David Dayen
speaker
449 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 18 Sep
David Dayen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so, you know, I'll just blame it on the majority makers.
I don't want to make their lives uncomfortable.
If in this s instance the frontline candidates actually ran on a record of uh or or on a promise of getting something done.
Then what's happening from below is that the people listened to in Washington are saying, no, you have to pass this in uh the the way that most tangibly benefits constituents.
That is a very different scenario than what we normally see uh in in Washington.
It short circuits that excuse that is often given.
And I think it would be really important for governing, let alone
alone for the types of candidates who would end up, you know, being able to go forward in in future elections.
Yeah, I mean often majority makers, people who win swing seats, are uh they the the the political establishment thinks, oh, you must have some secret sauce.
You m you must know how to win uh and win over uh uh in in in tough races.
You're you're uh you obviously have this wisdom that that we don't have, and so we're gonna have to follow your lead.
Well, if
If that is that means that you have to follow the lead of Abdul El Sayed.
If he wins in a swing state in Michigan, a crucial state for the presidential election.
You'd have to follow the lead of William Lawrence in a in a toss-up Trump seat who ran on data centers and uh you know pausing AI and and and and getting rid of flock cameras.
Uh he was he was really
a national leader in terms of sensing that shift and moving forward on it before anybody else.
You would have to you know think about Randy Viegas running in Medicare for all in a district
Where sixty seven percent of the electorate is on Medicaid.
Uh uh this is the number one district in the country on Medicaid.
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