Podcast Episodes

April 25, 2022: ​​Groundhog Day on the Hill, hangover week in Washington

Episode 1345

Congress returns from a two-week recess facing the same unresolved issues that have plagued lawmakers for months. Lawmakers left town unable to pass a bipartisan deal to provide the administration wi…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

April 22, 2022: Is Kevin McCarthy toast?

Episode 1344

For years now, through controversy after controversy, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has bent over backward to stay in former President Donald Trump's good graces, all to serve one major purpos…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

April 21, 2022: Dems eye a culture war clapback

Episode 1343

Whether it’s pandemic restrictions and schools, or critical race theory and political correctness, when it comes to the culture wars raging across America, the right often dances circles around the l…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

April 20, 2022: How Trump and Thiel resurrected J.D. Vance

Episode 1342

Tech mogul Peter Thiel gave J.D. Vance's Ohio Senate campaign a fresh infusion of cash, pouring in $3.5 million to Protect Ohio Values, the super PAC backing Vance, our colleague Alex Isenstadt repor…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

April 19, 2022: White House wonders: To mask, or not to mask?

Episode 1341

On Monday, just hours after a federal judge struck down the nationwide public transportation mask mandate, major airlines (and even President Joe Biden’s beloved Amtrak) began telling their passenger…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 18, 2022: The inflation argument splitting Dems in two

Episode 1340

Democratic strategists have split in two over how to discuss inflation. 

One camp tends to blame the media for focusing too much on the issue at the expense of positive economic news such as low unemp…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 15, 2022: Ohio Republicans team up to stop Vance endorsement

Episode 1339

With Ohio’s May 3 Senate GOP primary barely two weeks away and no clear frontrunner, J.D. Vance's rivals are mounting an all-out effort to head off a potential endorsement from former President Donal…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 14, 2022: Why Hispanic voters could cost Democrats Nevada

Episode 1338

In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be out covering the key districts and states that will decide the outcome of the midterm elections. 

Nevada has one of 2022’s most under-covered Senate races. The…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 13, 2022: Dems split over Biden gas price moves

Episode 1337

Here’s something Democrats agree on: High gas prices — and the inflation rate they’re driving up — are a huge political liability.

Here’s something Democrats don’t agree on: what to do about it.

On Tue…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 12, 2022: Biden braces for brutal inflation numbers

Episode 1336

This morning at 8:30 a.m., the Labor Department will release its newest consumer price index report, and the White House is bracing itself for the political impact of inflation numbers that are widel…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago