Georgia on my Mind

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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All eyes turn to Georgia for the all-important Senate runoffs on January 5, with control of the Senate at stake. A fantastic panel combining local and national knowledge, experience, and political savvy – former Columbus, GA mayor Teresa Tomlinson, new Congresswoman Elect Nikema Williams, DNC Chair Tom Perez, and Democratic strategist extraordinaire Bob Shrum – join Harry to describe the scene on the ground and break down the critical points on which success or failure will turn. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to a special edition of Talking Feds, a round table that brings together prominent
0:11.8	former federal officials and special guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important
0:16.8	political and legal topics of the day.
0:19.4	I'm Harry Littman.
0:21.0	Many people are settling into a relative law for Christmas and New Year's, but not in
0:26.4	Georgia, where two of the most hard fought and consequential elections in recent American
0:32.1	political history are being waged.
0:35.5	Both are runoff elections for the United States Senate.
0:39.0	One, Pitting Republican incumbent, Kelly Leffler, against Democratic challenger, Rafael
0:44.6	Warnaught, the other Pitting Republican incumbent, David Perdue, against challenger John O'Sof.
0:51.8	Both races are currently neck and neck.
0:54.4	Today's episode is devoted to a deep dive into the politics, strategy and tactics that
0:59.7	will determine who will hit the tape ahead at the finish line in the coming Fortnite
1:05.0	all out sprint.
1:06.9	And our dive companions are a fantastic group of political figures and strategists who
1:11.9	together combine deep political, savvy, national, and local with block by block knowledge of
1:19.1	the Georgia landscape.
1:20.6	And they are Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic
1:24.4	National Committee since February, 2017.
1:28.4	Tom previously was the United States Secretary of Labor under President Obama from 2013 to
1:35.7	2017.
1:36.9	And before that, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department
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