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ariadne0614

(2,206 posts) Sat Jun 6, 2026, 08:21 AM Yesterday

Ben Rhodes, Obama's Deputy Nat'l. Security Advisor and speech writer, weighs in on Graham Platner. [View all]

Fascinating interview, wherein he covers a wide range of issues, but if you want to cut to the chase, I suggest starting about 48 minutes in. That’s where he discusses Democratic messaging in general, moving on to promising young Dems, and then hones in on Platner.

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Ben Rhodes, Obama's Deputy Nat'l. Security Advisor and speech writer, weighs in on Graham Platner. [View all] ariadne0614 Yesterday OP

Highly recommended democrank Yesterday #1

That's exactly how his comments landed with me. ariadne0614 Yesterday #2

Jon Stewart recently interviewed Ben and it was excellent. Amaryllis 23 hrs ago #4

Terrific.. cally 23 hrs ago #3

Agree. He is right on about Platner and the whole thing is very good. Amaryllis 22 hrs ago #5

just listened. Very good perspective on PLatner and Dem messaging. Amaryllis 22 hrs ago #6

Thank you for including the timestamp Sympthsical 21 hrs ago #7

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