Frederick Wellman

[laughs]

I didn't bring this up in the meeting beforehand, but the, uh, the polls show that Ann Wagner is in a sta- statistical tie with Fred Wellman.

This is Ann Wagner, who's in a deeply red district.

Fred Wellman, the Democrat, is close.

Now, I don't know if the polls are accurate.

Often they are not.

... there's quite a campaign going, and I think we have a good chance to win.

And by the way, Fred Wellman of Midas Touch is running in, in, uh, the second district, which is not typically thought of by any stretch as a Democratic district, but I think he has a real chance to win, and it could end up going where we get three Democratic members.

Oh, awesome.

Well, um, one last story here.

I'll do one too.

Former guest, former executive director of the Lincoln Project, Fred Wellman running in Missouri too against Ann Wagner, a seat that Trump won by 11.4 percentage points in 2024.

I think Fred's going to pull it out.

Okay.

Um, uh, we saw, I mean, we had a shocker this week in Missouri.

Our old friend Fred Wellman-

Yeah

...

Mm

... where suddenly people are like, "Well, that guy's not, that guy's in trouble.

We're not gonna give to him." And then their friends are like, "Oh, well, so-and-so's not gonna give, so I'm not gonna give." That, and it- it runs both directions, right? When you get a, when you get in a, uh, a...

The- the- the classic one was Obama, who nobody thought was gonna go anywhere.

Yeah, Kansas City.

The other district that's affected here, by the way, is for people who are sub-stackers and longtime listeners of the show, you probably know Fred Wellman, former executive director of the Lincoln Project, who's running against Ann Wagner in Missouri's second congressional district and who, with the un-gerrymandered map, had a pretty decent chance.

He's got a real chance.

With the gerrymandered map, pretty rough.

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I mean, you've got Rob Sand in Iowa, James Tallarico in Texas, and they've focused on affordability.

Fred Wellman in

Missouri.

Absolutely.

Wait, bubbling up? Bubbles are buoyant? Oh, stop, Roxanne.

But anyway, yesterday I said, if that is, that the Southern Baptist minister, Mel Moses Mike Johnson, doesn't just turn the... turn the house loose because he's scared shitless of this impeachment guess what mullah moses mike johnson did i say it here it comes out there yep uh earlier today speaking to members of the multi-millionaire for-profit media the southern baptist minister which means he is a confirmed and inveterate and pathological liar.

Well, he said that he had canceled all of Thursday's votes and that the House would scampa, scampa it off, would scampa after the final votes today.

And they will not be back until after the midterm elections.

Be well.

And I have an interview coming up right now with Fred Wellman from Missouri.

Thank you, Lady B.

Have a great weekend.

Here is a Democratic nominee in Missouri's 2nd District.

He won his primary on one map, and he's running his general on a different one.

Fred Wellman, that's a lot.

Welcome to Driving at Home.

outdated, but, uh, no, I'm, I'm surprised that they are going to let it, you know, because otherwise they would have voted in the primary on one map and then voted in the general on another map, meaning people wouldn't even be at their same voting locations, voting for the same candidates.

Uh, so our conversation was with, um, oh my gosh, I'm going to, I'm going to kick myself for not remember Fred, Fred, Fred Wellman, uh, from Missouri.

So what Wellman for mo.com folks, great candidate, highly recommend you learn more about him.

Yeah, I know.