1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,640 go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,679 smartphone or tablet, And again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,519 your support. Taylor Swift got engaged to Travis Kelce. Everybody 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,079 just thought you should know. Everybody wants me to know, 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,359 so I'm letting you know. I feel it's part of 12 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:41,119 the job. Jason tweets at me it's a Pete tweet 13 00:00:41,719 --> 00:00:45,640 regarding Taylor Swift. Jim Comey must be over the moon excited. 14 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:52,799 That's good less gosh, imagine what Jim Colemy's Swifty text 15 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:58,079 group is saying. Really, what is there to say? I 16 00:00:58,079 --> 00:01:02,439 could ask Nick, but I will not cross that personal boundary. 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,040 But like, I'm like, how do you okay? So Nick 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,120 is saying that his phone is blowing up from all 19 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:09,879 of the people talking about this, But what is there 20 00:01:09,879 --> 00:01:13,879 really to say? They've been dating for a while and 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,959 now they're getting engaged and it's like, okay, cool. What 22 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:22,920 else is there to say? Are they saying anything like 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,760 of import. 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,519 Speaker 2: No, it's just my family. The girls are just so excited. 25 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: Right, but what are they But what are they saying? Like, 26 00:01:29,879 --> 00:01:31,439 I'm so excited? Hard heart? 27 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: They didn't believe that it was happening, so they had 28 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,159 to call influential members of the media, such as yourself. 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: To check they They did not call me, Well. 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:39,719 Speaker 2: They called me and asked me to ask you. 31 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: Oh okay, but you already knew that because I had 32 00:01:42,359 --> 00:01:45,319 already broken the news. So are they aware how a 33 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:49,200 radio works? Because they could have just been listening to 34 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:52,560 the show, well, and then they would have known as 35 00:01:52,599 --> 00:01:56,680 soon as I found out on social media, and then 36 00:01:56,719 --> 00:01:59,040 I would have I would have been the one to 37 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:03,159 report that. All they're saying is I'm so excited exactly, 38 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,400 and they just can't hide it. 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: It's so excited. It's probably going to be a party 40 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,639 tonight at our house because of this. Why, I don't know, 41 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:10,360 I do. 42 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:17,759 Speaker 1: I don't understand. Look, I just got to say, like, 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:24,000 best of luck to Travis Kelcey, because dude, I'm not 44 00:02:24,039 --> 00:02:26,800 sure if you're aware of this or not. There's a 45 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:30,479 there's a bit of a your fiance has a bit 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:37,280 of a reputation that if the relationship doesn't work out, 47 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,599 it's not going to go well for you. In song, okay, 48 00:02:43,759 --> 00:02:47,240 so just best of luck, I do. I wish them 49 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,680 all the best. I don't want anything bad to happen 50 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,280 to like good for them. I don't know what her 51 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:55,919 songs are going to be about, though, because hasn't she 52 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,240 been kind of like cosplaying as a fourteen year old 53 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,280 heartbroken girl for the last twenty years. I don't know. 54 00:03:03,159 --> 00:03:05,400 I'm not look I don't mean anything by that. It's 55 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:10,000 just a joke. People don't send the swifties on me, 56 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:16,240 don't swiftly vote me. All right, So what's today? It's 57 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,000 a day that ends in why So we have a 58 00:03:18,039 --> 00:03:25,520 new story about the democrats existential threat when it comes 59 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:31,680 to winning elections. Yes, another story indeed. So here is 60 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:35,879 a piece in The New York Times by Nick Carrasanitti 61 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:43,199 Carrassani Ti Anyway, Jeff Adelson, a Reno Cabreros, and Charlie Smart. 62 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:50,199 The year is twenty thirty two. Studying the Electoral College map, 63 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:54,759 a Democratic presidential candidate can no longer plan to sweep 64 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:01,680 New Hampshire, Minnesota, eh and the blue Wall battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania, 65 00:04:01,719 --> 00:04:05,560 and Wisconsin and then expect to win the White House. 