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Welcome to the commentary magazine, Daily Podcasts. Today is Tuesday, November 15,

2022. I am John Pudhoritz, the editor of commentary magazine and with me as

always executive editor, a Greenwald Hyde, Hyde John, media commentary columnist

and American Enterprise Institute fellow Christine Rosenhyde Christine.

Hi John. An associate editor and author of the rise of the New

Puritans, Noah Rothman, Hyde John. Arizona is decided the two Trumpi candidates

percented and for governor have now lost even as Republicans were reelected to

congressional seats, indicating serious ticket splitting or under voting. We

don't really know which as yet. But our theory last week that a surgical

strike was being implemented against Trump partisans in the Republican party.

By Republicans and independent leaning voters has now effectively been proved

all across the country. We have Majewski and Michigan losing a Republican seat

held by Peter Mayer who voted for impeachment and then was primary at

Trump's behest. We have Joe Kent losing in Washington state.

Also a seat held by a Republican in a Trump plus 17 district who voted for

impeachment, Jamie Arrubutler who as no explained yesterday in a complicated

way was ousted in a nonpartisan primary by Joe Kent who then faced a

Democrat who won a seat in this Trump plus 17 district.

And on and on. Well, there's more. Can we dwell on Arizona a little bit because

it has thrown into stark relief. The underperformance of Trumpi candidates

versus more conventional candidates, David Schweikert, one his

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