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Senator Fix-It

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This week, the rare single guest show. But when that guest is Senator Ben Sasse, he has enough brain power to fill two segments and that's exactly what the does on today's episode. Mostly, we discuss his WSJ Op-Ed, Make The Senate Great Again, which is a manifesto on how to fix the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. Also, some thoughts on Woodward v. Trump and the less than great mayor of the City That Never Sleeps.

Music from this week's show: The Sand Hills of Old Nebraska by Ole Rasmussen

Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guest:
BSBen Sasse

Discussion (148)

  • kedavis@kedavis
    Edited

    Wow, Rob. Liberal voters are shocked when liberal politicians actually do liberal things when in office?

    Also, Biden may not be serious about stopping all fracking, but whoever he - or his puppeteers - put at EPA, might be. At that point they can claim to have a "hands-off" policy about the "independence" of agencies such as EPA.

  • kedavis@kedavis
    Edited

    And of course, Ben Sasse could easily be wrong about whether repealing the 17th amendment would be good for conservatives.

    He might also be wrong to assume that people on the left, at least, would be happier to have a more powerful city government, rather than federal government. Because a more powerful city government couldn't force all those OTHER people to do what the left wants.

    There might be a reason why Ben Sasses is one of the most popular, if not THE most popular, guest(s) on Jonah Goldberg's "Half-Baked Ideas" segments.

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