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Now, we've been over this, but if they're going to pay to have an autopsy, you would think they were going to expose it. Instead, they feel Ken Martin feels, ah, we're not going to do that. Why? Because he says we're basically on a roll. We learned our lessons.
We're winning the off-year elections. Really? You might not like what the Republicans are doing, but there's no indication that Democrats are gaining in popularity. I think you can learn something from an autopsy, but that's just me. Josh Crash Harrow, welcome.
Hey, Brian, Merry Christmas. And yeah, what a holiday surprise from the DMC. Yeah, why would they do that?
So you do an autopsy. Remember, Ryan Priebus did it. They came out with it after Romney lost? And, you know, even though Donald Trump blew it all up and didn't adhere to it and was successful, they still did it and announced it. Why does Ken Martin not want to do that?
Well, I mean, there are two big reasons. Number one is that it would Put out some uncomfortable truths about what happened in 2024.
Now, keep in mind, they totally died. In this report, they did not commission a report to look at Biden's health, his age, the fact that Democrats were refusing to acknowledge the obvious, which was obviously a major factor in what happened in the 2024 presidential election.
So that wasn't even in this report. What would likely have been in this report if it was private, but it's not going to be made public, is the fact that the Democrats went so far to the left on cultural issues, trans, woke, the ideology of immigration, which is obviously still with us in our politics today. But those are the issues that if you talk to any Democratic strategist worth their salt, they were horrified at how out of touch many of the party leaders and operatives, or sorry, many of the party leaders and officials were with the average voter.
So I think that would have been really looked into and probably dealt with in a very clinical way. They're now. Actually, gone to the interesting now, Brian, is like I think the party tried to moderate at the beginning of the year. But now, if you look at the leading candidates and the ones getting all the energy, they are the most progressive left-wing activist types in the party. And they actually have it because of what happens when you have a party in power and they judge the incumbent more than they judge the challenger.
Yeah, they've had some wins in Virginia and New Jersey, and they don't feel like it's a good moment to actually deal with the elephant in the room, which is that the party has lost touch with a lot of mainstream voters.
So maybe they could succeed in the midterms because oftentimes the midterms are a referendum on the party in power. But boy, like looking ahead to the next presidential election, looking at the health of your party, it hasn't changed one whit. And dealing with these uncomfortable realities is an important part of something that they're deciding to adore for now.
So John Favreau, one of President Obama's chief speechwriters, wrote, Unreal. The DNC's actual position is that if the public knew more about what Democrats Got wrong in the last election, it would hurt the party's chances in the next election. How does this rebuild trust between the party insiders, grassroots activists, and organizers? What does the party only trust people with the truth who are part of their insular club? And why on earth would the DNC think that keeping their promise to release the report would create more of a backlash than announcing?
Uh That they're keeping it a secret. And it's right. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, look, I as a journalist, I think as anyone who's in politics, you want to get the best information, the best facts, the best debate over what went wrong. I mean, that's just good.
Good healthy, um, but good, healthy part of the process. Republicans have done it, Democrats have done it, and I think especially in 2024, when there was such a herd mentality within the party leadership, we have to go with Kamala Harris. First, we're going to cover up Biden's age, then we're going to unify behind Kamala Harris, both of whom were poor candidates with poor messages, to understand why things went so awry. And we're seeing that same kind of herd mentality, like cover up the problems, not deal with them honestly and candidly in terms of not releasing the report, which was actually much valued earlier in the year. I mean, a lot of it is, I think, they just feel like the issues that really led the Democrats to lose badly in 2024 are less relevant now.
But trust me, they will be relevant if Mamdani comes into office and governs the way a lot of the left-wing activists in the party want him to. That's going to be a political issue in the New York congressional races. When you have the fact that you could say things about Immigration that were so toxic to the candidates in swing districts across the country. And you'll learn from that lesson. It's going to have consequences in the midterms, and it's certainly going to have longer-term consequences in who the party nominates and who they think can win the most effective in the next presidential election.
No, I hear you. In fact, I want you to continue to talk about Democrats, then we'll pivot to Republicans. But let's talk about what AOC said when it was asked. You know, she's polling better.
