Why Mitch Can't Have Nice Things

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Will the aftermath of Herschel Walker's defeat in Georgia create a rare window for Republican introspection? And can the infotainment right be part of the solution? Sarah, David, Jonah and Steve also discuss what we know (and don’t know) about the Hunter Biden scandal, wonder what ever happened to the Electoral Count Reform Act, and catch up on what’s going on in the rest of the world. Show Notes: -The Twitter thread that caught Steve's eye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:01.7	I'm your host Sarah Isger.
0:03.3	This week we are talking to Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes,
0:06.4	and David French.
0:08.4	I think we're gonna make it easy this week.
0:10.1	Domestic politics, foreign politics.
0:13.6	And there's plenty to talk about on those two fronts.
0:16.4	Let's dive right in.
0:33.1	Let's start on the domestic side.
0:34.5	Obviously, the Georgia runoff Senate election happened this week.
0:39.3	Democrat Raphael Warnock and incumbent won that race by about three points.
0:45.5	Actually, that close, but on the other hand, that's pretty close.
0:50.1	Steve, what are we supposed to make of that?
0:53.8	It was yet another example in the 2022 election cycle of candidates mattering.
0:58.9	In this case, I think candidates mattering a lot.
1:02.2	Herschel Walker wasn't much of a candidate.
1:05.0	He didn't spend a lot of time talking to voters.
1:07.2	He was propped up by mostly Senate Republicans from Washington who did everything from
1:13.5	hold his hand during appearances to raise tens of millions of dollars to try to get him
1:18.9	across the finish line.
1:21.1	And it didn't work.
1:22.1	He was a bad candidate.
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