167: From Georgia to Iran with David Ignatius & Stephen Fowler

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Facing a world in chaos and with early voting in Georgia surprising observers, James and Al bring on foreign policy expert David Ignatius and Georgia political specialist Stephen Fowler to break down the latest. In their discussion, they look at the state of the midterm elections in Georgia after the debates, and explore the latest from the Ukraine War, and the growing political discontent in Iran. Do we dare hope Iran can one day become an ally?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics World Roam with James Carville and I'm Alhunt.
0:15.9	This week our guests are author and authority on intelligence issues in the Middle East
0:20.2	and everything else far in affairs, the Washington Post, David Ignatius.
0:24.6	And an expert on Georgia politics journalist Stephen Fowler.
0:28.8	Remember we love taking your questions so write in a politics world Roam at gmail.com
0:33.7	or send a tweet to add pleticon for next week's show.
0:37.0	We'll get to as many as we can and don't forget to tell us where you're from.
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1:01.1	Hey James, I must tell you I fear the tide is shifting a little to the Republicans.
1:08.1	And I thought maybe the New York Times poll showed a Republican advantage that was clearly
1:13.2	up was a little bit of an outlier.
1:15.2	But I see things like Christian Whitmer who was up double digits now ahead by only four
1:19.7	or five in Michigan.
1:21.7	Even the New York Gumentura race is tightening.
1:23.8	There are mixed results but more of them are moving slightly to the GOP advantage than
1:30.0	the Democrats.
1:31.0	I agree.
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