{"id":94973,"date":"2026-06-09T22:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/rcp-podcast-primary-day-for-platner-californias-broken-vote-counting-system-swatting-scotus\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:43:56","slug":"rcp-podcast-primary-day-for-platner-californias-broken-vote-counting-system-swatting-scotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/rcp-podcast-primary-day-for-platner-californias-broken-vote-counting-system-swatting-scotus\/","title":{"rendered":"RCP Podcast: Primary Day for Platner, California’s Broken Vote-Counting System, Swatting SCOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday’s RealClearPolitics podcast starts with primary elections today in Maine and South Carolina. Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth discuss what Graham Platner means for the future of the Democratic Party and how much damage Sen. Lindsey Graham’s popularity has taken over the war in Iran. RCP correspondent Susan Crabtree joins the show to discuss California’s slow primary vote counting, and the state’s ballot-harvesting rules that Vice President JD Vance described as shady. The panel also reviews a swatting incident involving Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and President Trump’s appearance last night at Game 3 of the NBA playoffs. Listen live weekdays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly Channel 111, or on Apple<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, or other platforms. <\/p>\n

00:00<\/a> – Opening: Primary Day in Maine<\/b> Walworth, Cannon, and Bevan discuss the Senate race in Maine and what Graham Platner says about the future direction of the Democratic Party. Carl Cannon was particularly amused by James Carville’s argument that Democrats should elect Platner to the Senate as a cautionary tale: Carville: Maybe We Need a “F–ked Up Veteran” Like Graham Platner To Remind Senators What War Does to People<\/a> *** 10:12<\/a> – South Carolina GOP Primaries<\/b> The panel turns to today’s Republican primaries for governor and senator in South Carolina, where Sen. Lindsey Graham’s popularity has taken a hit over his over-the-top support for the war in Iran, and the wide-open race for governor. RCP Average: 2026 South Carolina Senate – Republican Primary<\/a> – Graham +20<\/b> “For an incumbent to be polling right around 50% is not great, and it does show some softness there,” Tom Bevan said. “The people who are upset with Lindsey Graham over the Iran war are also upset with Donald Trump over the Iran war… So it’s not hard for them to attack him on that issue. But again, he’s a well-known figure who’s been there for years and years, and incumbency has its advantages.” RCP Average: 2026 South Carolina Governor – Republican Primary<\/a> – Evette +2.0<\/b> “Rep. Nancy Mace is running in fifth place in the governor’s race!” Tom Bevan pointed out. “I would have thought she’d be running a little bit better campaign — with a little more juice.” *** 17:29<\/a> – What’s Wrong With California? <\/b> Susan Crabtree joins the show to discuss California’s subpar vote-counting operations and how ballot harvesting and late-counted ballots helped Nithya Raman move ahead in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Why does the count take so long? How are California’s rules legal? Watch: VP Vance: California Is So Insane They Will Throw Election Workers in Jail if They Ask for ID<\/a><\/b> “The weird thing about California voting and their election process is that this is all extremely legal,” Crabtree said. “You have your ballots on Election Day, but also if you just simply write in the date on the ballot, they accept that as well. And then they have 10 days after that to cure the ballots, to check the signatures and verify.” *** 37:04<\/a> – “Swatting” the SCOTUS<\/b> The group discusses a “swatting” incident at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. “It’s a problem for certain members<\/i> of the Supreme Court,” Bevan said. “I could be wrong, but I’m not aware of any security issues for any of the liberal justices.” “Swatting is dangerous. We’ve seen examples of this where they result in gunfire or even fatalities,” he said. *** 42:23<\/a> – Trump’s Rocky Appearance at MSG<\/b> The episode ends with President Trump’s controversial appearance last night at Madison Square Garden last night, where the New York Knicks lost to the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the NBA finals. \u00a0 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Tuesday’s RealClearPolitics podcast starts with primary elections today in Maine and South Carolina. Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth discuss what Graham Platner means for the future of the Democratic Party and how much damage Sen. Lindsey Graham’s popularity has taken over the war in Iran. RCP correspondent Susan Crabtree joins the show to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3992,7456,29169,14433,7082,18641,29481,3315,29480],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}