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I'm not sure I've seen a more desperate. plea from a Republican than we saw from. J.D. Vance right here. >> Give us another chance or give us. another couple years to continue to work. on the amazing things that we've been. doing for the past 2 years. >> So, I'm joined now by former Obama. communications director and co-host of. Pod Save America, Dan Pfeiffer. Dan, you. also host a show on Pod Save America's. YouTube channel called Political Experts. React. And so, if this was an ad, uh how do you think. that this would fare in the grand scheme. of things having the Vice President of. the United States basically resorting to.

the part in a in a broken relationship. where one guy gets down on his knees and. says, "Please, just, you know, give me. another chance. Just take me back.". >> I don't think it would it would play. very well, Brian. I'll tell you that. right now. It's I mean, like, think. about what he's saying, which is, "We We. did not accomplish what we told you we. would accomplish, so give us more time.". After a broken promise after a broken. promise after a broken promise. And that. is going to fall very This That's going. to fall very flat because. it's not that people thought Vance and.

Trump and the Republicans tried really. hard to do the things they said they. were going to do and just failed. It's. that they. absolutely did the opposite of what they. said. They said they were going to lower. costs, they raised costs. They said they. would end all forever wars, they started up they started a war with. Iran. They said they'd release the. Epstein files, they didn't do it. And. so, you're not going to get any grace. from the voters if you have if the. voters feel like you lied to them. That's what's going on here. >> What. What are Republicans leaning on then if. they know that there are no Like, in a. way, unified control of government is is.

yes, a a a curse, but it's also a gift. in the sense that right now there are no. Democrats to pin to point the blame at. Like, Republicans can't say, "Oh, if. only uh Repub- Democrats weren't in. charge of the House, we could have. passed our agenda." Like, they have full. control of government, House, Senate, White House. And so, what can they point. to? Not not to put you in a position. where you have to do the Republicans'. work for them, but what in the world can. they point to to help themselves, you. know, in these last 7 weeks? >> They can't point to anything they've. done, right? The quote unquote big. beautiful bill is incredibly unpopular.

and brings up a conversation about tax. cuts with the rich, cuts to Medicaid, cuts to food assistance, closing rural. hospitals. It like it's a very very It's. historically unpopular bill. In fact, it. says so much about how unpopular the. Republican agenda is that it's not even. the top of the list of the most. unpopular things they've done because. the war with Iran and tariffs are even. more popular than that. The only The. only have one card to play. We saw it. during the midterm convention. That is. to try to scare the living daylights out. of voters about Democrats, right? They. think they're radical, socialist,

communist, hate America, and just make. try to make Democrats seem too extreme. to be a vessel for people's anger at. Trump and the Republicans. >> Okay, so here is where you are well. positioned to answer this next question, which is what should the Democrats'. response to to that be? Is that. something that Democrats should respond. to directly, um thereby in a way. validating that attack, but also. potentially assuaging the voters' fears, or just ignore it because that's not a. top issue for for voters in this.

country, and there are so many other. detrimental things that people should be. focusing on and that that do actually. impact their lives? >> The way to handle this is not to run a. bunch of ads saying no, I'm not extreme. Like too many too many Democrats tell. don't show. So what you have to do is. show people through your policy. positions, through your. your attitude, through your demeanor, through how you campaign that you are. someone who is consistent who is not. extreme, who is consistent with the. values of the state state district. you're running, right? It is how Rob.

Sand campaigns in Iowa, how Ashley Jed. campaigns in Iowa. It is, you know, you. see this from James Tellerico. The best. way for James Tellerico to show people. that he is not this fringe, you know, overly woke lunatic that Kemp talks. about is to be James Tellerico, talk. about his faith, you know, have this you. know, he has a moderate temperament. So. you have to Those are the things you. have to do. We got a lot of great. candidates doing that. That's what Mary. Peltola does. That's what Sherrod Brown. does. And so it's like don't respond to. it. And then like you're going to have a. bunch of ads run against you. And we. should remind people that those ads are.

being funded by billionaires who got tax. cuts from Trump, and billionaires who. are profiting off data centers and AI, billionaires who are price gouging you. And that it's like what we're going to. do is we're going to focus on you. Right? We're going to try to lower your. price. We're going to try to make your. life easier. Try to make your dollars go. further in your life. >> And to that point, I mean, the reality. is that the polls are bearing exactly. what you said out. Um we have a new New. York Times Siena poll, um one of the. highest rated pollsters. But uh one of.

the cross cross tabs that I thought was. especially interesting was Trump's. approval with young people. This is 18. to 29, a huge a huge swing um in the. 2024 election that really led to Trump's. uh Trump and Republicans' election. Right now he's sitting at 18% approval. and 78%. disapproval. That net approval back in. September was -36. Then in January of. this year it was -42. Right now it's. -60. So pretty disastrous result. What.

what was your uh your reaction to seeing. those numbers uh among 18 to. 29-year-olds? >> It's very clear that the for the Trump. coalition, it was last in, first out. So. the voters who've been most skeptical of. Trump since he came down the escalator a. decade ago are young voters and Latino. voters. And for a whole host of reasons. involving Joe Biden and inflation and. immigration and everything else, many of. them reluctantly sided with Trump. because they thought. you know, these are people feeling. tremendous economic pressure because of.

