Kavanaugh-Ford, the Budget, Jay Responds to His Critics, and a Trump Hypothetical

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week, Mike welcomes political scientist Will Miller back to the show. Will and Mike open by discussing the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Included is the perspective of Mike’s politically astute friend, Leah. While the Guys differ on whether Kavanaugh is the right person for the vacancy of the Court, they do agree on the credibility of Dr. Ford and her testimony. They also discuss what this means for future nomination battles and the willingness of individuals to even consider being nominated for the Court.Next is a discussion of the federal budget process, which is progressing surprisingly smoothly. While Mike and Will agree that the budget is largely inflated, they disagree on the causes and solutions. Mike advocates for increasing taxes to balance the books, while Will suggests something akin to zero-based budgeting would require agencies to justify the money they request in a more meaningful way.After Jay responds to some fairly intense criticism concerning his comments on last week's show, Ryan provides Will and Mike with their listener mail question this week. Ryan asks the Guys response to a recent Robert Reich opinion piece suggesting Congress or the Supreme Court could annul the totality of Trump’s presidency if he’s found of colluding with Russia to get elected. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get to today's show, I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who participated
0:05.3	in the, what topic should Mike choose for his next book survey? Your comments and selections were
0:13.2	really helpful. I have made a decision and I won't get into that in any great detail now
0:19.2	because you want to hear the show, but I will have more information about that in the near-term future.
0:25.4	Again, thanks so much for helping me out. I really appreciate it. And now on to today's show.
0:31.1	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for a bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:37.0	I'm Michael Berengowski,
0:38.2	political scientist at Northern Kentucky University. With me today is political scientist Will
0:42.6	Miller. Now, Will's been on the show with me once before. This was back in April, and
0:47.1	listener response was very positive, and so I'm happy to say that not only is Will back on the
0:53.7	show with me today, but he'll actually be running the show.
0:57.8	Our future plan is for Will to be a regular part of the politics guys from this point on.
1:02.6	And we are very pleased to welcome him to the team.
1:06.3	Will, welcome.
1:07.5	Thanks, Mike.
1:08.2	I'm glad to be back.
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:09.2	I'm going to move forward with politics guys. Absolutely. It's great. I'm glad to be back. Yeah. I'm going to move forward with politics, guys.
1:11.3	Absolutely. It's great. It's great to have you. So do you want to just go ahead and plunge right in?
1:17.0	Absolutely. I think we have a lot to talk about this. Yes, we're going to lead off with the conclusion of the Senate Judiciary Committee's vetting of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
1:30.6	Thursday's testimonies with Christine Delazzie Ford and Kavanaugh will likely be talked about historically in the same vein of Anita Hills, regardless of how the nomination ultimately turns out on the floor.
1:42.4	The hearings were in many ways, unlike anything we witnessed or expected,
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