Trump's Op-Ed, Kavanaugh Apology, Midterms, Haley's Exit, Khashoggi's Murder

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Trey Orndorff welcomes Alexandra Filindra from the University of Illinois at Chicago to The Politics Guys this week. The Politics Guys ask listeners to give us your comments and feedback on Alexandra and the show this week. First up Trey thanks listener Erik who caught a mistake last week. Trey said Justice Kennedy withdrew his support of Kavanaugh when he meant to say Stevens. Thanks Erik, we truly appreciate it! After the correction Trey and Alexandra get into the midterm question. Specifically Trey brings up Trump’s USA Today op-ed and his apology to Kavanaugh. Alexandra is surprised that Trump would write an op-ed and wonders aloud what the benefit might be. Trey sees a consistent communication pattern and thinks the op-ed is good strategy — as is setting up opposition to Kavanaugh as being for “the mob.” This leads Trey and Alexandra to talk in detail on the midterm election strategy and transitions to questions of election fundraising in the wake of the Kavanaugh confirmation. Democrats are reporting big dollar donation increases and Republicans are pointing to percentage increases in funds. Both point to Kavanaugh as the reason why. Trey asks Alexandra what she thinks of the Democrats chances in the Senate given the dip in the polls for Democratic Senator Heitkamp after voting against Kavanaugh. Alexandra brings up it is more difficult for Democrats due to gerrymandering and Trey argues it was a Republican party focused on local elections that set them up for these wins. Trey and Alexandra then turn to Nikki Haleys resignation. Specifically they discuss the timing, both in relation to the midterm elections and to the Kavanaugh confirmation process. It also gets both of them to discuss party and campaign strategy for 2020 and beyond. The final story is the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As of the show’s airing it appears likely that the Saudi King ordered Jamal killed with video evidence coming from Turkey. On the American front it has led to a split between Congressional Republicans and President Trump on the proper response. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you are interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:05.8	I'm Trey Orndorff, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University, and I'm joined this week by a special guest, Alexandra Philandra, a political scientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
0:17.7	Alexander, it's wonderful having you on the show for the first time. Welcome to the
0:21.4	politics, guys. Thank you, Trey. I'm really excited to be with you. Well, I'm excited to have
0:26.6	you on the show and to kind of get a unique and a new perspective. It's always fun talking with
0:31.7	somebody new. But listeners, before we get into that, I need to make a correction for last week.
0:39.6	Last week, one of our sharp-eared listeners, Eric, thank you, Eric, you caught a really big
0:45.0	mistake of mine.
0:46.4	I was speaking about the Kavanaugh nomination, and I noted that Justice Kennedy withdrew
0:53.4	his support from Kavanaugh.
0:55.0	That was a big oops.
0:56.5	We had been talking about Kennedy, but what I actually meant to say, Eric, and my apologies, was Stevens.
1:02.9	And so Stevens had actually pulled his support from Kavanaugh.
1:08.0	And so it was not Kennedy.
1:10.4	So again, thank you so much, Eric, for paying enough attention and letting us know that we
1:14.9	can make those kind of corrections on the air.
1:16.6	And I appreciate that a lot.
1:18.4	And it is always, thank you listeners for paying attention and just listening to the show.
1:23.3	So this week, let's hope that we can get through everything without any corrections.
1:27.3	But if we can't, let us hope that we can get through everything without any corrections.
1:31.8	But if we can't, let us know at the politics guys website.
1:42.0	So this week, one of the big things that has been going on, Alexandra, is been kind of, I think, two parts to the Trump midterm pitch.
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