66 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: So do you hear that? 67 00:04:08,639 --> 00:04:13,599 Speaker 1: So a Democrat If in twenty thirty two, if a 68 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:20,519 Democrat candidate for president wins New Hampshire, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, 69 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:26,600 and Wisconsin, and even if they pick up Nevada, they 70 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:30,600 still don't win. Those were their blue wall states, what 71 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,399 they called it, the blue wall. Right will never will 72 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:39,480 never lose to a Republican in these states. Well, you've 73 00:04:39,519 --> 00:04:42,639 lost in all the others, and so now your blue 74 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,319 wall is more like a curb. If you will, like, 75 00:04:45,439 --> 00:04:50,120 just step right over that thing. That is the nightmare 76 00:04:50,199 --> 00:04:55,480 scenario many Democratic Party insiders see playing out if US 77 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:01,360 population projections hold. So this is what the story is 78 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:07,360 based off of population projections. In the next decade, the 79 00:05:07,399 --> 00:05:13,519 electoral college will tilt significantly away from Democrats. You got 80 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:18,839 deeply conservative Texas, you got Florida, and they could gain 81 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,839 a total of five seats. Red states of Utah and 82 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,279 Idaho are also expected to add a seat. So now 83 00:05:27,319 --> 00:05:31,399 you're up to seven seats, and those gains come at 84 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:36,000 the expense of major Democrat states like New York and California. 85 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:45,079 Midwestern states like Minnesota and Pennsylvania could also lose a seat. 86 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,759 So they run a bunch of these permutations, and they 87 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:59,720 were using a population projection software by SRI. It's a 88 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:07,079 non partisan company. They do mapping software and democratic demographic data. Okay, businesses, 89 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,800 governments use this program apparently all over the world. And 90 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:12,600 so what they do is they plug in all of 91 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:15,879 these different permutations and they find out, Okay, what are 92 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:19,759 the paths to victory for a Democrat president to win 93 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,920 the Electoral College votes necessary to win the presidency, and 94 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,519 of the twenty five most plausible paths to victory in 95 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:36,199 twenty twenty four, so last year there were twenty five paths. 96 00:06:37,519 --> 00:06:43,279 Fast forward to twenty thirty two, and only five of 97 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:48,439 those now remain. That's due to the population shifts projected 98 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:54,079 population shifts. The Democrat Party already faces acute challenges after 99 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:59,160 its disastrous losses in twenty twenty four, including fundraising woes 100 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,759 and electorate that slid decidedly to the right, a vacuum 101 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,839 of leadership, and a sharp decline in voter registrations. And 102 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:12,839 we've talked about all of these topics. Well, I don't 103 00:07:12,839 --> 00:07:15,199 know if I've covered the fundraising. I've got hang on 104 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:19,720 a second. Let me let me do a little side 105 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:26,120 quest here. Jonathan Turley writing at his website Jonathanturley dot org. 106 00:07:26,319 --> 00:07:30,639 He's a constitutional law guy, believe it, George Washington University, 107 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,000 if I remember correctly, he talks about a story that 108 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:39,560 Axios did that showed the Democrat National Committee the DNC 109 00:07:40,519 --> 00:07:44,040 continued to pay off the debts from former Vice President 110 00:07:44,079 --> 00:07:48,079 Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. More than fifteen million dollars has 111 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,160 already been paid out by the DNC, which is reportedly 112 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:55,879 struggling to raise money in the aftermath of that failed campaign. 113 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:01,160 Axios described it as a private agreement that was not 114 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:07,759 disclosed to donors who apparently unknowingly contributed to the Harris 115 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,319 campaign rather than the campaigns to retake the House and 116 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,959 the Senate. The question is whether such private agreements are 117 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,279 lawful if they're not disclosed to the donors. Harris, you 118 00:08:19,319 --> 00:08:23,839 may recall, shocked many in burning through more than one 119 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:28,519 and a half billion dollars during her brief fifteen week 120 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,200 campaign donors were irate over wasteful and excessive spending by 121 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,960 Harris and her campaign that has contributed to the poor 122 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,519 fundraising figures reported from the DNC. He goes on to 123 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:44,440 say later in this post, what's particularly shocking is that 124 00:08:44,639 --> 00:08:47,360 Axios reports in the first six months of the year 125 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,440 the DNC spent more than fifteen million on her debts. 126 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:55,600 But Politico is reporting the DNC has only raised fifteen 127 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:01,440 million as of the end of June. So like all 128 00:09:01,519 --> 00:09:05,120 the money they have raised in six months, fifteen million, 129 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:12,960 that's it, fifteen million? Republicans what have they raised? Eighty million? 