General Election Battle Kicks Off Before Primaries Officially Over

Published: May 19, 2016, 2:15 a.m.

Leslie is rejoined by John Nichols, a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. John is a pioneering political blogger who has written the Beat since 1999.

They discuss the battle already beginning to be waged between the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. They also discuss whether Bernie Sanders continuing to stay in the race will hurt Hillary Clinton in the fall, if she is the eventual Democratic nominee.

John Nichols' Twitter handle is @NicholsUprising.

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