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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

For Joe, It's Worse Than That

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A new New York Times poll not only has terrible news for Joe Biden, it reveals how wrong-headed his electoral concerns are when it comes to Israel and Palestine. Also, we end the show with an AI-generated song about COMMENTARY from our own Eli Lake. Give a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hope for the best.

0:09.0

Expect the worst.

0:11.0

Some bring champagne, some die of furs.

0:14.0

No way of knowing which way it's going.

0:19.0

Hope for the best expect the worst.

0:22.0

Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast.

0:27.0

Today is Monday, May 13, 2024.

0:30.0

I am John Pothoritz, the editor of Commentary magazine with me as always. Executive editor

0:35.6

A Greenwald, hi Abe.

0:37.2

Hi, John.

0:38.2

Media commentary columnist Christine, Christine, hi Christine, and Christine's colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, its Director of Domestic and

0:46.1

Policy Studies, and our Washington commentary columnist Matthew Cottonetti.

0:50.8

Hi Matt.

0:51.8

Hi, John.

0:52.6

Matt, you have a piece coming out in the June commentary,

0:56.1

which will be available maybe tomorrow online,

1:00.0

maybe tonight, I'm not quite sure.

1:06.3

Basically about how Biden is lousy at politics. And this was brought home this morning by the staggering results of the latest New York Times

1:15.0

CNN poll, which suggests that not only is Biden in absolutely terrible shape,

1:22.0

and it's interesting because they haven't done a poll,

1:25.0

New York Times-Siana, which is pretty much the gold standard of polling

1:30.2

in America in terms of its, the accuracy of its results. I haven't done one in this format

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