Dave Weigel is a longtime favorite political reporter of ours—someone we've both read for years, and find unusually unblinkered by partisan loyalties—so we couldn't think of a better guide to the 2026 midterms elections than him. What everyone knows is that, right now, polls show a possible Democratic wave in the offing; we try to understand why, and the ways both parties are responding to a genuinely new phenomenon of the Trump Era: the economy struggling, and voters blaming Trump directly. We discuss the flop of a GOP convention in Texas; how Republicans seem to be re-running outdated campaigns—in part because they've already achieved so many of their policy goals on "hot-button cultural issues"; the Democratic strategy of conceding on such cultural issues to seem "normal" and focus on the economy; and more.&nbsp;Register to see Matt and Sam live and in person at Jewish Currents Live on Sunday Oct 11 <a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/live" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.Sources:Read all of Dave's reporting and columns at Semafor <a href="https://www.semafor.com/author/david-weigel" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.&nbsp;David Weigel, "<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/09/14/2026/researchers-probe-how-democrats-could-win-working-class-voters" rel="noopener noreferrer">Researchers Probe How Democrats Could Win Working-Class Voters</a>," Semafor, Sept 14, 2026— "<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/09/09/2026/candidates-contend-with-the-rise-of-resurfaced-old-clips" rel="noopener noreferrer">Candidates Contend with the Rise of 'Resurfaced' Old Clips</a>," Semafor, Sept 9, 2026...and don't forget to subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Know Your Enemy on Patreon</a> for access to all of our bonus episodes!

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