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3 Martini Lunch

Astronauts Safely Return, Will Schumer Survive as Leader? Walz Won't Go Away

3 Martini Lunch

Radio America

Politics, Daily News, News Commentary, News

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for 3 Martini Lunch as they break down SpaceX’s dramatic rescue of American astronauts, Chuck Schumer’s struggle to survive mounting pressure from the left, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s relentless bid for political relevance.

First, they celebrate the safe return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams after their planned eight-day mission stretched into more than nine months aboard the International Space Station. They credit SpaceX and Elon Musk for achieving what Boeing and the federal government could not—while dismissing weak arguments that the astronauts weren’t truly stranded.

Next, they grab the popcorn as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces an uproar from progressives after helping Republicans break the filibuster to keep the government open. With at least one House Democrat calling for new leadership and many others still fuming, Schumer attempted damage control on The View—only to alienate business owners by mocking their complaints over high taxes. 

Finally, they groan as Gov. Tim Walz keeps forcing himself into the political spotlight with speeches in multiple states. While he has every right to speak out, it’s now widely accepted that his addition to Kamala Harris’s ticket last year didn’t help, and there’s little indication he has any lasting influence in the party.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the three martini lunch.

0:04.9

Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:10.6

Three martini's coming up.

0:13.1

So glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.

0:17.1

Grab a stool.

0:17.6

We've got a lot to talk about today.

0:19.4

We have a crazy martini because one of

0:21.6

the weirdest people in politics is for some reason back on the stage, literally and figuratively

0:26.9

for the Democrats. Our second good martini, I guess we don't have a bad martini. Good

0:31.8

martini is democratic infighting. May it last as long as humanly possible so they can do less damage on actual policy.

0:39.3

And we start with this good martini, and that's that the astronauts are home.

0:44.3

They were supposed to have an eight-day mission to the space station.

0:47.3

They were gone for about nine or ten months.

0:50.3

And it took Elon Musk and SpaceX to go get them.

0:54.6

And thankfully, the mission was successful.

0:57.0

The SpaceX mission went off last week.

0:59.4

They docked at the space station, came home, splashed down in the Gulf of America, or Gulf of Mexico,

1:05.9

depending on your parliance, just off the coast of Tallahassee.

1:09.0

Everybody seems to be fine.

1:10.5

They're going to go through a whole battery medical tests,

1:12.5

especially after being up there that long.

1:15.4

Thank you to SpaceX for getting this done.

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