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a guide to the campaign, the tuesday september. Sixth, the Scared. Welcome back! Thank you. I everything I like the name of the show that's a great name, a great show, is destined to be yeah. that, I I I too like the babe and others stand there. Vega hosts used to fill.

I'm really excited and am excited, do this- I consider them more than felt a bit. That's one of its very there, but so is that I want to digging with you on the stakes at this year's matters, but first, in order to do that, I want to help us understand the landscape as we head Into the run up to the election, you until quite recently, I think it is felt to most people like this was going to be a terrible, mid term. For Democrats totally, I think up until Maybe just a month ago, the conventional political wisdom, which I think I had some real validity, was that Democrats were going to have a really tough time this year, that there will be a republican wave, and you can explain why. That would be yeah, I mean when we think about midterms. I think the first thing we should say is that there are some real structural rules

that govern how we think about these elections. The mid term elections are almost always a referendum on the white house or the party in power, so is the first chance as a voter two way, an and the recently elected president, and in this case the congress has control by the same party and so often times in mid terms, as you saw on twenty eighteen with democrats, as you saw in two thousand and ten with Republicans right, it's a chance for the opposing party to really strike back after losing the presidential election, and I think, for a lot of

but that's what those expected coming into this year. There is also the realities of these gerrymandered house districts, so for maybe ten twenty years republicans have been just further ahead of Democrats in terms of controlling state legislatures and in turn, being able to draw the house districts that govern the congressional elections, and so those rules have oftentimes pointed for Who follow elections really closely to really expect republicans to have a real built in advantage when we think about these matters right? The rules gravity, you're, saying and local gerrymandering just mean that from the gatt go Democrats we ought to be very casual, are kind of screwed yeah. That was thought ran. On top of that, republicans, don't have to do all that. Well, because

The democratic majority in both chambers of congress is so slow right about now. Ten seats in the house and essentially zero seats in the senate, where it's fifty fifty so republicans, don't have to do all that well to exploit the forces you just described exactly. There is no margin for error, for the democratic party. So while we began the year talking about a republican waive this year, is that as if republicans need a wave, We may need more you'd idle. I can't be a regulator repetitive or maybe the revolt.

Maybe the baby that, with all the other forces to leak and make it very back of the house, had said it very cause, as you bitch it in the senate, they just have to take one seat from Democrats and that flips them back into power and in the house democrats lead is about a dozen seats, so the bars frankly low for republicans in order to get a foot back into power in washington, but even considering all of those structures that govern them terms democrats at all of these circumstantial realities that we're even furthering the whole that they were ere, I mean think about it. Joe Biden has historically low approval rating, which is another, usually tell tale sign that the party is going to experience.

a wall of being come november. You had record inflation, fuelling voters concerns about the economy in a very real way. You had soaring gas prices, another thing that really stresses consumers and puts pressure on the administration, and you also had that would say this is probably even larger than those other factors, a general feeling from a lot of Democrats that they weren't getting a great return of investment on their votes.

In two thousand twenty people had felt like they had come out to vote in a pandemic. They had removed donald trump as Joe Biden, ass and then, given him, said democratic congress in a way that was historic and for some folks surprising and still that agenda wasn't being follow through on right and then remember. This is happening at the summer when you also have the supreme court really changing the political landscape. So not only did it feel like Democrats weren't following through on their promises for a lot of Democrats, it felt like the country was moving in the opposite direction right and then things change and they change rather quickly. I mean-

