Post Game: Capitol Hill's jockeying for leadership takes off, with Jake Sherman

The Chuck ToddCast

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🗓️ 13 November 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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With Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plans unclear, Rep. Kevin McCarthy's potential slim majority imperiled by the House Freedom Caucus, and Sen. Mitch McConnell's planned leadership elections facing resistance from several of his members, the makeup of the coming congressional leadership is anything but certain. Jake Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, joins Chuck to dissect the developing turmoil in Congress's election of its would-be leaders.

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0:00.0	Hello there, I'm Chuck Todd.
0:04.4	I just got off the meat depressed set.
0:06.2	We had broke down the still developing midterm results.
0:09.7	Senators Bill Cassidy and Elizabeth Warren were my exclusive guests.
0:13.2	We also had senior White House advisor Anita Dunn.
0:15.4	I'm sitting here with Jake Sherman.
0:16.9	He's co-founder of Punch Bowl News.
0:18.3	He's one of the most reliable congressional reporters we have.
0:20.7	He was on the panel.
0:23.3	Mr. Sherman's always good to see you.
0:24.9	Likewise.
0:25.9	Welcome back to the Toddcast.
0:26.9	Look, I want to get deep into the crazy aspects of Capitol
0:32.0	hololitex here because this is going to be an insider game that will take weeks
0:38.5	to find out what really took place in these vote counts.
0:41.6	So at this point in January 3rd, who do you expect to be speaker of the House?
0:47.0	Could I take a pass on that?
0:48.4	I honestly don't know.
0:49.4	I don't know.
0:50.4	I don't know.
0:51.4	Forget this is not just McCarthy or Pelosi.
0:53.1	You know, let me ask you this.
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