Co-HostsAdam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post)Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post) Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO   (Twitter and Post)https://heartlandpod.com/JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK!“Change The Conversation”Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/SHOW NOTES BEGINSpecial Guest - CW Gardner to talk about his new children’s book about becoming a manly manT/F - Andy Brashear’s Win In KY Is An Example, Not An Anomalyhttps://www.thenation.com/article/politics/andy-beshear-win-abortion-kentucky/Missouri Poll shows Quade isn’t just competitive  - there is a real avenue to victory here in MO for her Primary will be a major waste with silver spoon business man Mike Hamarsbi https://www.showmevictories.com/news/one-year-out-missouri-voters-share-their-opinions-ahead-of-2024-election-cycle/KY rural voters: https://dailyyonder.com/rural-voters-shift-toward-democrat-in-kentucky-governors-race/2023/11/09/Big One - 2024, A Year Out - What A Difference A Week Makes, Now Imagine A Year… Nov 5, NY Times puts out their big bombshell poll and starts the coverage cyclehttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.htmlCNN Now has a similar poll and coverage cycle goingThen - David Axelrod, Main Architect of the Obama campaigns - posts his thoughts about swapping Biden out as the Democratic nomineehttps://x.com/davidaxelrod/status/1721187586268389858?s=20 Meanwhile - we had the odd year election which means the bi-annual “Virginia Is A  Bellwether” analysis started Virginia bellwether good quote from Virginia State Senator and coolewst grandma on the planet, L. Louise Lucas https://twitter.com/senlouiselucas/status/1721604287531250113?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA THEN - two days later, Democrats swept both chambers in Virginia, KY reelected a Democrat that we just discussed, and Ohio voters roundly rejected GOP extremism with the passage of Issue 1 by 13 points to legalize abortion in their state constitutioNOW - Huge push coming, including by Axelrod - to talk about project 2025 and the massive risk a Trump presidency part 2 would pose to both the future of American democracy and to human rightshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/09/trump-president-democracy-threat-media-journalism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherBackdrop - More and more prominent GOP members are running from TrumpIowa governor backing DeSantis - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4296720-iowa-governor-officially-endorses-desantis-at-des-moines-rally/Sen. Joe Manchin is retiring from his seat and largely expected to run with the No Labels groupJill Stein is back too https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4302594-jill-stein-2024-bid-green-party/Think piece about Obama/Biden splits and how that’s showing back up now https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4304498-axelrod-criticism-obama-biden-tensions/All of that leads to What can be a good discussion because this is one of those times where our goals are all aligned, we want not Trump to be elected  President in 2024 - but we have some starkly different reactions to Axelrod’s comments