The South vs. the Establishment: Jaime Harrison discusses South Carolina senate race Reckon Interview

There’s more to this discussion than partisan politics of course but in poll after poll… we’re starting to see some of the country's most inelastic states look a little more like swing states. And we’re starting to see a few cracks in the establishment on the right and the left. Jaime Harrison, the Democratic candidate in a statistical tie with Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, joins the Reckon Interview to discuss why the Democratic establishment should embrace the South. Dana Hall McCain, a conservative columnist in Alabama, joins the second half of the show to discuss how to stay true to your values, even when it seems like your party’s establishment has cast them aside. 
Show Notes
2:27 Jaime Harrison | Democratic candidate for senate, South Carolina | @harrisonjaime
2:49 Life growing up in the South
5:41 National Democrats and the South
8:01 Running as a Democrat in South Carolina
10:18 How national issues play in the South
13:46 Running as a Black man in the South
16:21 Winning back former Democrats
19:21 Relationship with Doug Jones and other Democrats
22:48 Building the bench
24:51 What winning would mean for South Carolina
27:33 Dana Hall McCain | Columnist | @dhmccain
28:10 Changes in Republican establishment
30:32 Trump and the Courts
34:51 Evangelicals and Catholics
37:13 Conservative Evangelicals and Biden
38:25 Conservative Evangelicals and Trump
43:46 How Republicans have responded to Trump
49:03 Changes in the Southern Baptist Convention
53:12 Great Commission Baptists

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