215: 2024 Election Prospects with Elaine Kamarck & Susan Swecker

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

James and Al welcome election expert Elaine Kamarck to discuss the primary process, the placement of South Carolina as the first in the nation, presidential succession, and the impact of No Labels. Then they talk with VA Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Swecker to break down the upcoming elections in her state, how MAGA has supplanted traditional Republicans, and why 2023’s elections are such an important bellwether. James and Al also advise the press on how they should handle Trump, lambast Congressional Republicans, and analyze the likely government shutdown.

Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon. Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you’re from!

Get More From This Week’s Guest:

Elaine Kamarck:
Twitter | Brookings Institute | FixGov Blog | Author of “Primary Politics” & Other Books

Susan Swecker:
Twitter | Democratic Party of Virginia | The Majority Project | @VaDemocrats

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:15.0	This week our guests are the Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, Susan
0:19.7	Swecker, and a Brookings Institute expert on elections, governance, and public management
0:24.9	Elaine K. Mark.
0:25.9	And remember, we love taking your questions so right into Politics War Room at gmail.com
0:32.4	or send a tweet to adpleticon for next week's show.
0:35.5	We're going to get to as many as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from.
0:40.3	And please check out the links to our sponsors, Henson Shaving, Miracle Made, and Magic Spoon
0:47.4	in the show notes.
0:48.6	We thank you for supporting these sponsors, it really helps make this podcast happen.
0:54.2	Please tell your friends about us and remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,
0:59.9	or wherever you get your podcast.
1:03.1	James NBC's Meet the Press with his new moderator, Kristen Welker, interview Donald Trump,
1:09.6	and it's generated a lot of heat and controversy.
1:12.6	With some critics in the left saying Trump never should have been on that show, never
1:16.5	should have been interviewed, others saying Welker did a bad job and holding him accountable.
1:21.6	There are critical adjustments the press has to make in covering Trump, but this criticism
1:25.9	is off the mark.
1:27.4	Of course, you've got to cover a man who has a 50% chance to be the next president.
1:33.3	And by conventional standards, I think that Welker, who has the potential to be the best
1:39.6	meet the press moderator since Tim Russell, I think she did a fine job trying to correct
1:43.9	the number of Trump lies.
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