130 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,440 So yeah, fundraising woes. We mentioned the other day the 131 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:22,840 decline in voter registrations North Carolina is a really good 132 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,039 example of what's happening to the Democrats. I think the 133 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,960 data was that thirty states that allow voters to register 134 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,279 by party. In every single one of those states, Democrats 135 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:37,159 have lost registered voters and Republicans gained them. 136 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:38,519 Speaker 2: Yeah. 137 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:43,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, there are sirens going off all over the place 138 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,279 for the Democrats, and I am here for it. 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More fun, more memories, more ROI 158 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,679 check it out now at incentive tripkit dot com or 159 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:51,519 call Eric at eight eight eight five three three seventy 160 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,679 six thirty seven Extension two O seven for the details. 161 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,080 Seth writes in on the text line I'm so interested 162 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,000 in the Swifty Kelsey thing. Do you think, uh, did 163 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,919 Travis Kelcey propose or did she? 164 00:11:06,879 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 2: I don't know. 165 00:11:07,919 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: It's a good question. I'm thinking he did. I'm guessing 166 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,519 he'd but I don't. I don't know. Look, I've exhausted 167 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:24,480 all of my knowledge of this announcement, okay, and I'm 168 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:28,120 comfortable with that. Kim says, thank you so much for 169 00:11:28,159 --> 00:11:31,200 the Swifty update. Now I can sleep without the anticipation. 170 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,080 Oh crap, wait, will the wedding beyond CNN and DESBN? 171 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:40,200 The anxiety starts anew. Do you think they're gonna go 172 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:46,720 like royal wedding treatment on this thing? Do you think 173 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,679 the Yeah? Do you think CNN will cover it? Are 174 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,080 they gonna carry it live? Or do they do the 175 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,559 you know, private wedding not publicly viewable, the kind of 176 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:57,879 a thing. 177 00:11:58,039 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 2: I don't know. 178 00:11:59,039 --> 00:12:01,159 Speaker 1: They could. They could sell tickets and do it in 179 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,039 Arrowhead Stadium, right, they could probably pack that place and 180 00:12:06,039 --> 00:12:12,799 then she does a concert and stuff. All right, So 181 00:12:12,879 --> 00:12:15,799 back to this piece at the New York Times. The 182 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,440 headline is how the electoral College could tilt further from 183 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,120 Democrats amid redistricting and population shifts. 184 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:23,399 Speaker 2: Now. 185 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: They do talk in this article about the redistricting fight, 186 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,759 you know, with Texas and California, and we'll see if 187 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,519 other states jump in on this, but I'm not going 188 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,840 to go over that stuff. I've covered the redistricting stuff 189 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,639 and we'll see how it shakes out. The focus I'm 190 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:47,679 keeping here is on the population trends, because there's only 191 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,200 going to be so much that state legislatures can do 192 00:12:52,039 --> 00:12:56,399 based off of the population trend. If your state loses 193 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,039 a million people in a decade, that's a congressional seat. 194 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:06,279 You're going to lose a seat someplace. So if you 195 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,840 lose a Republican seat, well, you would have probably just 196 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:13,879 redrawn that seat out anyway. I like, if the Republicans leave, 197 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:16,720 then you would just swallow that area up with a 198 00:13:17,159 --> 00:13:20,240 blue district anyway, right, you're going to lose the seat. 199 00:13:21,279 --> 00:13:24,600 So that's why the population trend data is I think 200 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:29,279 more important for the twenty thirty census and what happens 201 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:33,000 with that. The Democratic Party already faces these other challenges, 202 00:13:33,039 --> 00:13:36,919 as I mentioned. The article goes on to say the 203 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:42,440 dire post census projections put the party in a bind 204 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:47,679 between two necessary tasks. Investing to win in the short term, 205 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:53,080 including the midterms next year, and building a future in 206 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,639 states that have not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate 207 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,399 in decades. And this is always a challenge if you know, 208 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,840 