Why a football coach could beat Jeff Sessions

Why a football coach could beat Jeff Sessions

Trump's former attorney general wants his Senate seat back. But polling shows Tommy Tuberville — a former football coach and political newbie — ahead of Jeff Sessions in the Republican primary runoff. Birmingham, Ala.-based journalist Eric Velasco talks with Scott Bland ahead of the July 14 matchup. Plus, James Arkin brings us up to speed on the broader Senate map. Scott Bland is the host of Nerdcast and a politics editor at POLITICO.Eric Velasco is a freelance journalist based in Birmingham, Ala.James Arkin is a Senate campaigns reporter for POLITICO.Adrienne Hurst is an associate producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Trump unity and Biden fumbles are helping the House GOP change the map

How Trump unity and Biden fumbles are helping the House GOP change the map

Congressman Richard Hudson is chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee, which is to say, he’s in charge of delivering a majority in November for Speaker Mike Johnson and possibly Preside...

19 Jul 202429min

Brian Kemp warns GOP against being ‘overconfident’ about Trump

Brian Kemp warns GOP against being ‘overconfident’ about Trump

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp joins for a bonus episode of Playbook Deep Dive.  In a live interview from the Republican National Convention, Kemp — a swing state governor with a famously conflicted rela...

17 Jul 202435min

How to win an open convention — if Joe Biden drops out

How to win an open convention — if Joe Biden drops out

Elaine Kamarck is a longtime member of the DNC’s rules committee, a scholar at Brookings, a former advisor to top Democrats such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Walter Mondale; and author of “Primary Po...

12 Jul 202438min

Who’s afraid of Donald Trump? Not this rising star GOP governor.

Who’s afraid of Donald Trump? Not this rising star GOP governor.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox is a longtime Trump critic who is known nationally for his work to depolarize American politics.  This week, Cox easily defeated a far-right opponent in the Republican primar...

28 Jun 202436min

The man Democrats call to prepare for debate night

The man Democrats call to prepare for debate night

Bob Bauer is President Joe Biden’s personal lawyer and was general counsel to both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns. But over the last three decades, he’s developed another specialty practice:...

21 Jun 202454min

Jim Clyburn’s advice to Joe Biden on the election and the Democratic Party's future

Jim Clyburn’s advice to Joe Biden on the election and the Democratic Party's future

South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn is often considered the single most important person in helping Joe Biden win the Democratic nomination in 2020. Now, in 2024, Clyburn is one of Biden’s six camp...

14 Jun 202431min

Chris Coons has thoughts on Gaza, the border and Biden’s age

Chris Coons has thoughts on Gaza, the border and Biden’s age

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), one of President Joe Biden’s closest foreign policy advisors, gives his assessment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial upcoming address in front of ...

7 Jun 202438min

Trump’s Guilty. Here’s what he shouldn’t do on appeal.

Trump’s Guilty. Here’s what he shouldn’t do on appeal.

POLITICO’s senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney and legal columnist Ankush Khardori debrief on what happened at the Hush Money trial, how Trump’s team may have hurt its own case, and what their b...

31 Mai 202438min

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