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Political Gabfest

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News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode of Slate's podcast about campaign history, John Dickerson explains how retail politics won the day in the 2000 Republican primary in New Hampshire. This week's This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter the order code WHISTLESTOP at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace—Build it Beautiful. Love Slate podcasts? Listen longer with Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, ad-free versions, exclusive podcasts, and more. Start your 2-week free trial at slate.com/podcastsplus. Email: whistlestop@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	Hello and welcome to Whistle Stop, a podcast of campaign curiosities.
0:11.2	I'm John Dickerson of Face the Nation.
0:21.5	When Ted Cruz talks about his insurgency against the establishment of the Republican Party,
0:25.6	he's aiming at senators like John McCain.
0:28.4	There was a time when John McCain, the Arizona Senator, was the anti-establishment crusader.
0:33.8	In the election of 2000, the Republican Party had chosen George W. Bush, the governor of
0:38.4	Texas, long before the voters ever got out the rubber-headed mallet to pound the first
0:43.6	yard sign.
0:44.9	In perhaps one of the most masterful victories in the invisible primary, Bush became the
0:49.6	consensus favorite with every lobbyist, longtime GOP fundraiser, and inside Republican.
0:55.6	He was a lock.
0:56.6	He was in the books before they were open.
0:58.5	The only problem is that he forgot to tell the voters of New Hampshire.
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