Senator Ron Wyden’s Hutzpah!
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon joins Rick to discuss bipartisanship and getting sh*t done.
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| 0:00.0 | Morning Hand gave me some good advice one time that I completely ignored, and I kept working for Rudy. |
| 0:07.8 | He was like, I don't know if this is going to end well for you. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm like, yes, it is. |
| 0:11.6 | Oh, should have listened. |
| 0:14.4 | Your task will not be an easy one. |
| 0:16.7 | Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battlehardy. |
| 0:20.5 | There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. |
| 0:24.2 | There is the United States of America. |
| 0:29.1 | Good night and good luck. |
| 0:30.9 | Hey, folks, and it's Rick Wilson. |
| 0:32.5 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project Podcast. |
| 0:34.4 | Once again, I am your host today. |
| 0:36.1 | I am thrilled to be joined today by Senator |
| 0:38.3 | Ron Wyden. Ron has a new book out called It Takes Hutzpah. And I think this is one of those |
| 0:43.9 | summaries of politics that cuts right to the core of what really needs to happen sometimes when |
| 0:50.9 | we're working on the hardest problems and the toughest moments. Sometimes you just have to have a sense of courage and boldness and brass and get in there and fight the good fight. |
| 1:02.0 | So with that, Ron, I want to welcome you to the show. Thank you so, so much for coming on today. |
| 1:06.0 | And you were one of those guys who has been around the block in Washington for a little while. |
| 1:14.5 | What was it that led you to write this book at this moment? |
| 1:26.6 | What I said to myself, Rick, is that typical congressional book consists of things that I don't think are the key to the discussion. |
| 1:29.1 | It starts usually with a lot of bragging. |
| 1:34.7 | The person talks about all these bills and amendments and they did this and this and this. |
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