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Telephone Killed the Convention | Interview: Chris Stirewalt

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Goldberg, J. (2026, September 9). Telephone Killed the Convention | Interview: Chris Stirewalt. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/telephone-killed-the-convention-interview-chris-stirewalt/

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The article reports on an interview with Chris Stirewalt on The Remnant podcast hosted by Jonah Goldberg. Chris Stirewalt is a guest commentator who will discuss various topics including politics and culture with a focus on the midterms, the Alaska primary, and J.D. Vance's presidential campaign. The key angle of this article appears to be an introduction to a new segment of the podcast where they will begin discussing the fall campaign season.

Written by AI on 2026-09-09, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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In September 2026, the Republican National Committee (RNC) held its first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, dubbed "Trump-a-Palooza," with President Donald Trump delivering two speeches. Despite Trump's low approval ratings and concerns about his impact on voter enthusiasm, the RNC hoped the event would energize Republicans ahead of November's midterms. However, a poll by The Hill/Emerson showed that 68% of independent voters in Texas felt the convention had no effect on their excitement to vote, while only 59% of Republican voters reported increased motivation. Democrats were also preparing counterprogramming to highlight issues like affordability and corruption tied to the Trump administration.

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Narrative

Today a *very sober* Jonah Goldberg is joined by the *mostly sober* friend of the pod, pickled alligator aficionado, and notorious West Virginian Chris Stirewalt to talk about the midterms, the Alaska primary, GOP expectations, J.D. Vance’s presidential campaign, right-wing social engineering, the Trump midterm convention, postliberal eggheads, post-Americanism, free money, America’s dirtbag political ethos, and … America the Sandwich.

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🔮 Some of this is a bit of a cliche and, you know, nostalgia as we're talking, but we-- we're gonna honor it, and so we figured we would need to do some serious punditry, particularly given the really shocking results in Saxony-Anhalt for the AFD in Germany- [laughs]

2026-09-09 · The Dispatch

Telephone Killed the Convention | Interview: Chris Stirewalt · assertive framing

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Goldberg → join → America

The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. asserted

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To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—click here. asserted

access → access → articles

Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted

you → set → experience

Can you dig it? asserted

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This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted

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We can sense the end of the Barton Fink season here in DC with the end of summer. asserted

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It's coming. asserted

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Uh, like in the mornings, it's almost, almost necessary to wear a jacket, but not quite, but you can imagine wearing a jacket. asserted

you → wear → jacket

And we decided traditionally the Labor Day weekend marks the beginning of the actual fall campaign. asserted

weekend → decide → campaign

Some of this is a bit of a cliche and, you know, nostalgia as we're talking, but we-- we're gonna honor it, and so we figured we would need to do some serious punditry, particularly given the really shocking results in Saxony-Anhalt for the AFD in Germany- [laughs] asserted

we → know → Germany-