Jon Favreau

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The Ezra Klein Show · Jon Favreau on Where the Democrats Went Right · 11 Oct 2025 podcast

We're still dealing with the effects of, you know, the attention economy. matched

And now we're heading into artificial intelligence. matched

And I think Democrats have to figure out a story about what kind of country we want to be, how people are. matched

Going to work, how people are going to interact with one another. matched

We are in a political crisis right now. matched

I think Democrats need to, it's not enough to say, vote for me and the political crisis will end. matched

It's how are we as a country going to get out of this political crisis together? matched

And in your poll, in the New York Times poll, cost of living is now being eclipsed by political division as the issue that people bring up, as the issue that concerns. matched

them the most, telling a story about where we want this country to go. matched

We want a path for every American to make a living, make sure there's a living to make, and make sure that we have a government that protects our rights and freedoms, no matter who we are, no matter who we voted for. matched

And you don't want a country where people who don't vote for the right leader get punished after the election. matched

I actually think that's a quite a popular position that would really resonate with people. matched

And so I do think that Democrats who have something to say about the moment we're in, the crisis we're in, both in the economy, in politics, and in how we interact with one another. matched

technologically and culturally and how we can get out of that, that's the story we need to figure out how to tell. matched

And if someone who tells a compelling story about that is going to help the brand more than any number of, you know, fucking polls and research and focus groups. matched

I think that a lot of democratic politicians, and I think this spans generations, have sort of lost confidence and do not trust their gut instinct anymore about politics. matched

And I think that was true after matched

To some extent after Trump won the first time, I think after Trump wins again, after everything we've been through, they're like, Well, now I have no idea what works. matched

I have no idea what people actually want in this country anymore. matched

And I think when a leader has come along and changed their party. matched

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