A Not-Good Election for the GOP

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Jesse Arm of the Manhattan Institute joins us as we examine the results of the special election in Tennessee that had a Republican candidate winning with a greatly reduced margin from Trump's showing in the district in 2024. Arm then shares with us some pathbreaking research into attitudes and ideas inside the Trump electoral coalition. And Abe Greenwald recommends a new HBOMax documentary called Paul Anka: His Way. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst. oh for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.2	Oh, for the best.
0:25.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast.
0:27.6	Today is Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025.
0:30.0	I'm John Podhorrence.
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