Collective Amnesia

Episode #166

Bill and Phil reflect on the Supreme Court’s decision to keep Trump on the ballot, break down the results from Super Tuesday, ponder whether Americans are suffering from collective amnesia about Donald Trump, and close with a look at some new research suggesting that Americans reward candidates who take hawkish foreign policy positions even when those positions are in direct conflict with the voters’ preference. 

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “The Court’s Colorado Decision Wasn’t About the Law” by George T. Conway III in The Atlantic

• “Do Americans Have a ‘Collective Amnesia’ About Donald Trump?” by Jennifer Medina and Reid J. Epstein in The New York Times

• “‘This Could Well Be Game Over’” by Thomas B. Edsall in The New York Times

• “How The “Commander-in-Chief Test” Distorts the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy” by Jeffrey Friedman in The National Interest

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