50 Days to Midterms: Trump DOWNPLAYS the AI Apocalypse (ft. Dana Bash)
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
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What does the new CNN poll reveal about Democratic enthusiasm 50 days before the midterms?
Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Scott Galloway.
And I'm Jessica Tarlev.
Jess, where are you today?
I am in the Vox Mecca in the offices, which is how I can have the fancy Raging Moderates logo behind me.
Oh,
nice. Isn't it beautiful?
It is. Actually, I can't see it. Yes, I'm in L.A., but tomorrow night I'm jumping on a red eye to come back to interview you in front of a live audience, a sold out audience at the 92nd Street Y to talk about your book.
Very
excited. But before that, joining us today is Dana Bash, CNN's chief political correspondent and the anchor of Inside Politics and State of the Union. She's also the author of the new book, The Elections That Changed the World, 15 Pivotal Moments That Shaped How We Live, which comes out September 22nd. Deanna, it is so
good to see you.
Scott
does love both of you. He talks about you all the time. I do.
All right, before we get into the book, what we're going to do today is we're going to start with the midterms. We're now 50 days away from the midterms, and we have
a new
CNN poll that should give Democrats or should have Democrats feeling pretty good and Republicans pretty worried. Democrats lead Republicans in enthusiasm to vote, and the midterm is 42% to 30%. Give us, in your view, kind of set the table. Give us the lay of the land regarding the midterms from your vantage point.
The hunger is there for voters who will support Democrats. The passion is there. The anger is there, which is probably the most important of the three words I just used. But the question is whether or not the systems in place are stacked together. so much against the Democrats that they can actually maintain or have the blue wave that all of the metrics right now look like they should have. And I think my answer right now is probably not. You don't know. I mean, it could be a tsunami and maybe I'm totally wrong, but between the mid-decade redistricting And the who knows what's going to happen with what Trump is doing in trying to tell people don't use mail-in voting, which we can talk about more in a second, because I think that cuts both ways.
And even not just midterm redistricting, the redistricting beforehand, there just aren't as many swing seats available. to get a big majority as there were, nevermind 2018, but certainly 2006. I feel like 2006, it feels the most like today in terms of the issues and whether it's healthcare, which is the broader affordability bucket, and also war. Who knew that we would be in an anti-war posture right now with Donald Trump as president?
And do you think—so the polling I'm seeing is that it's a sort of a fait accompli that we're going to take the House, but now it feels like we're starting to really actually believe we might take the Senate. Talk about what you think the prospects are of the Democrats capturing control of the Senate.
Look, it's an uphill climb, and everything has to go their way to get even a one-seat majority. But it is possible. I mean, if you think about the state of Kansas— Kansas has not gone for the Democrats in decades and decades on the federal level. They've elected governors, but not on a federal level for the Senate. And the vice president of the United States whose time is very important and very valuable, is campaigning for the Republican incumbent senator in Kansas. That tells you everything you need to know, not necessarily that he's going to lose, but that they're afraid enough that they need to bolster him up. So if you look at that, I don't know that that's going to happen, but obviously the biggies are Texas, Iowa, which because candidate quality really matters, and the candidate in Iowa, the Republican Ashley Hinson, is a very good candidate.
Even Democrats will tell you that. And then they have to not lose Michigan, which is an open Democratic seat, and New Hampshire, which is an open Democratic seat because of retirements.
I'm glad you brought up New Hampshire because this is like my latest anxiety attack because we just haven't been focusing on it at all. And I had Chris Pappas on before the primary.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does the new CNN poll reveal about Democratic enthusiasm 50 days before the midterms?
0:03–7:36
2
How are Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon forming an unlikely alliance to push for an AI development slowdown?
7:36–13:59
3
What impact could fears about AI and data‑center expansion have on the upcoming midterm elections?
13:59–19:39
4
Why does Dana Bash consider the 15 elections in her new book the most consequential moments in history?
19:39–24:35
5
How have campaign tactics evolved from Julius Caesar’s era to modern social‑media‑driven elections?
24:35–29:52
6
Is there any realistic chance that Mitch McConnell will return to the Senate this term?
29:52–36:21
7
Why do the hosts argue there is no room for centrists in today’s polarized political climate?
36:21–42:48
8
Which of the 15 historic elections does Dana Bash find most fascinating for listeners?
42:48–47:40
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