Is This Democracy

9. Chaos in the House! And What We Expect from American Democracy in 2023

Jan 5, 2023

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What's So Dangerous About Opportunism?

02:28

Is Elise Stefanic Rooting Her Own Ideas in White Supremacy?

02:29

GOP Speaker Trouble

05:27

Introduction

5min

Is Kevin McCarthy Not Radical?

4min

GOP Speaker Trouble

5min

Is It McCarthy or Scholice?

6min

Is Kevin McCarthy the Establishment?

3min

Kevin McCarthy - I Don't Like Kevin McCarthy, You Know?

3min

The House Freedom Caucus Is an Outgrowth of the Tea Party Movement

2min

The American Right Is Not Working Right Now.

4min

Is There Misogyny?

5min

10.

Is Elise Stefanic Rooting Her Own Ideas in White Supremacy?

2min

11.

Is Mitch McConnell a Cynical Opportunist?

5min

12.

What's So Dangerous About Opportunism?

2min

13.

The Media Is Not Going to Say You're a Republican

5min

14.

Will 2022 Be a Good Year for American Democracy?

3min

15.

Is America's Democracy Grade 2022 a Democracy Story?

2min

16.

We're Two Years Out of an Insurrection

5min

17.

We're All So Devastated in the Summer When the Supreme Court Came Out With These Decisions

1min

18.

The Bipartisan Bipartisan Gun Control Bill Is Not Good

3min

19.

I'd Love to See Some Kind of Electoral Reform in 2023

6min

We are witnessing a historic spectacle in the House. A deep dive into the Republican inability to elect a speaker from all angles: How to explain it, what the fault lines are, why it’s misleading to present the McCarthy camp as “moderates,” what it means for government and governance going forward – Whatever happened to “moderate” Republicans? We look at the case of Elise Stefanik and reflect on the lure of Trumpism, the relationship between opportunism and ideology, and the personal dynamics of a radicalization that is shifting the GOP ever further to the right – We look back, we look ahead: There is a striking sense of optimism among commentators from the left all the way to the center-right who mostly agree that 2022 was a good year for democracy and 2023 will be even better. We are more skeptical. Our review of what happened last year, and our expectations for what is to come next.

This episode was produced by Connor Lynch