inflation and high costs. They said. I don't love him. I don't agree with a. lot of things, but I think of these. candidates, he's the one I believe is. most likely to lower my costs. Then. Trump came into office and raised their. costs, right? He didn't just fail to. lower them. He specifically took two. actions in tariffs and going to war with. Iran that raised people's costs. And. these voters are pissed, and they have. left the Trump train. >> Similarly, Latino voters are are. signaling a major shift to the left as. well. On the generic ballot, Democrats. have a 46-point advantage.

with voters under 30, that's a 35-point. advantage. Trump's approval among Latino. voters is -43 points. The baseline in. 2024 is that he won 46% of Latinos. In. 2024, that's up from 32% in 2020. So, he. was actually quite popular. I I believe. he was for a Republican the most the had. the largest vote share of of Latino. voters. Now, he's sitting at -43%. approval. So, what what are the implications for that. as we head toward this toward this. midterm election cycle, especially with.

certain maps that have been redrawn by. Republicans thinking that the Latino. coalition. was. from 2024 was going to be permanent. >> Yeah, this problem for Republicans is. most manifest in Texas, where they did. this very aggressive redistricting. trying to lock in seats their seats and. put a lot of Democrats at risk. And. their. their bet was even if they didn't get. Trump-like numbers with Latinos, Latinos. had moved towards Republicans, they had. snapped back dramatically, particularly.

in Texas. We saw this in. a special election in Texas. a few months ago. It is like there it's. very concerning for them in a bunch of. districts that they thought would be. safe Republican districts, particularly. along the Rio Grande Valley, now are very competitive for Democrats. and possible pickups for Democrats. So, yeah, they they miscalculated, and. this was they were Trump rented these. voters. He didn't own them. >> Right. In terms of the Senate math right now, how do you feel 7 months out from.

election day as far as Look, I think a. few months ago we would have been. looking at a state like North Carolina. as as a a reach state, you know, for for. Democrats. Now, of course, the map has. shifted so much that we're even looking. at places like Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Alaska, and even in some cases Nevada. as as possible pick up opportunities. But from your vantage, how does that. Senate math look? >> Yeah, I think the Senate, you know, as. you say, we have to to win the Senate, we have to. hold all of our seats, which I'll get to. in a second. We have to win in Maine and.

North Carolina, then we have to win two. of. Iowa, Alaska, Ohio, and Texas. All. states that Trump won by at least 11. points. >> Yeah. >> A year ago, that seemed impossible. Now. it seems plausible and very possible to. that we can get done. Now, we got some. work to do to get there because. you never would have guessed that we'd. be. um more we'd be more nervous about. Michigan than maybe Texas at this point. And you know, we have there are some. warning signs in New Hampshire, but the. path is there, the political environment. is there, and we have very, very good.

candidates in these races who can win. And we are blessed by the idiocy of our. opponents who have nominated people like. Ken Paxton uh in Texas or even in Ohio. where it's J.D. Vance who happens to be. like America's data center champion at. the exact time when there's a giant. bipartisan revolt against data centers. So like I think you know, you look at. the modeling from the Nate Silvers of. the world, then you know, Democrats have. like a 56, 57, 58% chance of winning the. Senate. That is like uh Nate used the. term to me the other day, a weighted.

coin flip. Um. you know, so it's like you win more than. half the times, but you still lose just. a little bit less than half the times. But we're very well positioned um to at. least have a real shot to do this. >> So something that I've been thinking. about as relates to the Senate is having. enough of a buffer obviously to overcome. J.D. Vance's tiebreaker, but at the same. time. John Fetterman poses a little bit of an. interesting scenario, and I know that. he's come out and said that he wouldn't. switch parties. Still at the same time, I I watch the discourse online. John.

Fetterman is so unpopular, he's so cozy. with Republicans, he's such an. institution on Fox News that. I I don't think it would be smart to. rule out the possibility that John. Fetterman could be flirting with that. that that idea. Republicans are. certainly um trying to draw him in um. and they're they're engaged in this. charm offensive to do exactly that. Do you think that it is misguided for as. gross as John Fetterman's positions on. virtually everything are, do you think.

that it is misguided to bully him to the. extent that the left does knowing that. there is a world in which that could. mean that if Democrats did have a. majority in the Senate, that could go. away? >> I understand my people are mad at John. Fetterman. I particularly understand why. the people of Pennsylvania who put him. in office. are mad at him. >> Yeah. >> But I think we have to play a little bit. of a long game here, which is we need. John Fetterman in the Senate until he is. up in 2028 and he probably loses it. almost certainly loses the Democratic. primary challenge. >> Yeah.

>> And so like we should like he is. he is not the person who ran. He's not. doing the things he said he would do. when he ran. He there you know some of. these stories about how he's doing the. job are very disturbing. But right now. we would rather have someone who. caucuses with Democrats, who votes with. Democrats almost all of the time. particularly on judicial nominees, than. have lose that seat and have him caucus. with Republicans and make it one seat. harder to actually get the majority. And. look, this has happened in the past. In.

