WTH Happened to the Red Wave? Josh Kraushaar Explains the 2022 Midterm Elections
What the Hell Is Going On
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🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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In the months leading up to the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican party projected a red wave of GOP wins across the nation. And the odds were good: Biden has delivered the worst inflation in 40 years, the worst collapse of real wages in four decades, the worst murder rate since 1996, and that's not all. His approval rating is abysmal, and of course, the party in power almost always loses seats in a midterm election. So why did the predicted red wave not only fail to materialize in full, but barely show up as a trickle? Although results are not final, one thing is certain: Trump lost big time, and DeSantis swept. While we wait for the runoff in Georgia (again), the GOP is asking itself what the hell is going on. Will someone emerge as a viable challenger to Team Trump? Can the Republican brand be repaired?
These questions and more with our guest, Josh Kraushaar. Kraushaar is a Senior Political correspondent at Axios, and host of the Against the Grain podcast. Previously, he was Editor in Chief of the Hotline, and a co-author at the Almanac of American Politics.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by the American Enterprise Institute. |
| 0:03.0 | If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, review, and share. Thanks for listening. Here's our show. What the hell's going on? What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? I don't know what the hell he's talking about. You don't have to know what the hell is on it. What hell's the matter with these guys? We don't know what's going on. What hell's going on? |
| 0:01.1 | Who in God's name knows what it's all about. |
| 0:35.0 | Hi, I'm Daniel Petka. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome to our podcast. |
| 0:38.6 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:40.6 | Election version. |
| 0:42.0 | Mark, what the hell? |
| 0:44.7 | The big question is, what the hell happened to the big red wave? |
| 0:47.9 | Exactly. |
| 0:48.5 | It did not materialize. |
| 0:50.0 | Big red dribble. |
| 0:51.2 | Exactly. |
| 0:52.1 | It was a big red wave, a tsunami, or hurricane, and it ended up being just a little rainy day. |
| 0:57.9 | It was not a red wave by any stretch of the imagination. |
| 1:00.3 | We're looking in the House like it could be as little as a one-seat majority, maybe four or five-seat majority. |
| 1:06.9 | And in the Senate, still possible that the Republicans could eke out a one-vote majority, |
| 1:12.2 | but it's possible that this may be a 50-50 Senate. |
| 1:15.1 | It's possible that this may come down. |
| 1:16.8 | Can you believe it to Georgia special election again? |
| 1:20.6 | Dejaveu all over again. |
| 1:22.4 | I'm looking at the top of real clear politics, so, you know, as we speak, |
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