Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on Peter Lavelle as expected ballots are still being counted but what we do know about this election that its close and the country is deeply divided what are some of the lessons to be learned was it enough to frame this election as a referendum on donald trump. There is because this and more im joined by my guest Christopher Metzler in washington he is a legal scholar in monterrey we have Spencer Critchley he is the author of patriots of 2 nations and is the former Communications Advisor for obama for america and in los angeles we have rahm elwood he is a pretty good guest on that your show and the podcast the political vigilante and you tube dust up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to spencer in monterey whats whats happening in the selection because for days and weeks before i kept hearing all of these polls this is going to trump is going to be. This is g
Hello and welcome the crosstown for all things are considered im Peter Lavelle as expected ballots are still being counted but what we do know about this election that its close in the country is deeply divided what are some of the lessons to be learned was it enough to frame this election as a referendum on donald trump. There is goes this and more im joined by my guest Christopher Metzler in washington he is a legal scholar in monterrey we have spencers ridgeley he is the author of patriots of 2 nations and is the former Communications Advisor for obama or america in los angeles we have ram elwood he is a free guest on that your show and the podcast the political vigilante and. You tube or angelic dust up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to spencer in monterey whats whats happening in the selection because for days and weeks before i kept hearing all of these polls this is going to trump is going to be. This is going to
A crisis of the Democratic Party as well i think you know theres a lot of blame to be shared around here go ahead chris yeah i it indeed i believe that there is i mean from our perspective you know from the very beginning this whole idea of the low out just didnt make will lock sense and i think democrats ran on lot of time i think in my dreams out of florida was never going to go out to democrats and they spent a whole lot of time texas seriously i mean it was just and i think they could have spent better time in playing bases that actually matter and that thats where we find ourselves at this late hour and crimini of it wasnt supposed to be this way here i mean one of the interesting things i find particularly in the liberal media is that not only do they think they demonized. I know hes a politician thats fair game but it seems to me they demonized his supporters and i think that has a boomerang effect graeme wow i mean you know theres theres some fair criticism to be made of some o
But i think that the idea now is that we have to hit back hard, we have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and the economic pain that is engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong, which is that our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. Weve constantly argued that the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to finally put this virus behind us. Second, i want to quote fed chair Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day, i think it was just a week or so ago, that inflationary risks are also asymmetric right now. Im much more afraid of people losing their careers and life that they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about what that will do not just to their lives but to the American Economy. Im more concerned about that than which exists with higher inflation. In our
In spartanburg South Carolina. Im anyone, evening anchor and tonights conversation will be live streamed in broadcast on our next door Network Across the carolinas as well as our partner station w multix in columbia. Many of you turned in this evening to watch the candidates for u. S. Senate in their second debate read both campaigns agreed to the form of that debate this Week Campaign staff for democratic challenger Jamie Harrison at the incumbent senator Lindsey Graham be tested for covid. The senator was tested last friday. In a Statement Released yesterday afternoon Harrison Campaign wrote i cannot responsibly debate in person tomorrow night and allowed politics to put my family , on my campaign staff, senator grahams staff and members of the media at unnecessary risk. The Graham Campaign responded , Mister Harrison is demanding special treatments. If Mister Harrison is not able to interact with South Carolina and on the sameterms they live their lives he should not be there senato