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Battlegrounds; Real and Imagined

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Another jam packed week means another jam packed show: We've got the Ricochet Podcast's Senior Court Packing and Confirmation Correspondent, John Yoo to help us sort out the coming SCOTUS confirmation hearings, and we've got Lt. General H.R. McMaster, U.S. Army, ret. to talk about his new book, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World. Also, a Ricochet Podcast Presidential Debate Preview and the weirdest Emmy's ever.

Music from this week's podcast: Roar by Katy Perry

Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guests:
H.R. McMasterJYJohn Yoo

Discussion (334)

  • ToryWarWriter@ToryWarWriter
    Edited

    I had to skip past the beginning. You Americans think elections are won months in advance and are obsessed as I will admit I used to be on polls.

    Something I have learned in the last 4 years. Elections can turn on a dime and the vast majority of voters make up there minds in the last week before the election.

    I am a Canadian. We have elections that last a month. I have seen a Majority government of Stephen Harper go into a thanksgiving weekend with a sure majority and come out a week later with PM Trudeau.

    Polls are good for some things. But they are just not that important anymore if they ever were.

    But thats just my pet peeve. I skip ahead on poll arguments for all podcasts now a days.

    Having now finished the show it was pretty good, except for the weird ending with the non-post of the week.

  • Annefy@Annefy

    I'm curious what polls Rob is looking at that gives him that level of confidence?

    I had to check the date - I thought I was listening to a four-year old podcast for a moment.

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