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The Dispatch Podcast

The Politics of Relief

The Dispatch Podcast

The Dispatch

News, Politics

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The Senate is set to debate the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief package this week, and today the gang talks about the politics of getting it passed. Steve posits the administration’s strategy is more focused on public opinion, rather than what Republicans want: “They say ‘we care about bipartisanship outside the beltway, not inside the beltway.’” Along with the relief bill, the group discusses the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and debates whether an “endless war” in the country is a good idea or a bad one. Jonah and Sarah disagree on how important voting actually is. And finally, some good old-fashioned election punditry. The hosts talk about the strategy memo that came out from the GOP on how to retake the House in 2022. Show Notes: -The Remnant with Michael Strain -Morning Consult polling on COVID stimulus -“Last Exit From Afghanistan” by Dexter Firkins -SCOTUSblog write up of the Arizona voting rights case -House GOP 2022 strategy memo -Democratic Party autopsy - New York magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Dispatch podcast.

0:02.3

I'm your host, Sarah.

0:03.6

Isger joined by Steve Hayes, Jonah Goldberg,

0:06.3

and the inimitable David French.

0:09.1

Lots to talk about today.

0:10.4

We're gonna start with the COVID package

0:13.1

proposed by the Biden administration,

0:15.5

move to Afghanistan and the ongoing negotiations there.

0:19.9

And with some talk about the election,

0:22.3

election law changes in states like Georgia,

0:25.1

as well as the strategies being pursued

0:28.3

by both Democrats and Republicans in the 2022 midterm.

0:31.9

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:46.4

Let's dive right in.

0:48.1

Jonah, talk to us about the COVID relief package.

0:54.0

It's large.

0:55.2

It's very, very, very large.

0:56.6

You can see it from space.

0:59.7

And no, one of the reasons why I picked this topic

1:02.8

is because I had my colleague,

1:04.6

the head of the economics department,

1:05.8

from AI, Michael Strainon, the remnant this week.

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