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Why the Klobuchar-Demuth Debate Won’t Change the Race

Why the Klobuchar-Demuth Debate Won’t Change the Race

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Welcome back to THE BRODCAST.Eleven days out, Michael Brodkorb and Billy Grant break down what was likely the final debate between Senator Amy Klobuchar and Speaker Lisa Demuth, held Wednesday night in Rochester and hosted by FOX 9 and Gray Media. It followed a more collegial business forum in Brainerd on Monday.Both campaigns came in with a frame. Demuth cast Klobuchar as “Walz’s third term.” Klobuchar cast Demuth as a Trump “rubber stamp.” Billy says neither landed hard, and that a third-term attack struggles against a candidate with a brand as distinct as Klobuchar’s. Then he and Michael split on a bigger question: would Tim Walz have won a third term? Michael thinks Walz would have been favored. Billy says no, and argues Walz’s numbers held up only because of years of friendly local coverage.On abortion, Billy’s advice to Republicans is blunt: get out of the defensive crouch and go on offense. The pair also credit both candidates for the debate’s most human moment, when Klobuchar and Demuth each spoke about surviving cancer.The verdict: the debate didn’t move the race. Demuth needed a moment to close a roughly nine-point gap. She didn’t get one.Michael and Billy then go inside debate prep: briefing books, mock debates, attack lines and counters, and the three goals every campaign brings to the stage—no new negative story, one clip, and a closing that matches the paid media. The front-runner preps to avoid a mistake. The challenger preps to force one. Billy explains why there’s no cookie-cutter playbook, delivers a hot take on why candidates should debate standing up (sorry, Almanac couch), and both agree female candidates face a double standard in how their debate performances are judged.The final segment covers what happened 24 hours after the debate. Jackie Flavin and Mike Moyski, whose 10-year-old daughter Harper was killed in the August 2025 shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School, endorsed Klobuchar and appeared in a new ad accusing Demuth of breaking a promise to allow a floor vote on gun legislation. Demuth says she kept her word. Michael, a Second Amendment supporter with a carry permit, argues the story isn’t about guns. It’s about character. Billy says the Demuth campaign could have built the same kind of closing argument months ago and never did.They close with what they’re watching in the final 11 days: closing messages, late spending, and what comes next.IN THIS EPISODE00:00 Opening00:25 Welcome to THE BRODCAST00:38 Eleven days out: the last debate02:58 Walz’s third term vs. Trump rubber stamp08:45 Would Walz have won a third term?10:25 Abortion: go on offense17:00 A human moment on the debate stage21:20 Did the debate move the race?26:40 Inside debate prep30:00 No cookie-cutter playbook33:55 Stand up and burn the couch37:00 Klobuchar hasn’t lost a step38:00 The double standard for female candidates44:15 The Annunciation endorsement48:45 What the Demuth campaign missed53:20 It’s not about guns. It’s about character.55:00 What we’re watching in the final 11 days57:00 ClosingWatch the full episode on YouTube.Michael Brodkorb and Billy Grant host THE BRODCAST.Politics. Power. What’s next?Subscribe to THE BRODCAST wherever you get your podcasts, and on YouTube, for new episodes, clips, and conversations. Get full access to On The Record with Michael Brodkorb at michaelbrodkorb.substack.com/subscribe
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