The "Red Wave" that wasn’t (w/ Matt Bai and Andrew Romano)

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

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🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

For weeks the conventional wisdom in Washington couldn't have been clearer. There was a red wave coming that would sweep Republicans to a historic victory. Winning back control of the US House by wide margin and potentially control of the Senate as well. But then the voters spoke and the conventional wisdom of the pollsters and pundits was wrong once again. As we sit on Wednesday the GOP seems likely to win control of the House after all, but by an exceedingly fine margin that could prove a nightmare for presumptive speaker Kevin McCarthy. And the Senate seems that it could once again depend on the results of a run-off in Georgia where the party's Donald Trump backed candidate Hershel Walker will have huge challenges in his hopes of unseating incumbent Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock. What do the election results say about what passes for the conventional wisdom in American politics? And what do they mean for a 2024 Presidential contest that could well begin as early as next week. We talk to Yahoo News Political Reporter Andrew Romano and Washington Post columnist Matt Bai.

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0:00.0	For weeks, the conventional wisdom in Washington couldn't have been clearer.
0:05.1	There was a red wave coming that would sweep Republicans to a historic victory, winning
0:09.7	back control of the U.S. House by a wide margin and potentially control of the Senate as
0:14.7	well.
0:15.7	But then the voters spoke, and the conventional wisdom of the Polsters and Pundits was
0:19.3	wrong once again.
0:21.4	As we sit on Wednesday, the GOP seems likely to win control of the House after all, but
0:26.3	by an exceedingly thin margin that could prove a nightmare for presumptive speaker Kevin
0:30.9	McCarthy.
0:31.9	And the Senate seems that it could once again depend on the results of a runoff in Georgia,
0:37.3	where the party's Donald Trump-back candidate, Herschel Walker, will have huge challenges
0:42.0	in his hopes of unseeding incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock.
0:46.8	What do the election results say about what passes for the conventional wisdom in American
0:50.9	politics? And what do they mean for a 2024 presidential contest that could well begin as
0:56.7	early as next week?
0:58.0	We'll talk to Yahoo News political reporter Andrew Romano and Washington Post columnist
1:03.0	Matt Pie on this episode of Skull Duggery.
1:06.8	Hi, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United
1:14.9	States.
1:15.9	I will, to the best of my building.
1:17.7	Reserve, protect and defend Constitution of the United States.
1:22.3	So help me, God.
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