What Adam Jentleson has said about Affordability in American politics
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 10, 2026
Adam Jentleson, Founder and president of the Searchlight Institute, former aide to Harry Reid and John Fetterman, author of 'Kill Switch' and 'Supermajority', has been quoted on Affordability in American politics 2 times in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on November 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Jentleson argues voters welcome bold Democratic economic proposals when paired with signs the candidate is not rigidly ideological.
“into Democrats proposing big, bold ideas on economics. The key is to just combine those economic points of view with some level of texture”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 19:04
Jentleson contends that Democrats cannot over-focus on affordability and that it unites all party factions.
“There's really no way to over-focus on affordability. And I think that's an area of broad agreement that all factions of the Democratic Party can get behind”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 24:25
Episodes
The Path to a Democratic SupermajorityThe Ezra Klein Show · Nov 10, 2026 · 55 min
Ezra Klein and Adam Jentleson discuss how Democrats can turn their 2026 midterm wave into a durable supermajority through big-tent politics, heterodoxy and filibuster reform.
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