In This Episode
President Biden reboots his midterm agenda and message in order to fend off a red wave in November, Democratic strategist Addisu Demissie joins to talk about a DNC proposal to potentially de-throne Iowa and change the presidential nominating process, and Jon, Jon, and Tommy try to break up some of the tough news with a few fun mailbag questions about Pete Davidson, Elon Musk, and Tom Brady.
UKRAINE AND THE MIDTERMS
- NYT House Democrats Push Biden to Build a Better Midterm Message
- The Hill: The Memo: Biden, Democrats feel new political pain on inflation
- Politico: Dems see midterm hope in Biden bounce
- ABC: Biden tells House Democrats to do better job selling agenda ahead of midterms
DNC NOMINATING CALENDAR WITH ADDISU DEMISSIE
- BloombergOpinion: Iowa Caucuses Are Likely to Survive Democrats’ Ire (3/14) by Jonathan Bernstein
- WaPo: Democrats move closer to cutting Iowa’s first-in-the nation status for 2024 presidential calendar
- Des Moines Register: National Democratic leaders draft proposal to reshape presidential calendar, threatening Iowa caucuses
- Politico: Iowa takes criticism at DNC but hangs onto its spot — for now
- Buzzfeed News: The Iowa Caucus is supposed to tell the story about America
- Des Moines Register: A year after Iowa caucus collapse, the stage is set for a bitter debate over the presidential nominating calendar
- Jacobin: The Iowa Caucus Meltdown Showed Everything That’s Wrong With the Democratic Party
- NYT: Iowa Caucus Results Riddled With Errors and Inconsistencies
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