The Importance of Emotional Intelligence and Doing Homework for Political Candidates

Hungover from a night of CNN debate wonkery and inadequately caffeinated, Jonah provides an especially nerdy Ruminant covering yesterday’s town hall with Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, the strange desire to have a beer with presidential candidates, and the Biden administration’s lacking response to the Houthis, the latter inevitably leading to a lengthy defense of having a Navy. He discusses all of this while leaving enough (probably too much) time for the reification of diversity and some lousy defenses on behalf of Claudine Gay.

Show notes:

- Yesterday's Dispatch Podcast

- Jonah’s piece on Haley’s civil war answer

- Jonah’s most recent G-File on Claudine Gay

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