Democrat meddling in a republican primary was just something that no one had ever heard of. Democrats have deployed it probably in a dozen races large and small this campaign cycle. In each episode, i'll be sitting down with the best selling author from the world of business. You can find the next chapter american express business pots anywhere you get your pod casts.
Democrats are meddling in Republican primaries this year to an unusual degree, attempting to elevate extremist candidates who they think will be easy to defeat in midterms in the fall.
Nowhere has that strategy been more divisive than in the election for a House seat in Michigan.
Guest: Jonathan Weisman, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.
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