for both parties, you're in a state, then you're you 209 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:09,840 know you're not going to win. How much money do 210 00:14:09,879 --> 00:14:12,600 you pour into that state when you know you're not 211 00:14:12,639 --> 00:14:15,679 going to get those Electoral College votes right, And it's 212 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:18,440 very easy for a party with limited resources. I mean, 213 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,840 there is a limit. It's a lot, but there's it's 214 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,840 not infinite. So they have to make spending decisions on 215 00:14:23,919 --> 00:14:25,519 where to put the money. And so they're going to 216 00:14:25,559 --> 00:14:29,200 try to put the money in the states where they 217 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,039 have a chance to win, but that comes at the 218 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:38,440 expense of building up party infrastructure, doing you know, get 219 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,639 out the vote stuff, candidate meet and greets and whatever like. 220 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:44,919 Building that party infrastructure at the state level is sacrificed 221 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,240 by trying to win the next election. So that's the 222 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,200 jam they are in. Also, their brand is pretty toxic. 223 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,360 The New York Times calls this an existential threat, which, 224 00:14:58,399 --> 00:15:02,559 by the way, that is on the word list, that's 225 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:08,120 on the blacklisted terms list. I went over this yesterday 226 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,440 but I was spilling in for Brett, so if you 227 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,200 were listening live on the radio, you did not hear 228 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:17,399 me and my truly insightful analysis of this piece. So 229 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,440 I will just give you sort of the highlights of 230 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,840 this which is also out of Politico. Can Democrats talk 231 00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:26,840 their way out of the wilderness? They got a new 232 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,320 memo went out from a center left think tank called 233 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,919 Third Way, and they list forty five words and phrases 234 00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:36,720 they want Democrats to avoid using because they say it 235 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:41,039 puts a wall between us and everyday people of all races, religions, 236 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,399 and ethnicities. Which is what is that an admission of 237 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,600 that they are not They are not able to talk 238 00:15:48,639 --> 00:15:51,919 to normies. They can't talk to us because of these 239 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,159 words that they use. And by the way, the words 240 00:15:54,159 --> 00:15:56,639 that they are using are words that they made up 241 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,960 in order to make us stop saying things and talk 242 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,320 the way they do. And now they're surprised that they 243 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,279 can't communicate with us because we don't want to use 244 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,960 your words. And when we hear you use those words, 245 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:15,440 we think, oh yeah no, and you just kind of 246 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,559 pat them on the head like, oh you're you're one 247 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,639 of those people. So what are the words among the 248 00:16:22,679 --> 00:16:34,000 list of blacklisted terms privilege, violence as in environmental violence, dialoguing, triggering, othering, microaggression, 249 00:16:34,279 --> 00:16:40,480 holding space, body shaming, subverting norms, systems of oppression, cultural appropriation, 250 00:16:40,919 --> 00:16:46,440 overton window, existential threat, which was just used by the 251 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:53,480 New York Times, OO, radical transparency, stakeholders, the unhoused, food insecurity, 252 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:59,879 housing insecurity, person who immigrated, birthing person cis gender dead naming, 253 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:12,880 heteronormative patriarchy, LGBTQIA plus, bipoc allyship, incarcerated people, involuntary confinement. Okay, So, 254 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,160 in other words, the advice from the center left think 255 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:22,440 tank Third Way two Democrats is just stop talking and 256 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:27,039 just shut up, because you guys can't you can't use 257 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,720 these terms. I don't know what you're going to be 258 00:17:28,759 --> 00:17:30,920 able to talk about if you can't use these words, 259 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:35,039 because they've just adopted this vocabulary which came out of 260 00:17:35,319 --> 00:17:40,759 the universities. So back to the New York Times. Peace. 261 00:17:40,799 --> 00:17:44,160 On the population trends. You got Texas in Florida, they 262 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:49,680 are expanding their states populations by nearly thirteen percent. What 263 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:53,359 is the fastest growing Democrat state. 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But you 290 00:19:21,079 --> 00:19:26,240 can make projections on which states are going to likely 291 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,920 get carried by Republicans or Democrats and so they will 292 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,880 get those electoral College votes, and then you can chart 293 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,119 out like what does a Democrat need to do to 294 00:19:35,279 --> 00:19:40,480 win enough electoral College votes to become president? And Texas 295 00:19:40,559 --> 00:19:47,720 and Florida they're expanding their state populations by nearly thirteen percent. 