Adam Sommer gives and Opening Statement connecting the "Death Tax" to "School Choice" Rachel Parker and Sean Diller join Adam for a Talkin' Politics session, covering:True Or False (6-7):Normcore Republicans Will Change The Trajectory of 2022 midterms? In Missouri - multiple candidates rejected for being just the absolute worstGOP rejected filing fees from Rep. Derges - the fake sure doctor and https://www.ky3.com/2022/02/23/missouri-gop-rejects-filing-fee-indicted-state-rep-tricia-derges/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=kytvGOP rejected filing fees from Steve West https://www.8newsnow.com/news/missouri-gop-rejects-filing-fee-of-candidate-who-once-said-hitler-was-right/https://twitter.com/Adam_Sommer85/status/1500193806989340672?s=20&t=3M1Ifcr_52sF6fBZqhG3pgNational scene more of the same? Yeah…No…(3min) Vicky’s twitter suspension for attacking trans people - Buy or Sell (7-9) People still remember literally ANYTHING about the State of the union as of when this show comes out, Monday the 7th - less than a week laterPolicy v. Political theaterBoebert shows her assMost salient and clear message was the US resolve against RussiaThe Big One (16-18) - 34 Senate Seats are up for election in 2022 Useful link you can hover the state and it gives you information on the seat and it’s 2016 and 2020 margins https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2022#Seats_up_for_electionSome races are obvious and easy to predict, no reason to spend lots of time wondering if Rand Paul will be reelected in Kentucky or if Mike Lee will be reelected in Utah - feel pretty comfy saying Alex Padilla will be reelected in CaliforniaCook political report has 5 of those as toss upshttps://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratingsPenn R - OpenWisc R- Ron JohnsonArizona D - KellyNevada D - Cortez MastoGeorgia D - Warnock 4 seats are in the leaning columnFlorida R - RubioOhio - openNorth Carolina - openNew Hampshire D - HassanReal Clear Politics has a broader map including Missouri as a “leans R” seat and wit 7 in the toss up and 5 more in the leaning - 3 more potentialshttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/elections-map.htmlSabatos Cyrstal Ball - my favorite of the Crystal Ballhttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2022-senate/Penn - Georgia - Arizona - Nevada - that’s it for toss upsOther seats in the Midwest no one is talking about but us: Kansas - Held by incumbent Jerry Moran Oklahoma IowaPenn R - Open - 12 Democrats - 16 Republicans - including Dr. Mehmet Oz - whose campaign slogan is ‘scrubs on, masks off!’Conor Lamb - D - $4MM raised, $3MM cash, $0 debtDr. Oz - R - $5.8MM raised, $1MM cash, $5MM debt - my understanding is he loaned 5 million dollars of his own money to his campaignDavid Xu Redneck - R - $1,700 raised, all from David except $50 - $1200 cash, no debtCarla Sands - R - $4MM raised, 3.6 was hers, $1.5MM cashEric Orts - D - $244,000 raised, $1700 cash, no debtCraig Snyder - $38KVal Arkoosh - D - $2.8MM raised, $1.2 cash, $500K loanDr. Kevin Baumlin - D - $600K raisedSharif Street - D - $400K raisedMalcolm Pac - D - $1.5MM raised, $285K cash, no debt Jeff Bartos - R - $3.3MM raised, $2.4 cash, $1.2 loans John Fetterman - D - $11.9MM raised, $5.3 cash, no debtKathy Barnett - R - $1.2MM raised, $565K cash, $158K debt Americans for Parnell - $2MM raised, $330K cash, $73K debtCitizens for Josh Mandel - $2MM raised, $6MM cash, no debt
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