Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.

Today is Tuesday, September 5, 2023. I am John Pudhoritz, the editor of Commentary

Magazine with me is always executive editor, a Greenwald Hyade. Hi, John. Washington

commentary columnist at American Enterprise Institute Director of Domestic Policy Studies,

Matthew Cognetti. Hi, Matt. Hi, John. And Matt's colleague at the American Enterprise Institute

and our media commentary columnist, Christine Rosen, hi, Christine. Hi, John.

I don't want to talk about this every day. I just said to my colleagues here that I feel like

we're in no exit, Jean-Paul Sarge's play or the exterminating Angel Louis-Bougnuel's movie

in which we find ourselves trapped in the same room, having the same conversation forever

without any way out. But what can you do when the Wall Street Journal releases a poll

taken by two reputable Democratic and Republican polsters that shows Donald Trump

46 points ahead of Ron DeSantis. Let me reiterate that. He is 46 points ahead of Ron DeSantis. He's

at 59 and DeSantis is at 13. It is September 5th. The big question is we are maybe going to keep

talking about this like there's a primary going on and a race to see who will contest with Joe Biden

next summer and early fall. Is there a race? Is this all now just a shadow puppet game because

Trump's at 60%. No one has ever, no one, no one in a primary situation like this has ever been

anywhere even approaching such numbers unless he is the incumbent president of the United States

and has no rivals. Trump has seven rivals. And yeah, so I think it's seven.

Well, there were eight people on the stage at the debate. And he wasn't there, so he has at least

eight rivals. He has at least eight rivals, although I am happy to report or very saddened to report

that the mayor of Miami Beach of your Suarez has has withdrawn. He suspended his campaign. He has

suspended his campaign that you didn't know existed. Anyway, there is a race, John. It's for second

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