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The Gist

In a Political Bind? Call Bradley Tusk

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, the Democrats' big win. Bradley Tusk has been in the background everywhere. His hand guided the rise of big political and tech brands, from advising Rod Blagojevich not to extort Rahm Emanuel to facilitating Uber's explosive growth. He joins us to discuss his political savvy saving campaigns and startups and why he's so passionate about voting with your smartphone. Tusk's new book is The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics.  In the Spiel, misunderstanding democracy and trying to correct someone else's tweet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.5

you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I just want someone

0:12.5

who's ready for that long-term kind of love. Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend,

0:18.9

girlfriend, casual date or just someone who truly gets you, it's waiting for you unbumble.

0:25.5

The following recording may contain explicit language. I can't get more explicit than may.

0:33.6

Let's just say it may.

0:35.0

It's Thursday, November 8, 2018, from slated to the gist I'm Mike Pesca. Still thinking about

0:45.0

the Democrats' big win. Say it. The Democrats' big win don't let them tell you it wasn't.

0:51.1

I went back to an old article by Larry Sabattin, Larry Sabattin's Crystal Ball, where it was pretty

0:59.8

sheer like when he said that the percentages since direct election of senators is that 91% of

1:08.2

non-presidential party incumbents get reelected and 75% of presidential party incumbents get reelected.

1:17.8

We had 35 Senate races. It gets a little scurry because Mississippi had those two Senate races,

1:22.3

including the special. But the Democrats did lose. It looks like four. Indiana, North Dakota,

1:28.6

Missouri and Florida. Florida. That's a little high. It should be only about 10% of the losses.

1:34.2

So you'd expect two losses if it were going by historical trends. The Republicans lost Nevada,

1:41.5

that is online with Republican trends. But as I think about every state that the Democrats

1:47.4

lost, I'm not trying to make excuses. But there are some good excuses. The way I think about it is

1:53.8

a couple of North Dakota. I mean, you know, that's a state that Trump won by 40 points.

1:59.8

It's very hard for Heidi Heidekamp to defend that. And Florida. Well, Florida's a loss. It's a bad

2:07.2

loss. There's no excuse. But you know that Bill Nelson has been the only statewide elected official,

2:13.1

since I think I think 2002. But look at Indiana and their Donnelly lost. I think of the seat as

2:20.9

almost rented for six years because the Republicans shot themselves in the foot with a non-Luger,

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