Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast today is Wednesday August 24th, 2022.

I am John Puthhor, it's the editor of Commentary Magazine reminding you that on November 13th,

it's Sunday in New York, we are doing the 12th annual commentary roast, one of the great

events of the year, we're roasting Barry Weiss, it's going to be a barn burner and everybody

you love will be there, all your favorite writers, all your favorite, everybody's from

the podcast and around the podcast, go to commentary.org slash roast for more details.

No Rothman is out for a week, a Greenwald is somewhere but he hasn't logged on yet, so

it is just me with media commentary column, this Christine Rosen, hi Christine.

Hi John.

And joining us today, fan favorite Washington free beacon editor, Eleana Johnson, hi Eleana.

Hi John.

Yes, and as I believe Christine, this is the first

time we have a female dominated pod, I'm already interrupting, I'm already taking that,

taking my power as the feminist like to say.

Okay, well, yeah Christine, we got to like braid John's hair and painter nails.

Yes, yes, I will be pillow fights.

Okay, so let's let's start in on the pillow fight about last night's results in the primaries

in New York and Florida and a special election in New York.

There is a lot of glee on the Democrat liberal side of the ledger was last night in this

morning because in this special election in mid-state New York, let's say we had in

a district that went for Biden by two points in a special election because the congressman

in place became the lieutenant governor, former a Republican, a moderate Republican, relatively

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