279: McConnell and Michigan with Michael Tackett & Melissa Burke
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
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James and Al explain why Kamala will win the presidency, focusing on demographics, the campaign’s ground game, and excellent surrogates. Then, they welcome AP Deputy Bureau Chief Michael Tackett to discuss Mitch McConnell's rise and evolution, his role in the current SCOTUS make-up, and his place in the growing schism in the Republican Party following Trump’s rise. They also speak with Melissa Burke of the Detroit News to break down the election landscape in Michigan, focusing on the importance of the Arab-American and student vote.
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Michael Tackett:
Twitter | AP | Author of “The Price Of Power”
Melissa Burke:
Twitter | Detroit News
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| 0:00.0 | James and I are coming to Boston's Schubert Theater for a live show on November 2nd with |
| 0:07.6 | the Starion Doris Goodwin. |
| 0:09.8 | Tell them about what we have planned, James, this is three days before the election. |
| 0:15.6 | You have a good time plan. |
| 0:16.5 | Okay, first of all, Doris, one of the most interesting people in the entire United States, |
| 0:21.8 | we're right before the election. We just. the entire |
| 0:23.0 | election. We're just gonna have a lot of things to talk about and try to be insightful and have some fun. |
| 0:30.0 | Boston's one of the great cities, not in the United States in the entire world. |
| 0:33.7 | Early November is a great time to be there and so we hope a lot of people come out and |
| 0:38.4 | talk to us and visit with us and you know get informed and get excited and get motivated. |
| 0:45.0 | I look forward. |
| 0:46.0 | Yeah, you really don't want to miss it. |
| 0:48.0 | Go to politicalcon.com slash tour and get your tickets for November 2nd at the Schubert Theater in |
| 0:56.1 | Boston, Massachusetts. Don't wait, they're going fast and we want to see as many |
| 1:01.4 | of you there as we can. |
| 1:03.1 | So head to politicon.com slash tour now |
| 1:08.1 | to get your tickets for November 2nd |
| 1:10.6 | at the Schubert Theater in Boston. |
| 1:13.0 | Hello and welcome to politics. |
| 1:15.0 | Hello and welcome'm Al Hunt. |
| 1:25.0 | This week, our guest of the Deputy Bureau Chief of the Associated Press |
| 1:32.0 | and the author of the Price of Power on |
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