Some fringe polls said that she could beat J.D. Vance. Another more mainstream poll said she lose by just a couple of points. And she had fun with it. Cut 38.
Do you think that you could beat J.D. Vance in a head-to-head race for president, as polling suggests in 2028? Listen, these polls, like three years out, are, you know, they are what they are, but let the record show. I will stop him. I will stop him.
Thank you, Congresswoman.
So, where do you think she's going with this? Because I think she's got to move. It's not going to be in Congress. She is a member of the fringe, the squad, even though she tries to distance herself, in my humble opinion, now. She doesn't have a lot of the same anger that some members of the squad seem to have.
But I think her next move, if I'm giving her career advice, and she might ask me, would be the Senate. And at that time, then if you really have national ambitions, you find your way closer to the center.
So about AOC, I mean, look, she does have natural political talent that many on the left don't have. That is something that she's obviously very young.
So she's got a long, long, long career ahead. I I I think on in terms of the numbers, does you have a better chance of winning the Senate race against Chuck Schumer in 2028 on paper? Sure. The way the energy in the party's going, the way the left appears to be ascendant, and Schumer doesn't seem to ha he's lost his touch if he ever you know, you know, he's really flailing politically in the last year. Yeah, I mean, AOC, I think on the by the numbers, is a better chance to run for the Senate and perhaps score an upset in a primary.
But Does she want to be in the Senate? Does she want to? I mean, a lot of politics and making good decisions in politics is about knowing your moment. And if i i if the left is rising and she's got the charisma, she can do that 10-second sound bite on TikTok or whatever. I think she's probably going to think a little bit bigger.
And I do think that her team is very closely thinking about the 2028 presidential election. I will say, Brian, the Vance AOC poll, I mean, one thing about both of those candidates, they're both very online. And I know people think social media is real life, but the one weakness that they both have, and I think why maybe someone else may end up emerging, especially on the Democratic side, is that a lot of people aren't as online as those two. And anyone who can capture sort of the real kind of the real life people who aren't following every little trend on social media, I think may actually have an advantage. And NAOC may be a little too online in terms of how she thinks about the issues, Dan Wance, that they may end up being a little out of touch if they do end up going on the president's arrow.
We're talking to Josh Krashauer, Fox News Radio, Political Analyst, Editor in Chief of the Jewish Insider. Just talk about the economy for a second. The president's going to have a big announcement today. I think it's going to be on housing. What do you think?
Yeah, I mean, we've been hearing, I mean, I thought the speech earlier this week, the primetime address, was going to really focus on like a specific, you know, a lot of the tangible things that this White House will be doing in terms of like building new housing, in terms of alleviating inflation. By the way, there was a good report this past week on that front. Um but yeah, I mean I think I think that was sort of a I I didn't quite get what what the President was trying to do. It was a more partisan speech than I expected, especially for a primetime address. And I do think that the White House neatly you look at the polling numbers, there's a lot of anxiety and a lot of concern about the price of goods, the right rising cost of certain goods.
And I think housing is a big driver of that too. Younger Americans in particular having trouble getting their starter housing, getting their life on track. And that's the kind of situation and challenge that a president can really speak to. But we're not hearing a lot of the details. We're not hearing so much in t you know the the policy.
So we'll we'll hear what the White House has to say today, but I think you can expect a lot more. Uh Okay. Talk from the White House about affordability, about things that they'll be doing specifically to deal with the challenges. Real American Freestyle is the first ever unscripted pro wrestling league created by Hulk Hogan, Chad Bronstein, Israel Martinez, and Eric Bischoff to give elite wrestlers a real shot at a professional career. Real American Freestyle is where Olympians, world champions, and NCAA legends come to compete, not in a cage, not in a script, but on the mat in front of fans around the world.
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So here's what Kevin Hassett said: Cut Five. The bottom line is that when we had the inflationary spike in the previous administration, then one of the things you saw, for example, was the typical homebuyer, the president mentioned the number, saw their mortgage payment on an annual basis go up by about $14,000 for the typical home. And so if you didn't make $20,000 more and get a really big raise, then that's really, really making it hard for you to keep your family, keep food on the table, and so on.
So far this year, we think we've knocked about $2,000 off the price of mortgage, but that person is still way underwater compared to where they were when Joe Biden took office.
