Episode #399: Senate Health and Politics
Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Ken Rudin
4.7 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The alarming freeze of Mitch McConnell and the seeming deterioration of Dianne Feinstein have put a new focus on not only the health of two key members of the Senate but on the politics of the body as well. Carl Hulse of the New York Times talks about the jockeying behind the scenes on the GOP side and the mixed emotions about Feinstein’s future on the Dem side.
Plus: Yet another Trump indictment, and how these serious charges are not affecting his lead for the GOP nomination. And will he appear at next week’s debate?
Music in this week’s episode:
Leader of the Pack by the Shangri Las
Something Is Not Right With Me by Cold War Kids
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump gets more votes in Georgia. |
| 0:03.4 | Ohio voters don't get fooled. |
| 0:06.1 | GOP presidential hopefuls prepare for the first debate. |
| 0:09.5 | And wait, I'm burying the lead. |
| 0:12.4 | The political junkie is back. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm so glad. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm so glad. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm glad. |
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| 0:19.7 | I'm glad. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm so glad. I'm so glad, I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad. I'm so glad. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm so glad. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm glad. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm glad. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm glad. |
| 0:28.0 | Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 399 of the political junkie. |
| 0:34.1 | I'm Ken Rudin. |
| 0:35.9 | I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am with the response about restarting the podcast. |
| 0:42.2 | In the latest political junkie newsletter, I listed all the problems that this podcast was |
| 0:47.4 | facing, both financial and structural, and I shared my disappointment with what has |
| 0:52.4 | happened to politics. |
| 0:55.8 | Disillusionment I didn't experience during Watergate or wars or impeachments or anything like that. I was at my wits' end. |
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