222: The Return of the Religious Right with Thomas Edsall

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🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

James and Al celebrate the election wins by Democrats in typically Republican strongholds, and implore the Democrats to avoid division over the war in Gaza. Then, they welcome veteran journalist Thomas Edsall to delve into the return of the religious right exemplified by the speakership of Mike Johnson, how Republicans have forsaken their moderate pro-business roots for votes from non-college educated voters, and the failure of the media to differentiate the two parties with their coverage when the Right has revealed its true colors. With that in mind, they lay out what it will take to hold the Democrats together, expand their voting block, and continue to win elections..

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0:00.0	Welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:16.1	This week our guest is Fabled New York Times journalist Thomas Byrne Edsel.
0:21.5	Remember, we love taking your questions, so write into politics
0:24.4	world, at gmail.com or send a tweet to at politicon for next week's show.
0:29.6	Now we're going to get to as many as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from.
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0:49.2	Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:54.0	James Carvel, there was a blue wave that washed over politics America on
1:06.5	election day this week. Democrats won the governorship in deep red
1:10.9	Kentucky. They ended Virginia Governor Glenn
1:14.3	Youngkins presidential hopes by not only rebuffing his massive effort to win
1:19.1	control of the state senate Democrats kept it but they even took control of the GOP control
1:26.5	previously State House.
1:28.4	Abortion rights was a huge winner in Virginia and in Kentucky where it was deeply joined and most of all in
1:33.4	in Kentucky where it was deeply joined and most of all an overwhelming
1:36.3	victory referendum victory in Ohio which the G. O.C. GOP
1:40.9	unsuccessfully sought to sandbag.
1:43.6	Now to be sure there were a few defeats, as you know, the one that hurt me and you I know
1:48.9	was Mississippi where Democrat Brandon Presley ran a good race against a corrupt Republican administration,
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