Mark Halperin

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23,809 appearances 90 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 2d ago

Mark Halperin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Next Up with Mark Halperin · What Campaign Spending Reveals About the 2026 Midterms · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

He's a Californian now by choice, which is great. voice-verified

And he's done, I wouldn't say the impossible, but you've become the Republican nominee. voice-verified

in a party that needs a lot of rehab. voice-verified

And you've got a theory of the case. voice-verified

So let's start there. voice-verified

And again, thank you for making time. voice-verified

And the preamble, just like I said, I've never, the whole history of the program, I've never been, it's not quite frustrated. voice-verified

I'm just, I'm at a loss here. voice-verified

How do you, as sophisticated as you were, what have you learned, not about the mechanics of campaigns, we'll get to that. voice-verified

What have you learned about your state, your adopted state that you've learned in the context of running voice-verified

know before? voice-verified

Steve is running against Xavier Becerra, who's a perfectly nice man. voice-verified

People who've worked with him consider him undistinguished. voice-verified

He was probably the party's fifth choice in the end to do this, but various people fell by the wayside and kind of burnt out in the electoral process, subject to opposition research. voice-verified

What kind of guy is he? voice-verified

As you've sized him up as a political leader, is he nothing? voice-verified

How would you contrast his style of political leadership with yours? voice-verified

If people are watching rather than listening, you see behind Steve a number of ideas that relate primarily to economic, working class people, ability to afford to raise a family in California, including educating their kids, being able to afford basics. voice-verified

That's what you focused on. voice-verified

And voice-verified

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