The Inmates Are Running the Party

A.B. Stoddard rejoins the show for the three-timer award, as well as to talk, well, ...

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A.B. Stoddard rejoins the show for the three-timer award, as well as to talk, well, politics of all things. What can we expect from Senate Republicans at the start of the new Biden administration. Especially with a vote on whether to convict Donald Trump in the pipeline? We also get some more chronicles in the saga of Mitch McConnell: Machiavellian, principled, or both? And what about the recent flurry of (largely) socially progressive executive orders from the Resolute Desk? Stoddard helps determine what of this recent political news is a signal, and what’s simply noise.

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–Stoddard at RCP

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    Paul Hoover

    Voting in favor of a Dispatch version of The Corner.

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    Kepps500

    Enjoyed the discussion with Ms Stoddard very much. I agree with Jonah about referring to women as lovely and talented. What I did not like, was that this is the second podcast this week where it ends cutting someone off mid-sentence. Please fix this.

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  3. Joe Curtis

    If January 6th was a false flag operation, as some claim, who did they get to play Trump at the rally? Whoever he was, he did an amazing job; it damn sure wasn’t Alec Baldwin.

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    Angie

    I love ABS so much, love your pods with her...
    I am sorry AB, I know how much that sucks...hugs
    I am also sorry Jonah, somehow I missed that ..hugs to you too...

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    Angie

    I love ABS so much, love your pods with her...
    I am sorry AB, I know how much that sucks...hugs

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    Saied

    I hang with a lot of MAGA-hat and Trump-2020-hat wearing dudes at the rifle range. They have no interest in policy beyond the Second Amendment. It's all about owning the libs and sticking a finger in the eye of the establishment.

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    Kevin Johnson

    A lovely and talented pod. Hail Homer and Ralph. Yes to Dispatch blogs.

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    The Bell Tower

    It is not the president’s speech but the president’s lie that is the crime.

    Rand Paul’s argument is not a bad argument, just an insufficient one. Imagine impeaching Jefferson for being a slave owner, Wilson (Orcs) for being Wilson, Jackson for his record. It sounds stupid but this is Congress we are talking about.

    However, the precedent on the other side - leaving presidents free reign - is far, far worse.

    I also think Mitch and any other moderates must leave the party if the president is not convicted.

    I’ve said before, I voted for Trump. But that was when there was hope that Republicans would not become just like Democrats. They have and moderates have a better chance to move the Democrats to the center with Joe Biden than they do of pulling Republicans out of the Trumpian swamp.

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  9. P Satter

    https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/01/house-republicans-disavow-controversial-resolution-from-oregons-republican-party-blaming-us-capitol-riot-on-false-flag-operation.html

    One hopeful bit of news. While making for very, very confusing headlines here, the Oregon House Republicans (all 23 of them) disavowed the state Republican Party's accusation of a "false flag" event.

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    Campshrop

    It is very hard to imagine the GOP ever returning to a place that reflects conservative values. The party is dominated by Trump zealots from bottom to top, and its lunacy is enflamed by its most hyperbolic media reps. They're a lost cause. And, moreover, now that a dem in back in office actual conservatives like you, Jonah, are drifting back to the zealots' behaviors, back to feeling put upon by inconsequential "liberal" actions like the transgender thing or the pipeline. You're whining. Neither of these will have any impact on anyone save a very few. Critique him about big things - ending covid, creating wealth for the middle class, figuring out immigration, reestablishing ourselves as a global leader. Decisions Biden make on these will have meaningful impacts on Americans across the board, for years. And focus on promoting Sasse and Hogan, the future of the party if it is every to be conservative again.

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