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Are minorities leaving the G.O.P. or are are white voters in general just going the way of the Dodo bird? That's the question we ponder (Rob Long ponders it at a chi chi bar in Manhattan as you'll hear). The we chat about the debate with Ramesh Ponnuru and about Tim Kaine's weird position on abortion rights. Later, Jim Geraghty, the Morning Jolt newsletter author (and host of the Three Martini Lunch podcast), joins to discuss the N.F.L.'s sinking ratings and whether they have to do with the injection of politics into the game. Also, the state of the Presidential race, the fight for Congress, and courtesy of Ricochet member @RushBabe49, our podcasters reveal their happiest memory. Spoiler alert: one isn't very happy.

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The brand new opening sequence for the Ricochet Podcast was composed and produced by James Lileks.

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Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guests:
JGJim GeraghtyRPRamesh Ponnuru

Discussion (32)

  • EJHill@EJHill

    Peter asked about college football rankings. It's an entirely different animal than the NFL.

    There are four times as many Division I football teams than there are teams in the NFL. Take an area like Dallas, Texas. You root for the Cowboys on Sunday but Saturday's are divided between Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU, the Longhorns and others, depending on where you went to school. That translates to naturally smaller ratings to begin with. 4's and 5's are fantastic but 1's and 2's are more the norm. At least for the regular season.

  • Quake Voter@QuakeVoter

    Laziest segues yet. I'm cancelling ...

    Actually I'll give up some of the segue skits (a fond funny two-man show) for more Lileks' analysis. Brilliant on the destructiveness of the post-war national consensus. Mercifully truncated Rob's rapturous compliments for MLK's national vision.

  • Peter Robinson@PeterRobinson
    ReplyingtoEJHill

    EJHill (View Comment):

    Peter asked about college football rankings. It’s an entirely different animal than the NFL.

    There are four times as many Division I football teams than there are teams in the NFL. Take an area like Dallas, Texas. You root for the Cowboys on Sunday but Saturday’s are divided between Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU, the Longhorns and others, depending on where you went to school. That translates to naturally smaller ratings to begin with. 4’s and 5’s are fantastic but 1’s and 2’s are more the norm. At least for the regular season.

    Thanks for the education, EJ. Am I correct, though, that the whole take-a-knee-during-the-anthem thing has not spread to college football?

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