If you're a new listener and wonder what this show is all about, this episode will get you caught up. I go back through why this podcast exists, and what each guest has talked about. There are clips of the most important portions of each show, and the most robust explanation to date of why this podcast exists.
Show Notes:
My dispatches from the Republican National Convention:
Mike Lee predicts backlash after RNC smothers delegate rebellion
In Cleveland, a dazed GOP marches toward a Trump nomination
The Cleveland convention is ratifying the GOP’s loss of party power
Here is the first episode of The Long Game, which uses the convention as its jumping off point.
Audio of David Axelrod full interview with Chris Wallace, from January 12, 2017, is here, and transcript is here.
Here is the link to the July 14, 2016 episode of Slate’s Political Gabfest, with David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson.
Here are the links to the individual episodes of Long Game interviews, which are highlighted in this episode:
Video of the event at the American Enterprise Institute, with EJ Dionne, Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann, is here.
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