara Devlin and Mark Grimaldi. \\xa0The roundtable adds to the discussion of Sanders endorsing Biden, and what type of policies Sanders supporters would like to see Biden advocate for going forward.\\xa0 They also discuss whether Biden committing to nominating a female running mate was as meaningful as some have prognosticated.
Mark Grimaldi has been a progressive political activist for the past 12 years.\\xa0 He volunteered for the campaigns of President Obama (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton (2016). \\xa0Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research. \\xa0His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.
Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for \'The Hill.\' \\xa0He\'s on the National Journal\'s panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad\'s columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.
Watch a video broadcast of the show here:\\xa0https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yoKMakweOpKQ'