Bloomberg or Iceberg?—New Entrants and The Impeachment Show

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

Politics, Government, News, News Commentary

4.7 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Hacks huddle to tackle the latest: The public impeachment hearings kick off this week. Republicans have been auditioning wild arguments in defense of the president—and Jeff Sessions’ new Senate ad suggests this won’t change—what, if anything, will bring Republicans around? Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg consider throwing their hats into the Democratic race. Will it spark a Deval-ution or fail to bloom? Pete Buttigieg surges in Iowa but is starting to take fire from Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. Will the hits stick, and what does it mean for the young mayor? Lastly, the Hacks take listeners’ questions on how Trump may affect down-ballot races, the potential power of a unity ticket, and why TV ads matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair. It's hacked on tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.
0:23.6	So Ax, good morning. I hear you're testifying. Something going on at Capitol Hildermarrow.
0:28.2	Go me in. I'm offering all my testifying right here. All my testimony is here. Man,
0:34.8	we should be in the church. What's happening now? If you're really on top of things,
0:40.1	you should have two hacks on tap a day, given the way things are going here. We've got new,
0:48.0	whoever thought we'd be talking about new candidates in November before the unbelievable caucuses.
0:54.4	We're going to get there, but we have to we should make about to the impeachment hearings because
0:59.8	they are historic, only the fourth time in history. Everyone's going to be talking about them.
1:05.1	I don't think we need to chew over the substance of it because you can get that anywhere. But I,
1:11.2	you know, I want to I want to mix something in here because you and I have been having this argument
1:16.6	as to whether Republicans will see their duty and do it. I've been watching this parade of
1:24.2	Republican sort of auditioning crazy arguments, hoping that one will be a refuge for them. But in
1:32.2	the midst of this, your old buddy, Jeff Sessions, I think he was a client of yours or something once,
1:38.2	wasn't he? Johnny Weaver and I put him in the US Senate with a lot of help from the good people of
1:43.0	Alabama back in 1996. I know him well. And I'm sure the good people of Alabama will appreciate the
1:51.0	nod you just gave them. But he is back, back home after a tumultuous tenure as attorney general,
2:00.9	in which the president of the United States basically accused him of being stupid, of betraying him,
2:07.6	of being an operative for the dark forces and so on. Now he's back running for the Senate
2:13.6	Alabama. And here is the ad that he ran. Jeff Sessions here, I proved this ad when I left president
2:21.2	Trump's cabinet that I write a tell-all book. No, did I go on CNN and attack the president?
2:28.0	No. Have I said a cross word about our president? Not one time. And I'll tell you one. First,
2:35.2	that would be dishonorable. I was there to serve his agenda. Not mine. Second, the president's doing
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