Red State Democrats Walk the Tightrope
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🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In just over a month, North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District will hold a special election. The Democratic candidate has been running for over two years and following the red state Democrat playbook to the letter. The new Republican candidate is running as the sensible conservative who will defend the president. Which strategy will prevail? What can that tell us about voters heading into 2020?
Guest: Dave Weigel covers politics for the Washington Post.
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| 0:00.0 | This is David. |
| 0:06.3 | Dave Weigel. |
| 0:07.8 | Yes. |
| 0:08.8 | Are you there? |
| 0:09.7 | Can you hear me? |
| 0:10.3 | Yes, I'm here. |
| 0:10.8 | I can hear you. |
| 0:12.3 | Dave Weigel works at the Washington Post. |
| 0:14.9 | It covers politics. |
| 0:16.3 | At this point in the election cycle, he's in constant motion. |
| 0:20.5 | One moment he's in Iowa, the next, |
| 0:22.8 | Detroit. Where are you right now on Earth? I'm in a hotel lobby. I'm scrambling on stories today. |
| 0:31.6 | Dave says he wants to know what people who are not constantly on Twitter are thinking about. |
| 0:36.7 | And he can't do that from D.C. |
| 0:38.5 | And one thing it has done for me is I end up sounding more cynical |
| 0:42.2 | than a lot of people in D.C. |
| 0:43.6 | Because I kind of shrug and say, |
| 0:45.9 | I bet this doesn't matter. |
| 0:46.9 | And it's not because I don't think it matters. |
| 0:48.9 | It's because after a couple of days of interviews in Iowa, New Hampshire, |
| 0:53.3 | I find out, boy, people really |
| 0:54.9 | weren't reacting to that thing that just happened. |
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