Mark Grimaldi, Executive Producer of The Leslie Marshall Show, guest hosts for Leslie during this interview.

He's joined by Political Strategist Brad Bannon. The two discuss the Presidential race moving forward now that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic nominee.

The conversation includes:
-The significance of the United States having it's first female major party nominee for President
-Analysis of the speeches last night by Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump
-How the Democratic party can unite ahead of November
-What issues Bernie Sanders might push to have as part of the Democratic party's platform
-Whether Bernie will drop out of the race before the Democratic National Convention July 25th-28th
-What role President Obama will play in uniting the Democratic party and in defeating Donald Trump
-What will be the most important voting demographics in determining who wins the Presidency in November
-The fallout from Donald Trump's racist comments toward the judge presiding over the Trump University case in California, Judge Gonzalo Curiel

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.
Brad also writes a weekly blog for EpicTimes.com and is a lecturer in Political Science at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts.
Brad's Twitter handle is @BradBannon and his website is www.BannonCR.com.

Mark Grimaldi's Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

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