The JV Republican Debate (Preview)
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🗓️ 22 August 2023
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Summary
The Republican candidates try to figure out how to debate when the front-runner isn't on stage. The Bulkwark's Tim Miller joins the pod to talk about prep, bad candidates, and whether it's too late for anyone to consolidate the anti-Trump Republican vote. Plus, Vivek Ramaswamy's tennis moves, and our first-ever round of "I'm so Indicted"!
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Show Notes
NEWS ROUND UP
- Des Moines Register: How every GOP presidential candidate performed with likely caucusgoers in new Iowa Poll
- NYT: DeSantis Tweaks His Messaging and Tactics After a Tough Campaign Stretch
- NY Post: DeSantis calls MAGA supporters in Congress ‘listless vessels,’ says Trump didn’t drain swamp
- CNN: Asa Hutchinson says he has qualified for the Republican debate
- WaPo: What to watch for in the first Republican debate
- NYT: Democrats, Popcorn in Hand, Root for a Rowdy G.O.P. Debate
- The Atlantic: Vivek Ramaswamy's Truth
- NBC: Trump has already recorded his debate-night interview with Tucker Carlson, sources say
- NYT: How G.O.P. Views of Biden Are Helping Trump in the Republican Primary
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome back to Patsy of America. I'm Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:22.5 | And we have a great show for you today. |
| 0:25.0 | The first Republican primary debate is finally happening this week |
| 0:29.0 | on Wednesday in Milwaukee and no surprise the opposition research stories are flying around. |
| 0:34.0 | They're hitting newspapers everywhere and they're signaling how these candidates are attacking and going to be attacked. |
| 0:39.0 | Also we have a brand new poll of Republicans in Iowa that helps us set the stage and help us divine |
| 0:44.0 | whether any candidate has a chance of unseating Donald Trump and the Iowa caucuses and the primary itself. |
| 0:50.0 | And if so, what the right strategy is to do it here to talk through all of it is the one and only Tim Miller. |
| 0:56.0 | Tim is the co-host of the excellent podcast the next level. |
| 1:00.0 | He writes for the bull work and in a previous life, he worked on campaigns, including for Jeb Bush back in 2016. |
| 1:06.0 | Tim, it is great to see you. |
| 1:08.0 | Thomas, thank you. It's good to see you. I know it's love. It's gone again. |
| 1:11.0 | Every time I'm here, he's faking a cold. |
| 1:14.0 | You know what I'm just going to try not to get my feelings heard about it. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm happy to be here with you. |
| 1:21.0 | I can't think of anyone better to help us understand how to prepare for one of these debates, |
| 1:24.0 | how to try to win one of these primaries. As you mentioned, |
| 1:26.0 | if everyone loves it, they're on vacation this week. |
| 1:28.0 | So we are going to do this whole program together. |
| 1:30.0 | We're going to go behind the scenes into debate prep and strategy. |
| 1:33.0 | And what the hell success looks like in a debate where there's 400 goobers on stage, |
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