Fetterman & Oz, Midterms & Polling, Republicans & Ukraine

Mike & Jay open the episode with a discussion of the debate between Pennsylvania US Senate Candidates John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz. They agree that Fetterman’s performance was difficult to watch, though Mike suggests that Fetterman’s difficulty on the debate state doesn’t necessarily tell us that much about his ability to function as a United States Senator. Jay raises concerns about the Fetterman campaign deceiving voters and wonders whether the Democratic Party shouldn’t have replaced Fetterman as a candidate. He also suggests some parallels between Fetterman and Georgia US Senate Candidate Herschel Walker. After that, they discuss the midterm elections more generally. Both Mike and Jay stick with their predictions from a few weeks back, though Mike is more pessimistic about the chances of the Democrats maintaining control of the Senate and Jay more optimistic about his party’s shot at being in control of both chambers in January of 2023. They close with a discussion of if a GOP-controlled House will continue to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Both Mike & Jay believe that Republicans will support Ukraine, and Mike points out that there are legitimate concerns about sending billions of dollars to the Ukrainian government, which has some not-insignificant problems with corruption and institutional capacity. Jay’s Spooky / Holiday Recommendations The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving H.P. Lovecraft Short Stories. H. P. Lovecraft Mayflower. Nathaniel Philbrick Mike’s Recommendation Keychron Q-Series Mechanical Keyboards  The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Politics Guys on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/politicsguyspage) | X (https://twitter.com/politicsguys) Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys (https://patreon.com/politicsguys) or politicsguys.com/support (https://politicsguys.com/support) . On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group (https://www.democracygroup.org/) , a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.