Jake Stewart
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- Goldman Sachs25 min
George F. Will: Author of "The Conservative Sensibility"
George Will's new book, *The Conservative Sensibility*, argues that American conservatism has fundamentally shifted by prioritizing individual liberty over majority rule, a stance he applies to criticize the Republican Party's current uncritical support for Donald Trump's expansive executive power. Will contrasts the Madisonian system of checks and balances with Woodrow Wilson's advocacy for concentrated authority, contending that Congress has abdicated its legislative responsibilities to the executive branch through vague statutes while failing to defend true capitalism against what he terms a misleading socialist narrative. Having effectively severed ties with the GOP over its alignment with the current administration, the veteran columnist champions judicial review as essential for protecting minority rights and defends the virtues of market societies against both modern socialist misconceptions and government economic planning.
- Goldman Sachs25 min
POLITICO Playbook’s Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman - Co-Authors of "The Hill to Die On"
Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, Jake Stewart
Jake Stewart modernized the Playbook newsletter to serve as a twice-daily insider resource for Washington elites while avoiding broad commercial expansion. In parallel, the analysis of "The Hill to Die On" details how Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell navigated the Trump presidency, noting how healthcare repeal failures inadvertently enabled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Looking toward the 2020 election, the discussion highlights a fragmented Democratic field lacking a clear frontrunner other than Bernie Sanders, alongside media adaptations to better cover Rust Belt constituencies and the administration's use of social media to compress the news cycle.
- Goldman Sachs22 min
Amy Chozick: "Chasing Hillary"- Lessons from the Campaign Trail
Amy Chozick, Hillary, Jake Stewart
Journalist Amy Chosick details her decade-long coverage of Hillary Clinton's 2008 and 2016 campaigns in her book *Chasing Hillary*, contrasting the gendered media scrutiny faced by Clinton with Donald Trump's mastery of cable news and social media. The narrative analyzes the 2016 election collapse as a failure of major newspapers to prioritize ground-level field reporting and data models that ignored the "ground truth" of voter sentiment. Chosick further argues that the election exposed structural "no-win" dynamics for female candidates while warning against the political polarization and balkanization of the modern news ecosystem.