So there is a lot of room for improvement.
So go ahead, your thoughts? Yeah, I mean, look, some of it is basic supply and demand. And there are a lot of ways sometimes at the local level where the regulations for building housing are so restrictive in cities and suburban areas that it actually artificially inflates the value of housing. And that's something that goes beyond the interest rates and sort of the economics of the moment. I also you know, one of the things things that Trump is very dead set on is pushing the Fed chair, and he'll be having a say in who the new Fed share will be in the next year to lower the interest rate.
So that may offer some Short-term benefit, but it also could raise the prices overall of housing.
So there's a lot of important decisions that this White House is going to have to make that are not short-term decisions. These are fundamental decisions on how the White House sees the economy. I know the President is really focused on lowering interest rates and pushing the Fed to do so. And HACID may be the next Fed share in the new year, but those could actually cause unintended consequences too if you're too aggressive or you push too hard.
So there's a lot of important economic decisions. We're just getting started. The tariffs, I think, have had a big effect, too, on the price of some goods. A lot of these decisions are going to trickle down and it's not going to be affected right away, but you'll see those impacts in the long term. No doubt about it.
And by the way, the market's up significantly again. And by the way, because the inflation seems to have dropped, which means the way the economic experts say, if you're concerned about inflation, you raise interest rate to slow down the economy. If you're not concerned about the inflation, you don't worry about bringing down, you don't worry about bringing down interest rates. Interest rates. We have 4.6 or 4.7% unemployment, still historically low, but a little higher than we're used to.
But the president's got to get his approval rating when it comes to the economy up. It's around 39, maybe in some polls, even lower. Charles Gasparino writes today. That there are signs the economy is adjusting to what the Trump team is doing. He says, for business, there's an expansion of small business tax deduction, which is coming, which is going to help.
They said, consider for working families that they'll be reaping the rewards of the new tax deduction for qualified tips. Working class tax cut if there was one. And in terms of big business, there will be soon be an expensing and writing off of more R D and the cost of creating new factories and improving equipment, even retroactively. These are the type of things that put more money in people's pockets.
Okay. Yeah. I mean, look, the the white hydro President said so himself, that that a lot of the elements of the the big beautiful bill, the extension of the tax cut, uh you were talking about the rebates that could that are going to be coming in for a lot of Americans in like a few years. They they're hopeful that that is gonna create A little bit of optimism from your average voters in terms of seeing the economy in a more favorable light. I think there is one red flag that the White House staff is going to have to be attuned to, which is, you know, there's a lot of concern in the business world about the bubble of AI and whether it's going to be sustainable over the next year or two.
There's obviously a lot of growth. It's a big part of why the stock market has been rising and why a lot of the top stocks, the tech stocks are doing so well. But there is some worry that there could be a little bit of overexuberance on that front. And if there is any kind of slowdown on that space, in the AI space, it could have very outsized consequences.
So I always, you know, looking for the downside risks in a lot of cases, I think there are reasons to be optimistic. I would look at the AI side of things as a way to be a little bit wary, just given the volatility in that space. And lastly, I know you really tapped into what's going on in Israel. Hamas is now putting down their weapons. Israel took out a commander last weekend.
Are you concerned about phase two?
Well We're in this holding pattern where we've talked about this a lot, Brian, the the biggest accomplishment of the Trump diplomacy was getting the hostages out and and and and and and and and and ending the you know, ending the war, um, getting Hamas to leave The parts of Gaza it still controls require Israeli military force, and that's now off the table.
So there is this. I mean, I've talked to some folks on the ground there in the last couple of days. I mean, there's sort of a reality that there's not much. I mean, we're in a holding pattern. There's not much that can be done.
The 20 points, a lot of the principles that Trump laid out are very, very, very spot on, but it takes force, it takes military to achieve some of that. And as long as Kamas is in charge, that's not going to affect change. The focus right now is the part that the Israelis and the allies do control, the yellow zone, is where they're trying to actually make a difference and show some economic progress because the part that Hamas controls of Gaza, that is a basket case. Got it. All right, Josh.
Thanks so much. Appreciate it. Thanks, Brian.
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