296 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:57,160 The fastest growing Democrat state is well, hang on, Nick 297 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,279 and Isaac, would either of you like to take a 298 00:19:59,319 --> 00:20:04,319 stab at what is the fastest growing Democrat state? Nick? 299 00:20:06,519 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 2: Minnesota? 300 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,519 Speaker 1: Isaac? What say you, sir? 301 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,599 Speaker 2: I'll lock in Minnesota. I'm gonna go ahead and jump 302 00:20:14,599 --> 00:20:15,039 on with Nick. 303 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:20,559 Speaker 1: Really, this is not Price's right rules, okay, and you're 304 00:20:20,599 --> 00:20:25,440 both wrong. It's Colorado. Colorado, is the fastest growing Democrat state. 305 00:20:26,039 --> 00:20:29,839 It will expand its population by less than ten percent, 306 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,160 less than ten percent. So you got Florida and Texas 307 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,400 growing at thirteen and you've got Colorado growing at less 308 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,599 than ten and that's the fastest. New York and Illinois 309 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,559 are both expected to shrink by twenty thirty. California's population, 310 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,960 they're projecting will stay the same, but I'm not really 311 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,200 so sure about that, depending on how many illegal aliens 312 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,960 Trump can get rid of and how many will self deport. 313 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:06,039 Projections indicate that Republican states could gain seven electoral votes 314 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:13,519 after twenty thirty. Democrat states would lose seven electoral votes. 315 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:19,119 They would come from California, Illinois, New York, and Rhode Island, 316 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,640 which I kind of feel bad about because it's such 317 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,519 a small state. It's actually a commonwealth. It actually has 318 00:21:25,559 --> 00:21:28,960 like the longest name. It's the smallest state with the 319 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:34,319 longest name. So they've got four They have four electoral 320 00:21:34,319 --> 00:21:36,519 College votes right now, which I was shocked to find 321 00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:40,079 that out. That'll go down to three, so they're going 322 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,279 to lose one. That's the projection. So that's where the 323 00:21:42,319 --> 00:21:46,279 seven losses come from. California, Illinois, New York and Rhode Island. 324 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:56,559 The Republicans pick up Texas, Florida, Idaho, Utah battleground states, 325 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:05,000 Arizona picks up electoral college vote, and Georgia picks up one. 326 00:22:05,039 --> 00:22:09,200 Minnesota loses one, so they did not Minnesota did not 327 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:15,920 grow my poor guessing producers, Minnesota is expected to lose 328 00:22:16,799 --> 00:22:20,839 one of the electoral votes and Pennsylvania expected to lose 329 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:25,880 one as well. So should the projections hold, there is 330 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:31,599 hope for Democrats. One hope for Democrats is to do 331 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,640 what seems, at least after last year, a bit impossible. Okay, 332 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,160 but here's the idea. And I always say there are 333 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,440 no bad ideas under the cone of creativity. Right, we're 334 00:22:43,559 --> 00:22:46,839 just spitballing here, people like blue Sky, this bad boy. 335 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,480 Let's come up with some ideas. How can Democrats win 336 00:22:51,559 --> 00:23:01,240 the presidency? Pivot to the south, cozy on up to 337 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:08,000 the Southerners. I mean, I know we had a hammer 338 00:23:08,039 --> 00:23:11,240 lock on, you know, all of these states for like 339 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:14,119 a century plus. We may have been doing a bunch 340 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,039 of that clan activity and that sort of thing too, 341 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,279 But okay, and I know, I know recently we've called 342 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:26,440 y'all like secessionists, and insurrectionists and racists and clansmen and 343 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:34,440 all that. But can I interest you in some LGBTQ 344 00:23:34,599 --> 00:23:39,319 plus two IA doctrine? No? 345 00:23:39,759 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 2: Okay? 346 00:23:40,759 --> 00:23:45,799 Speaker 1: Can I interest you in some dudes beating up on 347 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:46,480 women in. 348 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 2: A boxing ring? How about that? 349 00:23:47,799 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: No, it's not okay. How about dirty porn books for 350 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,799 your little kids in the school libraries. No, that not either. 351 00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 2: Okay. 352 00:24:01,079 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: So this would mean turning states like Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, 353 00:24:07,319 --> 00:24:14,599 and Louisiana into competitive battlegrounds. This is what they're looking at. 354 00:24:14,759 --> 00:24:18,279 Desperate times here, people, desperate times. Okay, sorry, we're gonna 355 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:22,480 look to the south. We got Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, 356 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,160 and we got our work cut out because Trump won 357 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,599 all of those states by more than twenty points. So 358 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,039 I mean it's a very big that is landslide territory. 