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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
Inside Rick Scott’s quest to be the Senate’s Florida man
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) joins host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza to discuss his entry into the Senate GOP leadership race to succeed Mitch McConnell. They discuss why Sen. Scott is running, what ...
24 Mai 202437min
