It’s a testament to the frenzy surrounding the 2016 presidential primaries that Yamiche Alcindor, a national political reporter at The Times and one of the scheduled panelists for this month’s Times Insider event, was unexpectedly stuck in South Carolina covering Bernie Sanders’s campaign.
What’s more, the remaining panelists had trouble escaping their political commitments in the third-floor newsroom.
But when things finally got underway on Tuesday, the audience was treated to an incisive look at what’s shaping up to be one of the most compelling — and unorthodox — rounds of primaries and caucuses in recent memory.
Carolyn Ryan, senior editor for politics, led a lively discussion with three of The Times’s political journalists: Michael Barbaro, a political reporter on the national desk; Nicholas Confessore, a political correspondent; and Maggie Haberman, a campaign correspondent.
The panel focused on Donald Trump’s unexpected successes, Hillary Clinton’s unexpected struggles, and the political implications of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.
“He is a phenomenal communicator,” Ms. Haberman said, responding to a question about Mr. Trump. “He is a plutocrat who has managed to make himself seem like he is a member of the oppressed.”
Mr. Confessore fielded a question about Mrs. Clinton’s campaign and responded by critiquing her stump speech — which is dreadful, he said. “It is a laundry list. It’s democratic politics by program: You get a pony, and you get a unicorn, and you get this program.”
“She should be taking a cue from, frankly, the Marco Rubios of the world,” Mr. Barbaro added, “who are exceptional tellers of their personal story.”
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