It was the (personal) economy. With CNN's Ron Brownstein
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This episode examines what went wrong in 2024 and how Democrats can win back the House, Senate, and White House after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. Our guest is one of the smartest political writers in the country. Ron Brownstein is a CNN Senior Political Analyst, and Senior Editor at Atlantic Magazine. He analyzes the factors behind Trump's win, including dissatisfaction with the economy under the Biden administration and Trump's ability to appeal to some pro-choice and economically dissatisfied voters. Brownstein suggests that Democrats will need to focus on issues like cost of living and portraying Republicans as helping the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. He also predicts that the next Democratic nominee will likely take a more centrist tone to neutralize Republican arguments on cultural issues. Overall, Brownstein sees the 2026 midterms as a strong opportunity for Democrats to regain control of Congress but notes the 2028 presidential election will present a greater challenge.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. It's good to see you again and good to welcome you back to another |
| 0:11.5 | edition of the Bill Press pod. It's still hard to believe, but there's only one more week to go |
| 0:17.1 | before Joe Biden steps down and Donald Trump steps back up. On this podcast, we've talked a lot |
| 0:24.3 | about how bad the next four years is going to be with Donald Trump back in the White House. |
| 0:29.3 | Blocking his attempts to undermine the Constitution and destroy our democracy will be a top priority |
| 0:35.8 | for Democrats. But, you know, Democrats have even a bigger and more |
| 0:39.8 | important challenge, which is how to win again, how to get back on top, starting with how to |
| 0:46.9 | regroup and rebuild in order to win back the House and the Senate in 2026. Our good friend Ron |
| 0:53.5 | Brownstein has been writing a lot about that lately. Ron's a senior |
| 0:57.0 | editor at the Atlantic, and you also see him often as senior political analyst on CNN. Ron joins us today |
| 1:04.8 | from his home in Southern California. Ron Brownstein, welcome back to the Bill Press pod. It's always good to |
| 1:10.6 | connect with you. Thanks for joining us. Hey, Bill. Glad to be back with welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. It's always good to connect with you. |
| 1:11.2 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:12.2 | Hey, Bill. |
| 1:12.7 | Glad to be back with you in the new year. |
| 1:14.9 | Yes, good. |
| 1:15.7 | So before we dive into politics, I know you live in Santa Monica. |
| 1:20.9 | You're right next door to Pacific Palisades. |
| 1:22.8 | We are talking Monday afternoon on the 13th. What is the situation, is your house safe? |
| 1:30.7 | And what's it like? I'm actually a little further south. I'm in Venice, so I've still got |
| 1:35.3 | Santa Monica in between. You know, things seem a lot better the last 72 hours. I mean, the skies |
| 1:41.2 | are much clearer. There's obviously still a lot of concern about all the particulates in the air, and they are |
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