Democrats Build Momentum — But Midterms Are Usually A Nightmare For Party In Power
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, political reporter Deepa Shivaram, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Tamara Keith from the NPR Politics Podcast and I am so excited because we are getting ready to go back out on the road and Houston, you're up first. |
| 0:10.0 | Join Susan Davis, Osma Halled, Ashley Lopez, Domenico Montenarro, and me at Zilca Hall on Thursday, September 15th. |
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| 0:29.0 | Hi, this is Maggie in Buferts, South Carolina, and we are on the way to the hospital to deliver our second son. |
| 0:37.0 | Oh, baby. |
| 0:38.0 | This podcast was recorded at 1.08pm Eastern time on Monday, August 29th of 2022. |
| 0:45.0 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but hopefully we will have our final child home with us. |
| 0:51.0 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:53.0 | Wow, that's... |
| 0:57.0 | Hopefully, hopefully, right? I feel like sometimes... |
| 1:00.0 | What a time to record a time stamp. |
| 1:02.0 | Kind of amazing. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm always amazed when people think to do that in the midst of having a baby. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm just going to say on the way to the hospital to think, you know what? |
| 1:12.0 | Now's a good time to get a time stamp in. |
| 1:15.0 | I love that. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Las Maccala, I cover the White House. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm Deepa Shiver on my cover politics. |
| 1:22.0 | And I'm Dominica Montenar, Senior Political Editor and correspondent. |
| 1:25.0 | And in most of the country, primaries have now wrapped up, which means it is now general election season, |
| 1:31.0 | which I know for all you listeners is sort of like the most exciting time of the year. |
| 1:35.0 | So today on the show, the fight for control of the House of Representatives. |
| 1:39.0 | And I will say, you know, it is essentially a golden rule of politics to minico |
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