Trapped in the urban prison popularly referred to as Manhattan, Jonah surrenders to the call of rank punditry and discusses the midterm results on today’s Ruminant. How did the Republicans squander such an obviously winnable election, and what role did Trump play in the disaster? Furthermore, could Biden really win again in 2024? Have Jonah’s views on Ron DeSantis shifted? And should these results inspire hope that conservatism can right itself?

Show Notes:

- The Remnant with Ken Pollack

- Wednesday’s “news”letter

- The Dispatch Podcast provides a midterm postmortem

- Jonah on 2016’s slow-motion Invasion of the Body Snatchers

- George Orwell: “Second Thoughts on James Burnham”

- Charlie Cooke: “Did Republicans Pick the Right Time to Lose?”

- The Remnant with Yuval Levin

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