Numlock Sunday: Hunter Walker and Luppe Luppen on the future of politics

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By Walt Hickey

Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.

This week, I spoke to Hunter Walker and Luppe Luppen, authors of The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party.

I loved this book, which is wild, because I generally don’t go for political books for personal reading but knowing Hunter and Luppe and their clearheaded and compelling reporting made this one a bona fide page turner.

We spoke about Obama’s influence on the party, how parliamentary systems view former leaders, and how Democrats intend to draw in young voters.

Walker can be found at Talking Points Memo and on Bluesky, and Luppen can be found at Pawprints and on Twitter.

This interview has been condensed and edited.

Thanks for coming on. I really love the book; it's a fantastic look into an element of American politics that doesn't get talked enough about. I think so much of what people talk about is just the interparty fights, but the intraparty fights are so much m…