The Blue State Solution

The Democrats have Congress—what are they gonna do with it? We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please contact us at plus@slate.com for help. Episode Notes The Democrats basically got their best-case scenario to play out in the midterms. But that was only the election—so what’s the plan for governing here? A gaggle of Slatesters convenes to discuss live. Guests:Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics writer and author of The Surge newsletter.Aymann Ismail, Slate senior writer who spent election night at the Abdul El-Sayed watch party in Michigan.Luke Winkie, Slate staff writer who spent election night with Hasan Piker in West Hollywood. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort. Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.