PG38: GOP Elites vs Trump & Cruz, Iran Prisoner Swap, Bernie Ascendent, The Water in Flint

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, The Politics Guys start off by examining the choice GOP elites are making between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Neither of the two Republican frontrunners is loved (or even liked) by the party establishment, so it’s definitely a ‘pick your poison’ situation. Mike and Jay get into the why some Republicans are holding … Continue reading "PG38: GOP Elites vs Trump & Cruz, Iran Prisoner Swap, Bernie Ascendent, The Water in Flint"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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Give the gift of a world of knowledge this holiday season with The Economist.
0:05.4	Get access to trusted, fact-based global reporting and analysis, plus exclusive podcast,
0:11.1	insightful newsletters, films and more.
0:14.2	And here's the best part.
0:15.6	When you buy a subscription, you can give a second one for free.
0:19.3	Perfect for those who think big just like you.
0:22.3	So go to Economist.com slash holiday gifting offer to take advantage of this gifting offer ending soon.
0:33.2	Good morning, good afternoon, Good evening, wherever you are.
0:42.8	And welcome to the politics guys with your host, Jay Carson and Michael Baranowski.
0:53.1	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:55.9	My co-host this week, as always, is Cleveland area attorney and sometime Republican strategist Jay Carson. On February 1st, the Iowa caucuses
1:02.1	will officially kick off the presidential nomination contest. On the Republican side, polls have
1:07.2	Donald Trump with a small lead over Ted Cruz with nobody else really even close.
1:12.1	And for months, the GOP establishment has been hoping that Trump would somehow just go away,
1:17.2	yet nobody's really made any effort to take him out.
1:19.7	Nobody that is except for Senator Ted Cruz, who's emerged as perhaps the largest threat to Trump in the Republican field.
1:26.9	This has created big problems for the Republican elite because while they hate Trump in the Republican field. This has created big problems
1:28.3	for the Republican elite because while they hate Trump, they hate Cruz too. Now, Republican
1:33.8	opinion makers, if I don't know, such a thing even exists anymore, are starting to take sides
1:38.6	and doing it publicly. Just this week, we saw the conservative flagship magazine National
1:43.4	Review come out with an issue
1:45.1	titled Against Trump. And on the other hand, there was the 1996 Republican presidential nominee
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Michael Baranowski, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Michael Baranowski and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.