165: Michael Kofman & Howard Wilkinson

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

James and Al let loose on the hypocrisy of Herschel Walker and the so-called Religious Right, and bring on veteran Ohio political analyst Howard Wilkinson to look at the Democrats’ midterm prospects there. Then, they welcome military analyst Michael Kofman to break down the latest developments in the Ukraine War including annexation, the nuclear option, conscription, and more. Is Russia finally on the ropes?

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Michael Kofman:
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Howard Wilkinson:
Twitter | WVXU

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics World Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:15.1	This week our guest is the Director of Russian Studies program at the Center for Naval Analysis
0:19.8	and an expert military analyst specializing in the Russian Armed Forces Michael Kauffman.
0:26.1	Also and our regular weekly segment on Battleground States from Ohio we have Howard Wilkinson,
0:32.5	the Dean of Ohio political reporters, now at WVXU in Cincinnati.
0:37.8	And remember we love taking your questions so right to politicswarroom at gmail.com or
0:43.0	send a tweet to Applitecon for next week's show.
0:46.0	When I was getting to as many as we can but don't forget to tell us where you're from.
0:50.6	And please check out the links to our sponsors Blinkist and Miracle Brand in the show notes.
0:55.2	We thank you for supporting our sponsors.
0:57.2	It really helps make this podcast happen.
0:59.7	Please tell your friends about us and remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcast, Spotify,
1:04.1	Stitcher or wherever you get your podcast.
1:07.2	Hey James, I want you to pick up on what seems to be the new conventional wisdoms that
1:15.0	Democrats have lost their momentum.
1:17.1	Republicans are back in the driver's seat for the midterm but first we have to talk about
1:21.2	Hershel Walker, the former Heisman Trophy Georgia running back and now GOP Senate candidate
1:28.8	he had lived in the state for years has been caught in a series of lies.
1:34.2	Said he was top of this class, never graduated, law enforcement officer wasn't.
1:40.0	But the granddaddy of all this week was when the Daily Beast reported that Walker who says
1:46.0	he's strongly anti-abortion paid a girlfriend some years ago to have an abortion.
1:50.8	Now the woman wasn't identified but she did produce a receipt for the abortion, a 700
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