In the last month, you have had the democratic party come through with a historic climate bill that goes pretty far on really big priorities for the base. They get show mansion on the same page about climate action, they get sinner cinema and

zone to agree to some increases and taxes. They get the democratic caucus to join together to help lower drug prices, a big priority for the party that has not come through in a long time. I mean this is not a small bill right and I think that kicks off a series of legislative accomplishments for them, you have the white house taking song or executive action on the climb affront to appease progressives. You have Joe Biden, of course, recently cancelling student debt and other big priority for a part of the base, and it happens at the same time as gas prices are falling right as inflation is. Tapering democrats have had a pretty good run of things for the course of this summer. Between guns,

and the semiconductor bill. This was a big weak for president Biden, another legislative when health care climate deficit and all of a sudden, the numbers checked up from thirty six to forty tricked out Forty to forty two. This is turning around what been nearly a year long life was last august when the President separating started to go south floundering by the of the summer. It appears democrats and white house staffers are trying to re brand president Biden by turning. Let's go Brandon into a pro bite and me is replaced by the sunglasses wearing dark brown, and in a right now the dark brand name was originally an internet meme intended to make fun of Joe Biden. But now it's being used to celebrate him. Deputy press secretary Andrew bates treated this dark brandon if

should it, along with an image of binding with red laser eyes. Before now ironically, loving dart brandon, dark brown. Is it asked kicker and doesn't care about anything, and I will If the rules to go, punish, republicans right and to fight back and to get things done right, I mean, for months, Biden had been talked about up until this point as in the active a past his moment figure, and this idea that he was gonna be some kind of an empty are like president, as he aspired to be. It almost seemed laughable, and yet all the sun His presidency is now being defined by four or five major accomplishments and those comparisons they don't seem as laughable anymore. Exactly I mean, let's remember, that Joe Biden rare

for the presidency pitching himself as someone who can make washington work again, and I think a lot of folks were doubting that that stuff was possible

I may I could say that I was doubting that stuff was possible and I think we have to say now that this is a president who has run the most out of d c, that he frankly could and those first couple years and in doing so has changed. The prospects of his party in the mid term was held with I'm curious, exactly how you think about the impact these accomplishments you just described might have on the mid term. These big wines for democrats, for example, the climate bill and student loans forgiveness, are those potentially good for the party in the mid term because they can energized the base and that's good or our Democrats, hoping that these accomplishments help convince some portion of swing. Voters, voters that they have lost or risks losing to come over to their side. I mean basically, what gets investing as have the accomplishment of the land

month or so moved the middle of the american doctor. Who, yet? If you asked Democrats, they would say they want to get both that if an strategy, rather than an or strategy that issues like climate action and student debt cancellation, will fire up core constituencies of the democratic base. I'm thinking of working class voters, people of color young people, folks who they need to really motivate to come out in the mid terms. But when we think about some other actions, they have take it, and I think specifically, that drug prices, peace or targeting inflation and the economy that's what they're hoping will convince swing. Voters that they're kind of responsible fiscal stewards, and so their goal is to really get both pieces of the puzzle. Because remember and these races they have that high

our two clear, and so, while they need to fire up their core constituencies to have a chance in those sinnott races, especially, they also have to win over swing. Voters and independence to have a chance of many of those hotly contested gerrymandered house districts so for democrats, the good signs of the last month has been an improvement on both fronts rather than one of the other right. Obviously, the republicans are going to try to stop that from happening. We have already seen them try to frame two of these accomplishments, we're talking about the climate bill. and stood alone forgiveness as examples of democrats being for the elites and at sea like them, it terms will be a test whether a swing voters by that characterisation of these accomplishments ride totally I mean republicans, are not going to just sit. Tight

we buy and wet democrats gain in the mid terms, beat them and fund raising and crews to a historic midterms turn around they're going to try to change the scope of this debate. I think the student debt cancellation that does happen from the president is a good example of that. Now. Democrats are touting this as something that is and pulling agrees with very popular among spittoon sees that they want to grow, with which I am a college, educated folks and people who did not graduate college but have that debt. It pulls really well with black voters and with latino voters. Constituencies Democrats are trying to re energised now may be popular with one's sect of the base, but republicans are going to try to make it very unpopular with another sect. A moderate independent swing voter, and so you have seen republicans try to say that

