162: Tar Heel Politics with Michael Bitzer

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

James and Al lay out how the Republican electorate is pushing the party’s candidates towards extremism and call on people of faith to stand up for immigrants and refugees. Then, they bring on Catawba College’s Politics Chair Michael Bitzer to analyze the prospects of Democrats in North Carolina’s midterms. Will changing demographics reverse the state’s rightward turn? Keep a close watch on Cabarrus County!

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Twitter | Catawba College | Old North State Politics | Author of “Redistricting and Gerrymandering in North Carolina”

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics World Roam with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:15.5	This week our guest is the chair of the Politics Department, Professor of Politics and History
0:20.9	at Contoe of a College, Michael Bitzer, truly an expert on North Carolina politics.
0:26.8	So in our weekly segment on Key Battlegrounds States, Michael will tell us what's going on
0:31.8	in the Tar Heels State.
0:32.8	Remember, we love taking your questions.
0:34.6	So right in the politics world, roamachemail.com, we're sending a tweet to at Plittacon for
0:39.3	next week's show.
0:40.3	We'll get to as many as we can and don't forget to tell us where you're from.
0:44.1	And please check out the links to our sponsors, real paper, bling kiss and express VPN in
0:49.8	the show notes.
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1:01.0	Stitcher or wherever you get your podcast.
1:03.8	James, what's the name of that Louisiana River that seems to have no bottom?
1:09.8	The Achapalaya.
1:10.8	Achapalaya.
1:11.8	Well, on the howl low can you get a chapelaya scale, Florida's Ron DeSanis is Riveling
1:19.7	Donald Trump.
1:21.0	He said a plane to Texas, not Florida, but he said it to Texas.
1:25.5	And then deceived migrants with false promises and they're just getting the plane to go to
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