Midterm Ground Zero.
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 10 May 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Former Progressive Caucus Co-chair Mark Pocan and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin are at the center of the 2022 midterms. Ron Johnson is up for reelection and control of the Senate may hinge on that race. There are competitive House seats that may determine control in that chamber. In Wisconsin the legislature is so gerrymandered, it is almost impossible for the Democrats to gain control. So having a Democratic governor is the one check on the extremist Wisconsin Republican Party.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, good to see you again, and welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 0:11.9 | Looking ahead to November, this is big time, worry time for Democrats, despite the fact that |
| 0:18.4 | the economy is strong, unemployment's at an historic low, and some 400,000 |
| 0:23.7 | new jobs are being created every month. Polls show that the American people are still in a funk, |
| 0:30.0 | which is never good for the party in power and not good for Democrats today. So what should |
| 0:36.1 | Democrats do in this environment? Is there any chance they can hold |
| 0:41.0 | on to the House and the Senate? Is there some magic they can work in Congress and will outrage over |
| 0:48.2 | the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade energized the Democratic base enough to turn things around. For answers today, we turn to one of |
| 0:58.3 | the leading progressives in the House, Congressman Mark Pocan, representing Wisconsin's second |
| 1:04.5 | congressional district since 2013 and former co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus. |
| 1:12.9 | By the way, just a quick footnote at moments in this podcast, |
| 1:16.6 | there are some problems with the audio. |
| 1:18.6 | Sorry about that, but don't worry. |
| 1:20.7 | You can clearly understand everything Congressman Polkan is saying. |
| 1:25.9 | Congressman Mark Burkane, it's always good to connect with you. |
| 1:29.0 | Thanks so much for joining us on the Bill Press Pod. |
| 1:32.3 | Thanks for having me, Bill. Glad to be here. |
| 1:34.9 | Well, of course, Washington got a kind of a nuclear bomb last week with the leak of this |
| 1:41.3 | draft decision by Justice Samuel Alito, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, |
| 1:47.7 | for which he apparently already has all the votes necessary. |
| 1:51.4 | Congressman, what's your assessment of the impact of that decision, assuming it sticks, |
| 1:56.8 | both on American women but also on American politics? |
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