Kamala Harris’s campaign didn’t just fall out of a coconut tree. Here’s what you need to know.
Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels and POLITICO politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin join host Ryan Lizza to tackle questions about Vice President Kamala Harris’s new role at the top of the Democratic...
26 Juli 202450min
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 Juli 202429min
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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 202438min
