Background Briefing: November 7, 2024
With Republicans Needing 7 and Democrats Needing 15 Seats to Flip the House, Will Trump End Up With the Trifecta of White House, Senate and House?
We begin with two dozen House seats yet to be called with the Republicans needing 7 and the Democrats needing 15 to flip the House, preventing Trump from taking the trifecta of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives. Joining us to examine the margins in these races as the votes get counted in the Western states is James Thurber, the University Distinguished Professor of Government and Founder and Former Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, Washington, D.C. He is author of numerous books and more than eighty articles and chapters on Congress, interest groups and lobbying, and campaigns and elections and he is the author of Congress and Diaspora Politics: The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying and, most recently, Campaigns and Elections American Style.
The Frightening and Less Frightening Contenders for Trump’s White House and Cabinet Positions
Then we assess the frightening and less frightening contenders for Trump’s White House and cabinet positions and speak with Jeff Hauser, the Executive Director of the Revolving Door Project who works to increase scrutiny on executive branch appointments and ensure that political appointees are focused on serving the public interest, rather than personal professional advancement.