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GBCan you have guests silence their email or whatever is dinging throughout the presentation? Otherwise, a very balanced and informative guest!
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GHNate Silver doesn't conduct polls he just interprets them. Polls were pretty mixed and polling error again meant Biden's chances were overestimated. Might be a little early in the final count to be conclusive about exactly how bad or otherwise polls were. Silver's modelling was spot on in 2018. While the two GA senate run-offs obviously favour GOP, it might also be wise to hold off pronouncing winners and losers for now. This election has a similar feel to 2018 in that the more votes were counted the clearer the D landslide became. In the unlikely event Ds take both GA senate runoffs, other things equal they would hold the trifecta. Then they'd be a nuked filibuster away from universal healthcare, new voting rights act, possible expanded courts and a host of other stuff. Nuking the filibuster would be a risky strategy, but in the Trump era are norms even relevant any more?
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HRThank you David for schooling Ed on how Trump not only talks tough on China, but put in place and implemented policies to reshore jobs, block China tech, etc, etc, etc. These things take time, and when the emotionally un-adjusted media spends 4 years making life impossible for Trump, lets just say one man can't do everything instantly. It would be great if Ed's blue bias didn't come through so often during interviews.
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DSAs head of the Senate during President Obama's second term, Mitch McConnell followed the scorched-earth policy regarding any of the Democratic agenda. He will follow the same policy now. The angrier the voters are in the next presidential election the better the chances are for the Republicans to win the White House. This will be the definition of a Pyrrhic Victory for America. DLS
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PPDavid..."I don't believe in election fraud" WHAT? Do you believe that the FBI is on the up and up also? Do you believe that the Clinton Foundation was a charity also? I could go on and on but I think you get the drift, or do you?
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MBAs Phillip B state, its good to have another perspective which I see as overly optimistic but as Patrick P mentions some very important facts have been left out. Biden is already pushing for the Green new deal which will massively change everything. He has already said mask mandates & other drastic measures. Radicals have far too much influence & Kamila is a radical socialist, just look at her track record, what she has said & done. Rejoining Paris climate accord is effectively giving up governance to the UN. Dont believe what politician say, research the backgrounds and implications of what these things can imply. Then there is AOC who is pushing to have people who served under Trump to suffer and several Bernie Sanders followers have pushed for re education camps. I thought these ideas only belong in China & USSR.
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WSDon't see McConnell budging on anything...he is immune for the next 6 yrs. Best is to kick him to the curb for a couple of years.
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PBGreat to have yet another perspective on the goings on. Valuable. Would be happy to have David Metzner back on the platform again in 2021.
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JBI would enjoy an interview with Mr. Metzner every month to learn insights of the DC/Swamp - information I can't get from any US media companies today.
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mpCan we tell guests to mute their email notifications during interviews? It is distracting to hear. Enjoyed listening to this otherwise. Thank you.
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JLThank you both for your views from inside the beltway. Mr Metzner was impressively informed. I hope his idea comes to pass, that Biden and McConnell being of the same era and both career negotiators can get DC moving on some bigger issues like infrastructure. His notion of Amazon functioning almost as a public utility is spot on too - unbelievable infrastructure and credit to them as a company.
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WSOrganization efforts in GA are what flipped it after 28 yrs....could expect same in Senate races...will be a nail biter -
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RMGreat political analysis. Much appreciated!
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MDDid a different person write the transcript of this interview? The transcripts are usually good, but this one was nearly unreadable.
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RMGovernment is afraid of too much power in private hands, especially where the power can affect politics like FB and Google.
Chapters
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Election Perspectives from Inside the Beltway
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The Potential Makeup of Biden's Cabinet
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Will Bipartisanship Return to Washington?
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Biden's First 100 Days: Infrastructure, COVID, and Stimulus
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Big Market Questions: Antitrust, Regulation, Spending, Deficits, and Taxes
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Trade, Protectionism, and China
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Housing Policy and the GSEs
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Paradigm Shifts?