Debt cancellation is only for the college educated, a bribe or a transfer of wealth to democrats. Elite base. Eighth really interesting, said the question of how moroccans will respond to student loans. Forgiveness in particular makes me think back to the affordable care act to a bomb occur. Republicans tried so hard to convince voters that that was the government socialism and at first that really resonated with a lot of their potential voter, but by the time we got to the two thousand and eighteen midterms. A lot of lower and middle class americans had experienced the asia in the more intimate day to day way, and they experienced it as a positive and defending the ac, which is what the Democrats did. Arguably helped. The party regain control of the house that year two thousand and eighteen, In other words, it moved the middle, the easier one. The Democrats centrist swing, voters

and we don't know yet whether student loans might follow that same path, but it's possible that it will right. But I do think that there is a critical difference here in that the benefits that student debt cancellation promises for the millions that will be effect our gonna be more immediately realized than something like the affordable care act. So, while it is a possibility that republicans, and you'll see a backlash to these actions. You can also see a situation in which democratic experience in the media benefit from these actions, because the folks who are going to be disproportionately affected working class communities blackened let tina voters young people will in this is, I think, the political hope for ward the party by coming out in this november, because they ve experienced these changes almost immediately right like where have you make less not

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in our ability to do this kind of rigorous reporting. So if you aren't a subscriber yet and you'd like to join us, you can become one in my times. Dot com, slash subscribe So I just got the national editor is actually calling me one one. Second, ok so said you been talking about the ways in which the Democrats political fortunes seem to be shifting a bit based on the things that they have done, but it also occurs to me that republicans may have also done some things: hurt themselves and the two big examples of us that come to mind are the overturning of rovers is weighed by republican, confirmed judges and the supreme court and then the degree to which republican candidates for cod

where is this fall, have really embraced. A priest shrine forum of trump ism end very false claims of election fraud. So how do you think about those two things get I mean these are huge factors that have shifted fortunes in the mid term and we should say if republicans had built in structural advantages and circumstantial once they had given them a head start in these mid term and those are the two things that have really shrunk, that to the degree we're Democrats feel so confident right now, the overturning of roby wade either actually whereby, b of what you are talking about. What, though bomber care, where talking about overturning something, is more popular or was more popular than the actual reality of doing it, and we have several electoral proof points that, after the dobbs decision, that overturned

Roby way, voters have really rallied around the idea of trying to protect the right to abortion. Remember you hath a kansas referendum, which I think was the largest and certainly the first example of that, and it wasn't just that democrats and those who wanted to check, the right to abortion succeeded in that referendum. It's that Kansas came out in big historic numbers that really serves pass expectations. There was a take away from that race that abortion was a unique driver of turn out right, I mean it told people that abortion puts bodies inside voting is exactly I'm think about the special election vetches

ben in upstate new york, where you had two candidates who are both kind of mainstream members of their respective parties? But the Democrat really succeeds there by placing abortion at the forefront of their campaign, that I think actually the clearest example here about how the dobbs decision has changed. The political landscape is by republicans own actions themselves. Right. Do you have republicans now across the country overtly backtracked, on their abortion positions. We are seeing candidate scrub language on their websites, retract their statements and kind of step away from support. Total bands more near total bans on abortion, which is where men the candidates were before the dobbs decision. One example of that this blake masters, the republic incentive candidate in arizona of important race, for this year's mid terms and his campaign removed language on their website that

showed him supporting a federal person who act which would define of feed, is as a person from conception and try to make abortions almost totally unavailable. He removed that language from his website, but he also took a step further for he released and add. Most people support common sense regulation around abortion, miss presenting that change from his abortion position. Look I support a ban on very late term and partial birth abortion, but then also mark kelly votes for them extreme abortion laws in the world. Trying to cast the finger at his democratic opponent, saying that, where the demo I stood in terms of allowing abortions was actually the extreme position: I'm like masters, diverges message. So I think that's actually really

