Tim Scott is in a position thinking about the Republican primary field to really maybe Contrast himself with other figures that sound kind of apocalyptic and say okay, you know I'm a happy warrior. The elephant in the room with the respect to the Republican primary is electability, right? It's how is this person not only going to achieve our policy goals but also win? And so I see sort of the positive optimistic tone as you know partly what he believes and how he thinks about politics.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast gets ready for a big week in politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially kicked off his presidential campaign in North Charleston Monday morning. We also expect the long-teased Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to become a reality this week. And, according to the Treasury Department we are just a week or so away from a possible default on the nation’s debt. National politics reporter at the AP Meg Kinnard and Data Columnist at the Washington Post join the crew to weigh in.
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