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What Next: Is It Time for Democrats to Panic?

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Democrats suffered major losses in local and state elections this week. Are the results a harbinger for the party’s fate heading into the 2022 midterms? Guest: Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics writer. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

heard about Magpie, the vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from GoDaddy.

0:03.3

One day the owners are like,

0:04.8

this business hasn't reached this potential.

0:07.1

And the other one goes,

0:08.1

we need a bigger piece of the pie.

0:09.8

And then it hits her.

0:11.1

We need GoDaddy.

0:12.0

Look, we can get a domain name and create an online store

0:14.8

so we can sell to more customers.

0:16.8

Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies

0:19.1

to a vlogging nationwide.

0:20.9

And now everyone's like,

0:22.2

vegan pies are the new thing around here.

0:25.0

Wait, no me!

0:26.3

Tid a next step on your business journey with GoDaddy.

0:56.3

So, Jim, do you feel like saying I told you so at this moment?

1:10.8

Uh, like a wee bit, maybe.

1:13.6

Just a little bit.

1:20.9

Back in September,

1:22.2

Slates Jim Newell wrote this article.

1:25.2

It was called,

1:26.0

uh, maybe Democrats should start paying attention

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