359 00:24:32,079 --> 00:24:34,599 By the way, double digits is landslide, so it's a 360 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:39,200 double landslide. Mississippi, they point out, has the highest percentage 361 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,960 of black voting age adults in the country. So even 362 00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:50,240 even in this analysis, they still cannot break free of 363 00:24:50,279 --> 00:24:55,720 the racial politics of the identity politics here because they 364 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:58,119 why are they looking to the south. They look to 365 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:03,079 the South and they see black people, They're like, oh, 366 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,880 we could get them based solely on the color of 367 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:12,000 their skin. So it's a bold strategy, Cotton. We'll see 368 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,519 if it works. Twenty twenty four showed democrats that demographics 369 00:25:16,599 --> 00:25:20,119 no longer spell the party's destiny. That's what they thought, 370 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,720 That's what Democrats have thought for a very long time. 371 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:29,680 They bought into this belief that demographics is destiny, that 372 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:34,319 we can just completely abandon all the working class white 373 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,119 voters because we're looking at the demographics and the projections 374 00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:40,839 and it looks like we are importing a lot of 375 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:45,119 Hispanic people and we have a growing population of black people, 376 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,480 and so when you put those together, we just peel 377 00:25:47,519 --> 00:25:51,960 off the college kids, the faux elites, and then we 378 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,559 don't need the working class white people, so they're the oppressors. 379 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,119 But it didn't work out that way. Yeah, slight problem. 380 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,519 Apparently a lot of the Latino voters they don't like 381 00:26:04,599 --> 00:26:08,160 what you've been selling, and so they started voting for Trump, 382 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,799 which is weird because I heard he hates Latinos. So 383 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:20,279 they started voting for him in bigger numbers. Also, you're 384 00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:22,279 going to have to spend money to try to make 385 00:26:22,319 --> 00:26:26,359 inroads in these southern states, and they don't have any 386 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,480 or they don't have much. All Right, if you're listening 387 00:26:29,559 --> 00:26:31,119 to this show, you know I try to keep up 388 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,920 with all sorts of current events, and I know you 389 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,400 do too. And you've probably heard me say get your 390 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,359 news from multiple sources. 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See 402 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:19,039 for yourself check dot ground, dot news slash pete. Subscribe 403 00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:21,960 through that link and you'll get fifteen percent off any subscription. 404 00:27:22,279 --> 00:27:25,000 I use the Vantage plan to get unlimited access to 405 00:27:25,079 --> 00:27:28,519 every feature. Your subscription then not only helps my podcast, 406 00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:30,920 but It also supports ground news as they make the 407 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,559 media landscape more transparent. From the text line, Mark wants 408 00:27:35,599 --> 00:27:39,839 to know if a Republican president ever won California. I 409 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,839 think Reagan did, but I'm not sure. Well, you are correct, Mark, 410 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,799 Ronald Reagan did carry California, if I recall correctly, twice 411 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:52,279 in eighty and eighty four. Definitely in eighty four because 412 00:27:53,079 --> 00:27:57,359 he wiped out Mondale, right like Mondale carried one state, 413 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:02,880 his home state of Minnesota. Eh Stan says. The Democrats 414 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,279 basically have no hope on you, because once you've lost 415 00:28:06,319 --> 00:28:09,880 Snoop Dogg, you're done. Yeah, even Snoop Dogg is mad 416 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,839 at Disney now talking about the cultural rot. I know 417 00:28:14,039 --> 00:28:18,279 Snoop Dogg of all people. Okay, remember Pete. It's not 418 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,359 the message, it's the delivery of the message that the 419 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,400 Dems can't figure out, right, right, That's it, Democrats. It's 420 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,799 never the policy. I always highlight this fact. Democrats really 421 00:28:28,839 --> 00:28:32,400 do believe that. It's not their policies. It's the way 422 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:37,119 they pitch those policies that just doesn't seem to break 423 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,119 through with you stupid people. Let me rule you. So 424 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,440 I think as long as they keep thinking that I 425 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,799 don't think they're going to improve in their electoral prospects. 