I presented of what we're going to see the republican playbook on this issue be, is a kind of deflect an distract strategy with a change their position from me. Something that was more out of touch where we were medium voters are, but then they also try to point the finger at democrats, which is going to be hard to do the in this post row. Universe where public opinion has really flown in favour of abortion access right. It is so interesting because this is all flipped, a political script. Anti abortion used to be a motivating issue for republican voters, and a source of great anc's for Democrats was that protecting it wasn't a motivating issue for democratic voters. It was hard to get democratic voters. Come out and protect abortion rate because they were kind of taken for granted. Now we're seeing that abortion is becoming a hugely motivating issue for democrats now that regulate is over and a big liability for pockets It is one of those realities, politics where four,

are more motivated, not when things could happen, but when they do, but when they do right. So it is a strange twist and this year's political landscape. In that conservatives kidding The thing that they have really push for over the last thirty years and the things that Democrats really feared has actually improved. The democratic standing and hurt republicans here s fascinating. Ok, let's turn to that second area. republicans may be doing themselves no favours which is

the nomination of so many donald trump acolytes who embrace election denial of them. Yet it's a huge issue and I think a really interesting were coming out of the twenty twenty election. There was an open question for the republican party about where they would go for their candidates in the midst herbs, and that answer has been unequivocal, that in state races, particularly and governors races and in sinnott races all across the country. Donald trump has succeeded. and getting the trump bs candidate on the ballot. I'm thinking of herschel walker in georgia, of Mehmet ass in pennsylvania, I'm thinking of the governor candidates, Michael's and constant or carry lake and

XO, none these our trump picked candidates and they mirror trumps messaging, that the election was stolen or speaking my kind of flagrantly anti immigrant rhetoric in terms, and while that may help you and the republican primary that isn't necessarily going to help you in a general way, as donald trump himself found out in twenty twenty, and so you have a landscape of republican candidates that sound like donald trump, but don't sound a lot like the medium voters in their state right and even some republicans are sounding the alarm on this front. Right. I mean you add Mitch Mcconnell, you know sinnott republican leader and do you know

I think, a universally recognised savant at getting republicans electrical congress saying very openly, for though he thinks the quality of candidates have hurt republican chances in the senate and so much, but conall and democrats are in agreement that republicans embracing trump ism. In these mid terms, my democratic see in places they thought they were gonna have a tougher sata right and we should be clear that we are really talking here about the senate, not the house, because, of course, the senate raises are statewide races, where you typically need that more broadly appealing in house races, especially with gerrymandering support, more extreme candidates on both sides and you're, saying that, based on the power and the whims of donald trump, republicans are sometimes getting senate candidates that actually

Maybe look more like house republican candidates yeah, they would benefit from candidates with broader appeal or with candidates that more closely match where the median swing voter is for sure that that we should definitely do a caveat here, which is that if Donald trump has taught us anything in the last couple presidential cycles, it's that his type a political message has often found a voter. That is not reflected in poland, so while it certainly looks to be the case that the transition and republican candidates has hurt them in this mid term psycho, there is a chance that the same thing can happen to these candidates. That trump has endorsed right, that there is some silent trump folder or a person who comes out to support these folks, because

they are claims of voter fraud, are protecting the country again. Socialism that the polling has missed a great that caviar is clearly important, but it's interesting to see just how thoroughly the Democrats, our banking, on their belief that that's not going to be the case, their belief that, just as in binding Twenty presidential campaign, the majority of american voters, don't want to live in that version of the country the one where the extreme magua trump candidate and that message prevails. My fellow americans- and I think you saw that very vividly in the speech that bind delivered last week in philadelphia right I beg you to night from sacred ground america. That was a lot of ways. The democratic parties official kick off to the mid term,

I stand here tonight. Equality and democracy are under assault and binds message. Was that too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal donald trump and the magter republicans represented extremism that threatens the very found nations shoes of our republic, the trump random republicanism that now dominates among the kansas, we're talking about, is a threat to the american way of life. My ear republic is do not respect the constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They did not recognise the will of the people. A threat to abortion right a threat to democracy itself and so, like you said this, is the Democrats all the way up to the president himself looking to exploit what they see as these self inflicted messaging wounds

