Wright Thompson and Jesse Lehrich: Hopium and Hate
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Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Daily. I'm your host, Tim Miller. We have a massive doubleheader for you today in segment two. It's LSU Ole Miss hate week. Go Tigers! And I brought in the best sports writer of my generation, the best cultural commentator on the intersection of sports and politics and history, particularly in the South. That's right, Thompson. Couldn't be more excited to have him back on the show. He is in segment two. He'll be coming at us live from the Delta Lounge. But we're still going to make it sound pretty in your ears. All right. So do stick around for right. There's some really touching stuff at the end. But first, we got to do politics and news. He was a Democratic strategist. Now he's a streamer.
He's a spokesperson for Hillary's 2016 campaign. That one didn't go well, as I recall. His show is called Nobody Knows Anything. He writes a newsletter called Nobody's Listening. That's not true. I'm listening. It's Jesse Laird. What's up,
man? Thanks so much, Tim. I appreciate your listening. You and my mom. What is your age? What is your birth year? I was born in 1989. This
counts. Yeah, I was trying to go a little younger than that for my young, my series of young politicos, but it counts. Adam Chentelson was last week. I think he's older
than
me. Basically, we're just trying to get younger than Axelrod and Carvel. No shade. I can do that. I can do that. We're grandfathering anybody in that was born, you know, after the Gerald Ford presidency. There
we go.
We're going to do midterms of 2028 stuff. And so just at the biggest picture, like where are you at on the midterm state of play? Are you bedwetting? Are you hopium huffing? Like where are you at?
I'm definitely hopium huffing. I'm still relatively low on, you know, the Democratic Party writ large. I think the long term prospects could use some work.
You're seeing a 2022 redux kind of for the Democrats do very well, but didn't kind of fix our underlying brand issues.
Exactly. We do the thing where we win a bunch of races. We had no business winning. And then everyone's like, oh, I guess we fixed everything. And then we lose to a fascist. And, you know, bulwark blows up again. You know, everyone wins. Yeah.
Well, no, that's not what we want, just to be clear. I would love, I mean, honestly, had Kamlo win for one, for example, the only person that would suffer would be you because I wouldn't have had you on the podcast. We would have just done Wright-Thompson. It would have been a boring day. We would have talked only about LSU Ole Miss because nothing would be happening. And that would have been great for me, by the way. I would trade that. Totally.
It sounds like a much better life. I mean, Wright Thompson's a far more interesting person than I
am. You're doing great. Thanks. Okay. I want to go through the races, but first, I think we have a sense for how things are going based on how the vice president framed up his pitch to the electorate yesterday.
Let's watch a little bit of that. There's a lot of good that's been done, but there's a lot of work left to do. Don't give power to the people who cause the problems that we're fixing. Give us another chance or give us another couple of years to continue to work on the amazing things that we've been doing for the past two years.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–8:37
2
How are Democrats faring in the 2024 midterm outlook and what stretch districts could flip?
8:37–13:37
3
What does ‘hopium‑huffing’ mean for the upcoming elections and how optimistic are the hosts?
13:37–22:03
4
Which Senate and House races are considered competitive and why are they crucial for a Democratic majority?
22:03–34:18
5
How are Mississippi’s farmers and voters reacting to the Voting Rights Act changes and the state’s political climate?
34:18–44:40
6
What is the historical significance of the 1956 shift in college sports and how does it relate to today’s NIL era?
44:40–58:07
7
Who was Billy Cannon, what happened after his football glory, and how does his story reflect on Ole Miss‑LSU rivalry culture?
58:07–1:10:06
8
What is the predicted ‘hate ratio’ for the Ole Miss‑LSU game weekend and how might it affect the atmosphere?
1:10:06–1:27:14
Speakers
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