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Seth Ackerman

Seth Ackerman

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Jul 22, 2026

2:44
Do you think the salience of that biographical fact about Rahm Emanuel will grow over time? Will the salience of that fact grow over time as we approach 2028?
2:55
It might.
2:56
I mean, on the other hand, you know, the fact is, if you look at like the prediction markets right now, you know, he's generally seen as such a long shot candidate that it might not even be all that important in and of itself, these kinds of biographical details with him.
3:07
I think he's rated at like three percent.
3:10
But what I am concerned about is I think that there's a this is leading a lot of people to sort of underestimate the significance of the speech and the policy orientation that he's presenting in the speech, you know, and seeing it basically just as little more than sort of a sort of sign of the times that, you know, he's taking a kind of an admonishing attitude towards Israel, even though he clearly has such a strong, staunch pro-Israel background.
3:35
Seeing this as sort of like an indication of how far the politics have shifted on this issue.
3:40
I think that's a big mistake.

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22:32
What do you propose here? And this is fairly radical.

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