Republicans have made and make those the terms on which the mid terms are waged, and they clearly think that that message will succeed right, it's incredibly fast, maiming because for all of his talk about making washington work all of his legitimate legislative accomplishments. That he's been able to pull off somewhat against the odds he still to your point, kicks off the democratic, mid term message with those things being secondary right- and you know it's interesting because when I watched the speech last week, I felt like I was watching a combination of a journey that binding and, by some degree, that the democratic party has gone on in terms of figuring out how to deal with trump and what it means for the country. For politics and four themes like unity, I mean, let's go back to The original Joe Biden campaign large speech in twenty twenty

we are in a battle for america, soul. That was a message about restoring the soul of the nation through the air of removing donald trump as president everybody knows who don't trumpets, and I I believe and hope they know who we are. We have to. Let them know who we are, and that was the core focus of his campaign- was that Donald trump was a cancer to the country and that removing him would bring the unity that Joe Biden was pitching to vote. It lets didn't get to the inauguration speech after Joe Biden successfully wins the present on that message on this hallowed ground were just a few days ago. Violent sought to shake the capitals very foundation. Come together as one nation under god. I think it's important member that that inauguration speech. Peace comes after a january. Sixth of it that war is the most direct attack on america.

Democracy that we have seen in the century that if there is any event that should cause the epiphany among the country and, among republicans, tat Joe Biden has promised you imagine would have been event like january six, and he makes the speech in that moment, pitching that version of unity good together. We shall write an american story of hope, not fear unity, not division of light, not darkness, a story of decency and dignity lawford, healy greatness and goodness may this be the story that guides us saying. Ok, that thing happened so come on, come with me and excise donald trump from the political sphere, but think about what's happy

Between that speech and the one he gave last week, you ever republican party that is still dominated by the interest in grievances of donald trump that has nominated candidates that reflect those interests. Ingredients and beyond that has nominated a slate, a mid term candidates, many of whom reflect his election conspiracies and false claims against american democracy. That is a rejection of the version of unity bite in pitched and the inauguration speech. That epiphany has not come, and so I think we are now seeing a Joe Biden whose speech last sweet- is updating its language to reflect that information for a long time. We talk the ourselves that american democracy is guaranteed, but it's not. We have to defend it. Protected stand

for each and every one of us. That's why tonight I'm asking our nation are coming together united behind the single purpose of defending our democracy. Garden. Severe ideology is now pitcher, version of unity. That doesn't say We unite with the type of people who rioted on january, sixth or with so called as he put it. Maga Republicans he's trying to unite the country against those people, write or call my duty and conscience to confront extremist but put their own pursuit of power. Above all else,. Democrats. Independence. Mainstream republic is, we must be stronger, more determined, more committed to saving american democracy, maggie republic, republicans artists to destroying american democracy. That is a different version of unity. Then he pitched previously- and I think, if reflects h

change and world view that we have seen Biden go on and by proxy, the democratic party has gone on with him. We just need a remember who we are. We are the united states of the united states of america and may god protect our nation and may god protect all those instead watch over our democracy, Lets you all democracy. The three speeches about unity from Joe Biden, the first one presumes If we remove one man, Donald trump, we can all be united. The second speech acknowledges january sextants. As ok. It's more common. It, that is bigger than just one man, but if we say that what happened in general it's not ok. We won't stand for this than we can still be united in the third speech, the one that we all just watch last week says

I'm sorry. This isn't really working out its bigger than trump. It's really the republican party, its and so the only way we get united as if we all decide to rally against what trump and trump some which is really in some ways the harlem probably party stands for exactly. He is now trying to pitch a version of unity that unites democrats, independence and republicans, who are frustrated with their own party, of which there are some against be trump and trump. Isn't it It reminds me of game of thrones, where the person on the iron thrown tells everyone to put their grievances aside to unite against white walker s right. There is a pitch that he is trying to make that says no matter all of those differences. The biggest threat to the country is this anti democracy wing and

they critical and urgent time to unite against there. That is a message of unity, but that is not the message of unity that Joe Biden started his presidency with fastening. In some ways they feel like Biden has become disillusioned. He has realised over the past couple of years that the unity he very much craved is no longer realistic and the message now is: let's recognise this group of americans for what they are, in his view, a threat to democracy, a threat to american values and start to treat them as the enemy exactly, and I think we should say something about bindings newfound. Illusion meant, which is that he's basically arriving to the point where millions of americans already are and have been way beforehand, that would trump being out of office. It has now become clear.

