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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

The 2028 Democratic Bench for President (ft. James Carville)

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

Prof G Media / Vox Media

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

How can Democrats message against Trump in the midterm elections? Jessica is joined by veteran political strategist James Carville to talk about the future direction of the party, process the several different things that went wrong in 2024, and lay out what the Blue Team should do to win races in 2026 and 2028. Plus — the Ragin’ Cajun gives his three-point plan for how to win any election, his problems with identity politics, and his inside take on what the Harris campaign was really up against. Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov.  Follow Prof G, @profgalloway. Follow Raging Moderates, @RagingModeratesPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Leaving all the time in the world for the things you actually want to do responding to James's long emails. Ooh.

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1:27.6

Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Jessica Tarlov. Scott's off for the month of August, but don't worry, we've got an incredible lineup of guests filling in. And to kick off Scott-Free August, we're starting strong with the one and only Raging Cajun himself. Welcome to the show, James Carville. It's so great to have you here.

1:44.5

Well, thank you. I'm glad to be here. Thank you. Yeah, I'm so glad we could work this out. And I'm just going to get into it. We are going to be talking about Kamala's return to the spotlight, Trump's promises made, promises broken, and the Sydney Sweeney saga, which I'm going to try to make you interested in it from a culture war angle.

1:49.5

Just when Democrats thought we could turn the page on 2024, the past is back in the spotlight.

1:54.3

Kamala Harris is promoting a book about her short-lived presidential run and prepping for the midterms.

1:59.5

Joe Biden is back on the speech circuit, and Hunter Biden is during controversy on podcasts. As the party looks for fresh leadership, its most familiar faces keep stepping forward, complicating our reset. Meanwhile, in Texas, Republicans are escalating a redistricting battle with national implications.

2:12.0

Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to remove Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block Trump-backed maps that could give Republicans

2:18.7

five more House seats. James, how do you think we should be handling the map wars?

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