from it's titled the rising democratic maga movement you write democrats needing quote their own

version of a populist anti-establishment maga like makeover so what does that look like jim

yeah it looks like what you're just talking about with gabin newsome right trying to adopt a lot of

the techniques that you saw from trump that you've seen from MAGA, get on social media, be a

warrior, curse a lot, try to have a lot of edge, insert yourself into the news cycle.

I think the bigger part, though, is what you've seen happening in New York, what you've seen

happen in Minneapolis, the popularity of Bernie Sanders, the number of people turning out

for AOC events, that right now the momentum in the

party is very much for the very progressive wing of the Democratic Party, which is not that

much of a shock, but I think it's probably problematic in the off-year elections for Democrats.

It's just not where the vast majority of the country seems to be.

I think it's one of the

reasons that the Democratic brand overall is low. And so I think that's an important thing to watch.

And in terms of your conversation about the backlash to the bill, to me, this is going to be a

really, really important conversation three months from now. In three months, we're going to

know what's happening with redistricting. If Republicans can really rewire the map in a way where they

can pick up anywhere from five to ten seats, that is meaningful. That is deeply, deeply meaningful.

It's harder in these Democratic states to do it. It's easier in Texas and Republican states to do it.

The other is, watch the next month.

If inflation does what I think inflation is going to do, it is going to be deeply, deeply

problematic for the Republican Party. If you look at what's happening with the stock prices

of Chipotle or Sweet Green or any of these restaurants where people take their money when

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