As the Progressives make their mark on the Democratic debates, Jefferson Smith considers whether we will be able to overcome decades of billionaire manipulation of our political system.
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Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 31 July 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Jefferson reviews the impact of the recent debate in Detroit, as moderate Dems advanced against Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on progressive issues. - The New Republic's Matt Ford joins in to talk about John Paul Stevens and the gradual corruption of the Supreme Court. - Jefferson welcomes John Nichols- Nation Magazine national affairs correspondent- can the Democrats reach middle America better than Trump can? - Listening to some of the highlights of the recent debate, Jefferson gives insights on the greater take-away of the night.
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| 0:15.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:22.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program and I am Jeff Smith. |
| 0:23.0 | Well folks, what did we learn? |
| 0:26.4 | How do we better understand the country? |
| 0:28.0 | How do we better understand the presidency? |
| 0:29.7 | How do we better understand who ought to be the president. Now there was a debate |
| 0:36.1 | last night. 10 people want to be president of the United States and some |
| 0:40.6 | chance to offer their vision for the country and disagree with some other people who are offering their vision for the country. |
| 0:45.0 | Tonight there will be another tent. |
| 0:47.0 | What did we learn? |
| 0:49.0 | What do we wish we would have learned? |
| 0:51.0 | Tom will be back tomorrow. |
| 0:53.2 | He is wrapping up the Hartman Cruz chance to be with loyal friends and |
| 0:59.7 | listeners of the program and thank you so much for being listeners of the program. It has been a |
| 1:03.8 | joy and an honor to be with you. And we've got a big day today because very often it is |
| 1:08.8 | the analysis of the debate that shapes the discussion about the presidency more than the debate itself. |
| 1:16.2 | And we have a chance to be part of that discussion. |
| 1:20.2 | I'm going to give you the answer of who won the debate. |
| 1:23.0 | I found the answer. |
| 1:25.0 | I know people, I wonder, people debate, wondering who I found it. |
| 1:30.0 | I found the answer. |
| 1:31.0 | Well, sort of. |
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