426 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,359 Back to the New York Times story, cash remains scarce 427 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:01,839 after spending billions on the twenty twenty four defeat in 428 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,920 the presidential race, a record sum is actually three billion dollars. 429 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:13,039 Democrats spent three billion dollars to lose in such fantastic fashion, 430 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:17,359 record sum roughly equivalent to the gross domestic product of 431 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,960 a small country. Top officials have discussed whether they might 432 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,000 need to borrow money this year to keep paying the bills, 433 00:29:25,319 --> 00:29:30,880 which is actually very on brand for Democrats not being 434 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:35,039 able to prudently budget. That does make a bit of sense. 435 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,880 Ken Martin is the party chairman. He has initiated a 436 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,160 program where he's going to be writing checks to the 437 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:48,240 state parties, and he's going to prioritize conservative states over 438 00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:55,000 safer Democrat territory. So if you're a blue state, you're 439 00:29:55,039 --> 00:30:01,240 going to get seventeen five hundred dollars every month, seventeen 440 00:30:01,279 --> 00:30:04,319 to five every month for a blue state. If you're 441 00:30:04,359 --> 00:30:07,160 a red state, you're going to get five grand. More 442 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,880 than that, you're going to get twenty two to five 443 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:12,200 every month from the DNC, who is apparently going to 444 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,440 borrow the money and to pay to keep the lights 445 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,200 on while they're stroking checks for the state parties. And 446 00:30:18,279 --> 00:30:20,680 so this goes to this idea that Martin is like, 447 00:30:20,799 --> 00:30:22,920 we need to be more competitive, we need to build 448 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,279 the infrastructure in these red states, which is going to 449 00:30:27,319 --> 00:30:33,440 be difficult when they're being advised to stop talking. I 450 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,400 don't know how you're going to go out and make 451 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,799 your pitch to voters if you're not allowed, basically to 452 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,359 use any of the language that you have adopted over 453 00:30:41,359 --> 00:30:46,599 the last ten to fifteen years. Third Way is the 454 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,599 center left think tank that put out this memo with 455 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,440 the forty five words and phrases they want Democrats to 456 00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:56,640 avoid using. They say, we are doing our best to 457 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:01,720 get Democrats to talk like normal people. Gosh, they are 458 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,359 so close to getting this, so they're right on the brink. 459 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:09,759 They're so close. You're trying think about what you just said. 460 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,440 We are doing our best to get Democrats to talk 461 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:22,559 like normal people. Ergo, let's use some logic here, right, 462 00:31:24,599 --> 00:31:29,160 Democrats don't talk like normal people. This is the problem. 463 00:31:30,839 --> 00:31:34,279 We think language is one of the central problems we 464 00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:37,519 face with normy voters signaling that we are out of 465 00:31:37,559 --> 00:31:40,960 touch with how they live, how they think, and how 466 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:46,640 they talk. And again, perfectly reasonable explanation for this. It's 467 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,319 because you are out of touch with how they live 468 00:31:49,799 --> 00:31:54,519 and how they think and how they talk. That's why 469 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,880 you're out of touch. That's why people think you're out 470 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,920 of touch. They go on to say the Democrat part 471 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,680 brand is toxic across the country at this point, with 472 00:32:02,759 --> 00:32:05,559 way too many people enough that there's no way for 473 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,480 us to win a governing majority without changing that. We 474 00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:12,480 are sticking to messages that were so overly scripted that 475 00:32:12,519 --> 00:32:16,319 they basically sounded like nothing. This is what they think 476 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:25,119 is the problem. They're too scripted. They're overly scripted. No, no, 477 00:32:25,599 --> 00:32:29,119 when you call women chest feeders like that may be 478 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,880 a script or it may not be a script. It's 479 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:36,279 not overly scripting. It's just dumb assery. Okay, stop being stupid. 480 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,960 There's my free advice. I'm not even in a think tank. 481 00:32:42,319 --> 00:32:44,640 All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 482 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,680 so much for listening. I could not do the show 483 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,240 without your support and the support of the businesses that 484 00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:52,400 advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please support 485 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,079 them too and tell them you heard it here. You 486 00:32:54,119 --> 00:32:56,720 can also become a patron at my Patreon page or 487 00:32:56,839 --> 00:33:00,480 go to dpetekalanershow dot com. Again, thank you so much 488 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:06,960 for listening, and don't break anything while I'm gone.