{"podcast":{"title":"THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent","slug":"the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496","podcast_index_feed_id":6772496,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/dailyblast2024","website_url":"https://newrepublic.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b94c6786-bc82-11ee-9ef8-27c6fd1e8dd7/image/d8e43b6e3c1b3537ce23c2a9c505e158.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The New Republic","episode_count":598,"summary":"Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, information-packed conversation with a leading lawmaker, journalist, or newsmaker. We go deep into the stories behind the headlines leading TNR and other news outlets—while making it fun and fast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:20:15.517680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496"},"episode":{"title":"GOPers Quietly Admit the Unthinkable: It’s All Falling Apart for Trump","slug":"gopers-quietly-admit-the-unthinkable-it-s-all-falling-apart-for-trump","published_at":"2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496/gopers-quietly-admit-the-unthinkable-it-s-all-falling-apart-for-trump","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5003145781.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5003145781.mp3","summary":"Politico reports that Republicans now think they’re seriously doomed in the midterms. One GOP operative offers this truly astonishing quote about Donald Trump’s effect on the party: “We’re preparing for the bottom to fall out.” Republicans are fretting that Democrats have a real chance of winning Senate and House races in states and districts that Trump won by double digits. Another Trump ally laments that he won’t admit he lost the Iran war and is caught in a “classic escalation trap” with no way out. In short, Republicans think Trump is in collapse. And yet...we don’t think Democrats are close to putting this away. So we talked to Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg. He argues that the GOP panic is in sync with what public polls do show about the Senate races and discusses other problems the GOP faces (like the coming reinstatement of Trump’s tariffs). He also ponders what could still go wrong, urging Democrats to address potential pitfalls—their too-small lead in the generic ballot matchup and their lack of a concrete agenda to close out the home stretch.  Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Politico reports that Republicans now think they’re seriously doomed in the midterms. One GOP operative offers this truly astonishing quote abou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1362,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496/episodes/gopers-quietly-admit-the-unthinkable-it-s-all-falling-apart-for-trump/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496/gopers-quietly-admit-the-unthinkable-it-s-all-falling-apart-for-trump.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}