Hope for the best.

the worst.

Expect the words.

Some bring champagne, some die of furs.

The way of knowing which way it's going.

Hope for the best expect the worst of all. Well welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Wednesday, January 17, 2024. I'm John Pothort, the editor of Commentary Magazine with me, as always, executive editor,

Aig Bewald. Hi, Abe.

Hi, John.

Washington Commentary columnist and author of a piece in the new issue of commentary now up at

commentary dot org a February issue on how Biden's adults in the room aren't really being that adult or that much in the

room or they're in a hospital room without telling anybody that they're in a

hospital room that is Matt Conetti hi Matt.

Hi John. Our senior editor Seth Mandel, hi Seth. Hi John.

Christine, Rose, and is off today and we are privileged to have with us to help us

understand where things stand in American politics, the Republican primaries, and generally

I would ask you everything you know about sports because you know everything

about sports but I don't know anything about sports so you're you're free there.

MS NBC's Man at the Board, man with the charts, man who knows every county in the

United, the 3309 counties of the United States. Steve Kornaki.

Hi Steve, thanks for coming back and joining us. I think you're

overcelled me there, but it's good to be here. Thank you. That is that is so

untrue because I think not that you would be able to do it alphabetically or an order or something like that, but if I mentioned a county somewhere in America, chances are, and there are 39 counties.

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