The wise that really, the american democracy problem, isn't a fall of a singular individual, but is a question of a system and a country that has to wrestle with what it believes it, and so we now have the president, who is framing stakes of this election and much more stark terms, saying that it is not a question of divorces. Are. It is a question of a site that once the republic to exist and the site that does I think we need to acknowledge that escalation. then as we acknowledge that it is born out of fact that there are candidates sounding election conspiracies where there are candidates who are seeking to change democracy at its core right is responding to fact, but it is in this lay sent that we haven't thing right, but the risks of this seem very obvious in that, while Biden is trying to talk about a very specific group of republicans as unamerican

other republicans could very well see it as an indictment against them as well, that is the risk, and that is certainly going to be what republicans try to do. You know there are a lot of suburban voters in this country that have drifted further away from the republican party.

What were donald trump curious as recently as two thousand and sixteen right? There are a lot of voters who may have questions about cultural directions. The democratic party has gone in about social movements that the democratic party have embraced, but don't consider themselves donald trump voters right when that coincidence of maga republicans right. This is a large section of voters. There are moderates right like there are swingy people, and what republicans are going to try to do is say that that speech cast a negative light on all folks who have some conservative leanings. But I also think that there is another kind of

blind spot for the bite and argument here which actually relates back to what we are talking about before the structures that govern the house and the gerrymandering that really controls those elections, because those are districts that often times A person who is more polarizing more extreme frankly, are republicans. I more trompe could do well that Joe Biden can be correct. That trump and margo republicans are only a small slice of the party, and that can still be the small slice that flips the house. So both of these things can exist at the same time where fighting is actually right that the maga movement is not the majority of americans, but it succeeds in creating a real foothold.

in d c, through a republican congress this year right because we do not have a democracy, that's about majority opinion. So, even if Biden is right about maga as a fringe element and right in his bet that a majority of the I can see it that way. The structures of our government are such that the republicans have a very good shot, a taking back control of the house on among a message and the Democrats might well hold the senate for all the reasons we ve been discussing, but weeds we have a divided government with one chamber actually defined by the values that bind. Is now saying are basically on american exactly and I think, for a lot of people. What of republican house would mean hasn't really said in one in the house would be trump isms attack dogs will be his voice in congress in DC,

the most energetic, trot margo wing of the republican party, saying that a republican house would be their vehicle to impeach Joe Biden to investigate merrick ireland. For the f b, I search a mar lago to shut down those January six committee investigations that would be a thorn in by, side more than legislatively, but legally you and for a lot of republicans, they see this as exists.

ding and settling a score. Did I really think Democrats started and the trumpet ministration? This would be a republican congress that seeks to even out the playing field for what they view as a democratic house in a trump administration that unduly went at the president. Now, of course, that is wrapped up in like so many false equivalency. However, that will be the energy from the grassroots, that's driving them, because for a lot of those folks, they see the first sent committed as democratic actions in the trump air rights. Regardless of your politics, the government you're describing is going to feel not justice functional, but the indicative

and nasty ripe, and for some people that may already be the case right like they already feel, like that's true, but I definitely think there is some assumption that we're out of floor of nastiness of division of partisanship- and I dont think we can assume at the rate we're going to be going to the seller right and if you think people are disillusioned now imagine the scenario we're talking about where folks do come out. They do turn now. They do kind of take up Biden's message of uniting against people taking aim at democracy and yet those same people gain a greater foothold in the halls of power like that is the reality we're discussing, and I think, when you look at the midterms landscape, there's a lot of evidence that could be our future

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