2001, the Republicans in a tied Senate, Republicans bullied Vermont Senator Jim. Jeffords because he voted against Bush. on the tax cuts and he left the party, became an independent, caucused with. Democrats and made the Democrats the. gave the Democrats the majority, you. know, less than a year after Bush was. elected. And so we do not want to have. the same thing happen to us. So. like I'm not telling anyone who lives in. Pennsylvania not to be mad at John. Fetterman. I actually should, but the. people uh in positions of power in this. in our party and influence some.

platforms, just we we don't want him to switch. parties. We don't want him to do it. And. look, channel your anger into Like we. did with Kyrsten Sinema, channel your. anger into someone supporting someone. who wants the primary. betterment, whether that's Conor Lamb or. Summer Lee or a whole bunch of other. people in the state of Pennsylvania who. I know are thinking about it. >> Let me let me ask you a. Let me play devil's advocate on that. point. You know, there are people who. say, you know, is it not our job to hold. our elected officials to account? And if. he, as you said, promised A, B, C, D,

and E on the campaign trail and he's. governing in a way that's completely. antithetical to what he promised, why. should we give him a free pass if he is. if he's not abiding by what he promised. us? >> Our way to hold John Fetterman. accountable as Democrats is to is in the. primary. in 2028. And that is how we will do it. We're not like There's not some. constitutional mechanism for holding. people accountable by tweeting at them. >> Yeah. >> Like if you want like like average. everyday people, particularly. Pennsylvania citizens, who want to be. mad at John Fetterman, they want to.

write him angry letters, send him angry. emails, that is their right. They deserve that. I think the the leaders of the party, and I think Chuck Schumer has been. pretty savvy about this, other elected. officials, people, you know, with. platforms, do need to think about, you know, is. mad as you are, we want him in this. party. You know, we had, you know, Joe Manchin. We wanted. him in our party. We wanted that, you. know, We wouldn't have the We wouldn't. have passed Build Back Better without. Joe Manchin, right? And so, you know, it's not pleasant. It's not.

always joyful, but like this this is the. deal. And if like the way if you're. pissed at him, and everyone has their. right to be pissed at him, the way you. express that is in a primary in 2 years. >> So, speaking of bullying, and we'll. finish off with this. Uh you your team. is the Washington Commanders. I think by. by all pundit accounts, ranked last in the NFC East. I've got my. my Giants who are coming off a a. beautiful win. I I. I don't often throw around the word. perfect, but I think the the way that.

they played against the Dallas Cowboys. was for all intents and purposes. perfect. Um, how do you how do you how. are you feeling about the NFC East this. season? >> Well, I'm very conflicted here because I. have Jackson Dart and Malik Nabers on my. fantasy team. So, I there's a part of me. that roots for the Giants in all but two. games of the year. Um, but Washington is. uh it's been a cursed season already. Uh. you sign your left tackle for like 30. million dollars a year then you lose him. for the season like two weeks later. >> Yeah. >> Um, really a rough game and they almost.

beat the Eagles which would be quite. joyous. Um, it would have been very fun, but not. expecting big things. Um, but it is like. everyone's up for the the division's up. for grabs primarily I think between. the Cowboys, the Giants, and Eagles and. not so much Washington, but good luck to. you guys I guess. >> I'll take it. I'll take any luck we can. have. Give me your definitive ranking if. if we're if we're making this prediction. now, your ranking for the NFC East. >> Uh this is hard. Um, I would say.

cuz I would normally do this based on. odds, which is then I would pick the Giants. because that's the highest upside. >> Yeah. >> Um, but I think if you were to ask me. what I think is most likely. or I I'd say Eagles, Giants, Cowboys. >> All right, that's. >> I think the Giants are going to get a. they need Jackson Dart to stay healthy. So, he's got to stay out of the blue. tent and stay on the field. Um, but the Giants I think they're going to. get a a sort of that that new coach. bump. Uh that'll help them this year.

>> New coach bump, the fact that Isaiah. Likely is a great receiver for Jackson. Dart, came out of nowhere. Um, I mean I. I. like I drafted Isaiah Likely on my team. I also have Jackson Dart and Malik. Nabers like you, but I mean Isaiah. Likely was great when he was on the. Ravens, but it's tough because Mark. Andrews also great tight end and he's. dealing with Lamar Jackson who holds the. ball more than anybody. I mean, he is. the biggest ball hog in football. So, you know, difficult from a receiver. standpoint to have anybody on on the. Ravens. But, I would go I would go.

because then this is my own bias. creeping in. But, I'll go Giants, Eagles, Cowboys, Commanders. But, we'll. see. We'll see how it goes. For everybody who's watching right now, if you're not yet subscribed to the. message box, that's Dan's newsletter, it. is the smartest analysis that you'll get. in politics. So, I'm going to put that. link right here on the screen and also. in the post description of this video. especially as we head toward midterms. If you want are looking for a smart. newsletter that wraps up everything that. you're going to need to know as we go. down these next 7 weeks, that is a great. option. So, again, that link is right.

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