A Time and a Place for Pettiness

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In a compressed panel of election punditry, Sarah is joined by Kevin and Andrew to discuss Democrats’ preemptive blame game. They also try to wrestle with what it might mean for the country if abortion doesn’t play the big role in the midterms Democrats had hoped it would. Also: 2024… should we start talking about it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:02.0	We're here with a special lineup.
0:04.6	I'm your host Sarah Isger,
0:05.8	and we've got Kevin Williamson,
0:08.0	newly joined the Dispatch family
0:10.2	and Andrew Egger, associate editor at the Dispatch.
0:14.5	And we got plenty to talk about today per usual.
0:17.2	We're gonna talk about how to think
0:19.9	about a subject like abortion in the midterms
0:22.2	and what effect it has
0:23.4	and what it will mean after the midterms as well.
0:26.2	A look at sort of the pre-narrative on the midterm elections.
0:31.6	And lastly, maybe just some speculation
0:34.9	on what's going on in both parties
0:36.7	as they're thinking about 2024.
0:38.9	And yes, all the operatives are already looking to 2024.
0:43.2	Let's dive right in.
0:58.2	Kevin, let's start with a preliminary question,
1:04.0	which is how do we determine whether and how abortion
1:09.8	is actually a factor in the midterm elections?
1:13.0	If Stacey Abrams was going to lose by 10,
1:16.4	but then only loses by six,
	...

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