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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Is Joe Biden a Prisoner of His Own Party?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot speaks with political scientist Ruy Teixeira about the political implications of an indictment against Donald Trump, why an emerging Democratic majority in Washington never materialized, and why Joe Biden has governed from the left. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:23.3

Welcome, I'm Paul Gigo Editor of the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal.

0:28.8

And today on this edition of Potomac Watch, we have a special guest, Roy Cheshira.

0:33.6

He's a man of some note in the political world, well regarded analyst, political scientist

0:42.1

and author.

0:43.9

I think it's fair to say, and he could dispute this if he wants that he's a man of the

0:47.3

center left.

0:49.1

But he is now affiliated with the Center, right?

0:51.5

American Enterprise Institute.

0:53.3

He's the author of several books, most notably the coming Democratic majority in 2002,

0:59.2

which predicted with co-author John Judas, a new period of ascendancy for the Democratic

1:03.7

Party.

1:04.7

That appeared for a while to have arrived with the election of Barack Obama in 2008, but

1:10.3

has not turned out to be durable.

1:13.3

And he has now written a book that it will be forthcoming with Mr. Judas assessing what's

1:19.6

happened over those 20 years since the last book to the Democratic Party and American

1:23.2

politics.

1:24.2

And I think he also writes on occasion for the liberal patriot on Substack.

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