The Process

Gerry & The Manderers w/ Guest Brianna Lennon (D) MO - Boone Co. Clerk & Special Guest for Talkin' Politics, Joe Shepard of United Rural Democrats

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Opening Statement - 8 mins.

Let's Have a Chat w/ Brianna Lennon - 15 min

Talkin' Politics - 43 min 30 sec

Talkin’ Politics - WITH JOE SHEPARD OF URD!


  1. 3 min - TRUE OR FALSE: 5.9% increase in Social Security amount will help Biden with senior voters

    1. Joe

    2. Rachel

    3. Sean

  2. 4 min — Americans Quit Jobs After Unemployment Goes Down

    1. A record number of Americans are quitting their jobshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/economy/jolts-job-openings/index.html

  3. 5 min — Nothing strikes like a Deere … John Deere Strike of 10,000 workers

    1. Offer of a 6% raise, so same as SSI payments

  4. 5 min — Gov. Parson is a hack… sorry catches a hacker

    1. The goldfish gov jumped out of the bowl and flopped onto the keyboard and tweets out some duuuuumb shit

  5. 8 min — 2020 Redistricting, hits for 2022 cycle

    1. Redistricting Marches on - so far 538 tracking has the new maps with a +2 for Democrats in the House, but it is super early still

    2. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/?cid=rrpromo

    3. Different states have different date requirements

      1. MO map due by Feb 22, 2022

      2. KS meanwhile, not until Jun 1, 2022

      3. Then Colorado where Sean is due by Dec. 15, 2021

      4. Illinois not until March 7th, 2022

        1. Models are out heavily gerrymandered for Dems

        2. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/17/illinois-democrats-redistricting-map-516135

      5. Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota (SO DAK!) all only have the one Rep, so their maps are obviously DONE - Nebraska's is pretty easy and is done, Indiana is similar, and is done and a handful of others on the coasts.

    4. What are you looking at heading into the year leading up

    5. What are your expectations overall?

  6. 10 min — Trump 2024 has begun

    1. Is he the GOP presumptive nom? https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/576584-trump-holds-35-point-leads-over-desantis-pence-in-new-poll

    2. Head to head in 2024 already out

      1. https://www.newsweek.com/could-donald-trump-beat-joe-biden-kamala-harris-2024-his-chances-against-democrats-1637675

    3. Are Biden’s numbers the sign of something more systemic? -4 points in 60 days

      1. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo


  1. Presidential approval has been on a downward trajectory for many years, W. Bush had the spike with 9/11 but if we look at the rest of his time, include HW Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Trump… is it possible that the American people are just really, really hard on the President now?


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