Dave Weigel

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283 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 13 Aug

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Today, Explained · “Woke 1 was crazy” · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

left-wing cultural views selling to their white neighbor who thought that Democrats were too left-wing already. matched

And so they did, yes. matched

And to the matched

They the Democrats had the choice to nominate the most left-wing candidate possible and they decided it was too risky. matched

Are we socialists over in Madison? matched

They're not. matched

Hong did extremely well in the city of Madison. matched

In safely democratic places, the discourse is still. matched

If we're electing Democrats anyway, why not have the most progressive Democrats possible? matched

Why put up with uh corporate Democrats? matched

This is a pretty popular uh pejorative for for the uh for the centrist wing of the party. matched

So in New York City, where DSA had its its biggest breakthroughs this year, after its big breakthroughs was Oramodani last year, yes, it's matched

Socialists who want to work with the mayor to be the most left-wing candidates possible, that's popular. matched

And running against them based on their Israel position, unpopular. matched

Because most of the Democratic basis, even those places, um, is tired of sending money to Israel, uh tired of funding funding Israel's wars. matched

In Denver, uh, it worked too. matched

But then you get into these swing states and the conversation is different. matched

And if you're in Wisconsin, you're a regular voter in Wisconsin, you have lived through matched

The Scott Walker era. matched

Uh, you've lived through Republicans trying to make Democrats completely irrelevant by gerrymandering the state. matched

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