Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
Jim Tankersley: “America has traditions that are ingrained. Every power ballad since 1973 is a direct descendant of ‘Free Bird.’ Every summer blockbuster is a riff on ‘Jaws.’ And every Republican presidential nominee since 1988 has run on an economic platform derived from Ronald Reagan.”
“Until tonight, when Donald Trump chews through the conservative economic consensus like a shark in the water.”
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