What Democrats Can Learn From Ron DeSantis's Humiliation

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This week on Politix, Matt and Brian discuss:

* Ron DeSantis’s humiliation.

* What policy literalism and pandering to base activists (as opposed to grassroots voters) has to do with both DeSantis’s failure, and the underperformance of some high-profile Democratic Party politicians.

* Is there an optimal middle ground between detailed policy laundry lists and Donald Trump-style bullshitting?

Then, paid Politix subscribers get to hear Matt’s mea culpa for setting progressive politics on its course to litmus testing Democratic candidates, Brian’s theory that the Democrats’ policy-forward appeals are sometimes necessary—particularly after long stretches of Republican rule—and what Democratic activists can learn about politics from rich, greedy tax-cut seekers like Jamie Dimon.

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0:00.0	It's conspiracy theory than a tweet.
0:02.8	This is Brian's conspiracy corner.
0:04.6	Yeah, so the conspiracy theory is this.
0:07.7	Is it about the FBI killing JFK?
0:09.9	No, but the FBI should be doing something about it.
0:12.3	Not the people, not the FBI agents who like arrest people,
0:16.0	but the FBI agents who like protect America.
0:18.2	Hey everyone, you're listening to a free preview of the politics
0:25.9	podcast in this episode Matt and I will discuss Ron DeSantis' campaign
0:30.1	rest in peace why was it such a flop? Why didn't the GOP elite and the
0:35.8	center right rally around him instead of flocking back to Donald Trump? And
0:41.1	is there a generally applicable lesson in his failure? Do candidates
0:45.8	who pander to base activists tend to alienate themselves from base voters? Then we'll take paid subscribers on a trip down memory lane to
0:56.3	probe the question is all this self-sabotaging pandering to policy activists
1:01.4	Matt Iglesia's fault.
1:03.2	So we hope you enjoy the conversation and if you like what you're hearing and
1:07.0	want to listen to the whole episode you can upgrade to paid at politics
1:10.7	with an X. FM.
1:12.8	Hello and welcome to the politics podcast. I'm Brian Boiler.
1:20.4	And I'm Matthew Iglesias.
1:22.0	This week we're recording this Tuesday morning, so we don't technically know who's going to win the New Hampshire primary, but there are some strong clues that Nicky Haley is not going to win.
1:33.6	Have you picked up on those two men?
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