The Political Orphanage · Andrew Heaton

To Make a Terrifying Spoiler Candidate

·1 hr 31 min·5 clips
Adam Brandon explains how independents could control Congress by winning just three swing districts.
Andrew Heaton interviews Adam Brandon about building a centrist independent movement to disrupt the two-party system. They discuss targeting swing congressional districts, policy compromises on issues like debt and health care, and using technology to mobilize disaffected voters. Brandon argues this strategy could restore functionality to Congress and avoid political extremism.

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A sharp case for independents, political exile, and the budget tradeoffs that refuse to go away.

Andrew Heaton frames the show as a place for people who do not fit the modern political map, and the episode leans into that idea with Joe Manchin, Mark Sanford, Ken Buck, other former members of Congress, and a room full of independents.

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Press play if you want politics without the team-sport manners.

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