--- title: "AI, redbaiting, and 'the river': The best of this week's election analysis" description: Get the latest election analysis from Leigh Bureau speakers Nate Silver, Paul Krugman, Rana Foroohar, and Zeynep Tufekci. Insights on A.I., red-baiting, and the Harris-Walz ticket in this week's post. --- [![Leigh Bureau - Speakers of Substance Since 1929](https://blog.leighbureau.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Leigh%20Bureau%20Logo_Universal.png?width=1213&height=254&name=Leigh%20Bureau%20Logo_Universal.png "Leigh Bureau - Speakers of Substance Since 1929")](http://leighbureau.com/) Open main menu Close main menu [Election](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/tag/election) [Politics](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/tag/politics) # AI, redbaiting, and 'the river': The best of this week's election analysis ![Leigh Bureau](https://blog.leighbureau.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Instagram%20Logo.png?width=45&name=Instagram%20Logo.png) [Leigh Bureau](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/author/leigh-bureau) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/ai-redbaiting-and-the-river-the-best-of-this-weeks-election-analysis) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/ai-redbaiting-and-the-river-the-best-of-this-weeks-election-analysis) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/ai-redbaiting-and-the-river-the-best-of-this-weeks-election-analysis)   [**NATE SILVER**](https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/nsilver) On The Ezra Klein Show, Nate Silver opens up about his disenchantment with the 'political establishment' and how the ID politics of the Left have no place in the world of gamblers and risk-takers, which he explores in his new book ***[On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything](https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Art-Risking-Everything/dp/1594204128/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JZ8D5VW42QCU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.D74HhXaG0JehpZqYscq3Y1wPoxCWMN6xzLYQh9TtUvNtewv30_LJJmkiUAtyEJx_v497sRFZ1BLLC2tuavFB4PtY4hxBL3JM7mSDM7-Ogoegk47tEax61EtNzC2cHrQtwtHMxxrgLgg8CeH1QnBQNWyl2hkMwnUEOWq1bU8bm229HxatBZnqjU6rlnKsriqwbxwdkv7K2hKAKaJqkbOeiw2n40jmmnTHRt-4hJDVuC4.8WjwlSk7NztY7QQqnQMdMUo4vYX4RmgPx2zz0-lq6Wc&dib_tag=se&keywords=on+the+edge&qid=1723720561&sprefix=on+the+edge%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1)***.                                                 [                               ![On the Edge_cover image-3](https://blog.leighbureau.com/hs-fs/hubfs/On%20the%20Edge_cover%20image-3.jpg?width=109&height=166&name=On%20the%20Edge_cover%20image-3.jpg)](https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Art-Risking-Everything/dp/1594204128/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JZ8D5VW42QCU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.D74HhXaG0JehpZqYscq3Y1wPoxCWMN6xzLYQh9TtUvNtewv30_LJJmkiUAtyEJx_v497sRFZ1BLLC2tuavFB4PtY4hxBL3JM7mSDM7-Ogoegk47tEax61EtNzC2cHrQtwtHMxxrgLgg8CeH1QnBQNWyl2hkMwnUEOWq1bU8bm229HxatBZnqjU6rlnKsriqwbxwdkv7K2hKAKaJqkbOeiw2n40jmmnTHRt-4hJDVuC4.8WjwlSk7NztY7QQqnQMdMUo4vYX4RmgPx2zz0-lq6Wc&dib_tag=se&keywords=on+the+edge&qid=1723720561&sprefix=on+the+edge%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1)   **[Access](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-nate-silver.html?searchResultPosition=2)** the full text and video of the Ezra Klein interview, or listen on **[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Hw8zd1rv1iLkdTgXmhCJp?si=QCp-_4csRnCeQoxdUFqhPQ&nd=1&dlsi=31c7d59f4ed94749)** or **[Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nate-silver-on-kamala-harriss-chances-and-the/id1548604447?i=1000665127091)**. **[Watch](https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/nate-silver-democrats-more-than-doubled-their-chance-of-winning-overnight-217058373910)** Nate on MSNBC, discussing the election and his book (#23 on Amazon). Latest from **[The Silver Bulletin](https://www.natesilver.net/p/nate-silver-2024-president-election-polls-model?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)**:  Harris **46.9%** Trump **43.8%**   **[PAUL KRUGMAN](https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/pkrugman)**  In his NYTimes column **['Trump Calls Harris a 'Communist.' That Shows How Worried He Is,'](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/opinion/harris-trump-communist.html)** Nobel Prize—winning economist Paul Krugman places Trump's 'redbaiting' of Harris in the context of American political tradition, an old-fashioned attack which endures in a country where there is no sufficient vocabulary to describe politicians who endorse *both* a free-market economy *and* a social safety net.       [RANA FOROOHAR](https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/rforoohar) On the FT Swamp Notes podcast, Indiana native, author, and *Financial Times* Global Business Columnist Rana Foroohar chats about fellow midwesterner Tim Walz. The Biden administration is transitional, she says, and this is no typical election: America is somewhere between the neoliberal world and... something else. All the more important for democrats to bring along everyone, she reasons—including white men from the midwest. Listen to Rana [**here**](https://www.ft.com/content/2549f289-ed98-4459-ba2a-edac604ab04d), in conversation with FT Washington Bureau Chief James Politi.    [ZEYNEP TUFEKCI](https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/ztufekci) In her recent NYTimes column, **[The Problem Is Not A.I. It's the Disbelief Created by Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion/the-problem-is-not-ai-its-the-disbelief-created-by-trump.html)**, Princeton techno-sociologist and author Zeynep Tufekci points out how AI provides the perfect cover for lies; Even if a lie is easily disproved, as in the case of videos of a Harris-Walz rally crowd in Michigan, a certain segment of Trump's audience is already primed to accept it. 'Once trust is lost and credibility is questioned,' Tufekci writes, 'the lie just needs a willing purveyor and an eager audience.'    ### Leave a Comment ## Related Articles [Election](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/tag/election) [Politics](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/tag/politics) ### [Introducing: 2024 US Presidential Election Newsletter from Leigh Bureau](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/introducing-leigh-bureaus-2024-us-presidential-election-newsletter) ### A weekly showcase of the best election analysis and commentary, from Leigh Bureau speakers. ![Leigh Bureau](https://blog.leighbureau.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Instagram%20Logo.png?width=45&name=Instagram%20Logo.png) [Leigh Bureau](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/author/leigh-bureau) [Read More](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/introducing-leigh-bureaus-2024-us-presidential-election-newsletter) [Election](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/tag/election) [Politics](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/tag/politics) ### [The Harris-Walz Ticket: Day 2](https://blog.leighbureau.com/2024-election-experts-to-keep-you-informed/the-harris-walz-ticket-day-2) [**HARRY ENTEN**](https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/henten)  Harry Enten is a Senior Data Reporter at CNN and Host of the network's [*Margins of Error*](https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/margins-of-error) podcast. 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