[cheers and applause] jon hey come on [cheers and applause] show time welcome to the daily show my name is jon stewart. We have a fabulous show for you tonight. You know what im not going to do tonight . Im not going to overthink it, honestly, im just going to come out here like pacino at the oscars, mumble a few words, eventually youll figure out what i was getting at. Its fine the big event we need to talk about is the oscars of politics the state of the union address. Last thursday night. Joseph raisinette biden the 12th [cheers and applause] he had the unenviable task of having to lay out his vision for the nation, whilst also demonstrating that he is not too old, not too tired to be the president of the united states, and that he wouldnt rather just die thousands of balloons to the white house and head to paradise falls. [laughter and applause] and so, President Biden entered the House Chamber navigating through our divided congress, and barely, barely, barely getting past the bri
[cheers and applause] jon hey come on [cheers and applause] show time welcome to the daily show my name is jon stewart. We have a fabulous show for you tonight. You know what im not going to do tonight . Im not going to overthink it, honestly, im just going to come out here like pacino at the oscars, mumble a few words, eventually youll figure out what i was getting at. Its fine the big event we need to talk about is the oscars of politics the state of the union address. Last thursday night. Joseph raisinette biden the 12th [cheers and applause] he had the unenviable task of having to lay out his vision for the nation, whilst also demonstrating that he is not too old, not too tired to be the president of the united states, and that he wouldnt rather just die thousands of balloons to the white house and head to paradise falls. [laughter and applause] and so, President Biden entered the House Chamber navigating through our divided congress, and barely, barely, barely getting past the bri
party, to decide who the winner will be of their contested primary for the republican party s presidential nominated contest this year. and you know all that, but it s worth just sort of going back to brass tacks for a second. in a two party system, each party is important, right? in a two party system, the relative strength, skill, the organizational capacity, the financial status, the size, the health of each party is at least a little bit important in every single state in the country, even in states that are dominated by one party or the other, the health and the capacity of each party matters. it s particularly crucial in swing states, though, where one party doesn t dominate, and in places where it s likely gonna be a close race between the republican nominee and the democratic nominee and the general election this fall, it is particularly important how healthy the state parties are on both sides. and the battleground states, the swing states these days, it s a pretty f
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