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Split Decision: Inside This Week's Primaries | Party Lines Podcast (Full Episode)
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28:34Now PlayingErin Maguire and Kurt Bardella break down a split-decision primary week — Democrats dodging a bullet in Wisconsin, a razor-thin race in Michigan, and what it all means for the establishment-versus-socialist fight inside the party. Then they debut a new segment, "Half-Baked," digging into ideas that don't hold up: the WNBA's refusal to define who qualifies as a woman, and Mike Lindell's unsupported fraud claims after getting blown out in his Minnesota primary. They preview the next wave of primaries (Alaska, Florida, Wyoming and beyond), including the "Dan versus Dan" dirty trick in Alaska's Senate race. Plus: speculation on who replaces outgoing White House Press Secretary Caroline Levine, and a very silly debate about whether Abdul El-Sayed's one-on-one football challenge to Mike Rogers is even a real sport.
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Split primary results in Wisconsin and Michigan, and what they signal about the Democratic Party's direction
Whether pollsters missed the real story of the primaries
The "enthused socialist base" versus black voter turnout concerns, per Rahm Emanuel's warnings
James Carville, Hasan Piker, and the Democrats' "big tent" contradictions
AOC's attempt to walk back some of her "woke" positioning ahead of 2028
New segment debut: "Half-Baked," starting with the WNBA's refusal to define biological womanhood
Caitlin Clark's on-court treatment and the WNBA's business decisions
Mike Lindell's blowout primary loss in Minnesota and his fraud claims
Wisconsin's Milwaukee USB drive controversy versus Lindell's unsupported allegations
Why TV ad spending mattered more than ideology in deciding several primaries
Preview of upcoming primaries: Alaska, Florida, Wyoming, then Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Delaware
The "Dan versus Dan" spoiler tactic in Alaska's Senate primary
Speculation on Caroline Levine's replacement as White House Press Secretary — Scott Jennings, Katie Miller, Trisha McLaughlin, Anna Kelly, and a wildcard Spencer Pratt pitch
Why the next press secretary may need to handle a wave of congressional investigations
Abdul El-Sayed's one-on-one football challenge to Mike Rogers, and whether that's even a real sport
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