Episode 11: Tim Burton Republicans — with Steve Morris

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

National Review

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5 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In episode eleven, Charles implores the Republican Party to stop nominating the Munsters for public office, and instead choose candidates who can win. Next, Charles talks to Steve Morris, who heard the segment on gay marriage with MBD and wanted to argue with him from the left. Finally, Charles chats with Dan McLaughlin about the monster baseball contracts that are coming in with the snow.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Charles C.W. Cook podcast, episode 11. It's now officially Christmas. I know this because my wife decided it was officially Christmas, about seven seconds after Thanksgiving ended. And we went out to get a Christmas tree, which is now decorated and lit up in our family room.
0:40.3	I will wait a little bit, though, to do an episode that is Christmas themed, because for now, I want to complain a bit.
0:49.5	So here is my question.
0:51.6	Is the Republican Party tired of losing yet?
0:56.0	Let me just throw some numbers around. Numbers from the state of Georgia, where Herschel Walker just lost his race for the US Senate to Raphael Warnock.
1:07.6	These numbers are all publicly available, but I got these from Ryan Matsumoto.
1:14.3	I also put them up on the corner at National Review.
1:18.7	This year, the Republican candidate for governor in Georgia, won by eight points.
1:29.3	The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, one by five points.
1:36.3	The Republican candidate for Secretary of State, won by nine points.
1:43.3	The Republican candidate for Attorney General, one by nine points. The Republican candidate for Attorney General
1:46.0	won by five points.
1:48.4	The Republican candidate for Agriculture Commissioner
1:51.4	won by eight points.
1:53.4	The Republican candidate for insurance commissioner
1:56.2	also won by eight points.
1:59.5	As did the Republican candidate for state school superintendent, who won by eight points. As did the Republican candidate for state school superintendent, who won by eight points.
2:05.9	The Republican candidate for Commissioner of Labor won by seven points.
2:11.3	To Georgia's State House of Representatives, voters sent 103 Republicans and 76 Democrats.
2:22.0	To the state Senate, voters sent 34 Republicans and 22 Democrats.
2:30.2	And the Republican candidate for Senate and Georgia lost by 2.4 points.
2:37.4	Why?
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