Nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. Democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. Recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. Gillespie, an aid to george b. Push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. If he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. Lets get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. Steve what do we know . Well, it was 7 00. The polls closed in new jersey. We were an hour away. As you just showed. We have no actual votes in just yet. What can we show you from the exit polls . Lets look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. First of all, see if we can call up the areas. Okay. That should call it up. Here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president , his Approval Rating, clocks in at 43 , by comparison, last time they had a gover
Talk radio on is on the verge of being drowned out
Paul Farhi, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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Radio host Rush Limbaugh is presented the Medal of Freedom by first lady Melania Trump during the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 4, 2020.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
Rush Limbaugh, the most successful talk-radio host in history, is ailing. And so is the medium he helped revolutionize over the past 30 years.
Faced with aging and shrinking audiences, competition from newer technologies and financial problems for the biggest station owners, talk radio is in decline - both as a business and a political force. Once a leading platform for popularizing conservative candidates and policies, talk radio is on the verge of becoming background noise, drowned out by a cacophony of voices on podcasts, cable TV and social media.
show, money, power politics. the gop s controversial tax bill moving forward with the senate opening formal debate on the measure after a 52-48 party line vote. the senate could hold a vote on the bill as early as tonight. are you ready for this? joining me now, the one, the only, lawrence o donnell, host of msnbc s the last word. also the author of the new book looks like the perfect christmas gift playing with fire, the 1968 election and the transformation of american politics. lawrence, welcome. it s the perfect christmas gift for aging hippies like me who want to relive 1968, the most dramatic presidential campaign. i m not an aging hippie and i m thrilled about the book. yes, but you re fascinated by aging hippies, right, everybody is, everybody wants to know, what was that like, that whole crazy period. aging hippies. it s a movement i m trying to create. fascination with aging hippies. i got that.
next. we are a year out from the last presidential election as of tomorrow. an election that is still testing the stitching in our democracy right now. at times like this, i find it helpful, i find it illuminating to remember if never been through this before we have been through a lot. we have been through way more than you might think. and i have a really good way for you to marinate yourself in that because joining us right now is my colleague and host of the last word with lawrence o donnell when s well versed in that rich history writing the book on it. it s called playing with fire: the 1968 election and the transformation of american politics. i have read it an it s riveting. thank you. and thank you for nice words on the back of it. i was a high school eyewitness to these things.
and the implosion of the democrats richard nixon won the presidency that year, not easily. but he won. and we all know what happened next. we are a year out from the last presidential election as of tomorrow. an election that is still testing the stitching in our democracy right now. at times like this, i find it helpful, i find it illuminating to remember if never been through this before we have been through a lot. we have been through way more than you might think. and i have a really good way for you to marinate yourself in that because joining us right now is my colleague and host of the last word with lawrence o donnell when s well versed in that rich history writing the book on it. it s called playing with fire: the 1968 election and the transformation of american politics. i have read it an it s riveting. thank you. and thank you for nice words on the back of it.