Beg to Differ with Mona Charen
Mona Charen hosts a roundtable with Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker discussing the news of the week.
Displaying 3 items of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen with the tag "build back better".
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Were the Clintonites Right after All?
December 24th, 2021 | 59 mins 25 secs
activists, bbb, biden, bill clinton, build back better, centrists, child tax credit, cultural issues, defund the police, democratic leadership council, education, federal spending, hillary, hispanics, house boat, immigrants, latinos, manchin, non-college education, obama, pelosi, progressives, protesters, reagan era, senate, sister souljah, spending, suburban swing voters, the 90s, the clinton era, the squad, viriginia, west virginia, white working class
The centrist wing of the democratic party is making a bit of a comeback. With Joe Manchin calling the shots on BBB — and cultural issues like "defund the police" not winning even among Black and Hispanic voters — is it time for the Democratic leadership to stand up to the progressives? The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein is this week's special guest.
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The DeSantis Temptation
November 12th, 2021 | 59 mins 10 secs
2024, 5-11 year-olds, beef prices, biden, build back better, conor friedersdorf, damon linker, david frum, fda, federal reserve, gas prices, immigration, inflation, infrastructure, interest rates, iran, jay powell, jobs, linda chavez, masks, milk prices, mona charen, nuclear deal, oil, paul volcker, republicans, ross douthat, saudi arabia, trump, vaccinations, veterans, veterans day, william galston, workforce
The Atlantic’s David Frum joins to discuss inflation, the economy, immigration, and the call to back Ron DeSantis in 2024.
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A Whiff of Maoism
October 29th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
amanda carpenter, biden, bipartisan, build back better, cancel culture, colleges, cornell, damon linker, democrats, dorian abbot, infrastructure, jonathan chait, manchin, moderates, new york magazine, pelosi, polling, presidency, progressives, sinema, speech, spending bill, universities, william galston
NY Magazine’s Jonathan Chait joins, along with the Bulwark’s Amanda Carpenter, to discuss the BBB deal (if there is one) and cancel culture.