Podcast Episodes

April 11, 2022: SCOOP: Liz Cheney’s record fundraising haul

Episode 1335

Rep. Liz Cheney has set another personal fundraising record.

The Wyoming Republican is fighting off a serious challenge from Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne attorney, and the Aug. 16 primary has turned in…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 8, 2022: From nomination to confirmation in six weeks

Episode 1334

In a history-making vote Thursday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, where she will be the first Black woman in history to serve as a justice. Immediately aft…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 7, 2022: Covid’s comeback bursts the D.C. bubble

Episode 1333

There’s no denying it: Covid is rocking Washington right now. Days after Saturday’s annual Gridiron Club dinner, multiple attendees of the boujee 600-seat confab have come down with it — including Co…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 6, 2022: The return of immigration politics

Episode 1332

Sen. Mitt Romney is having a bipartisan moment.

The Utah senator kept everyone in suspense until Monday on how he would vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation. He voted against confirming her to…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 5, 2022: Why Biden’s base is in distress

Episode 1331

Democrats are desperately trying to understand what’s roiling the electorate heading into a brutal midterm environment.

HIT Strategies has been conducting weekly focus groups to find out in real time …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 4, 2022: Democrats’ two-do: Confirm Jackson, land Manchin

Episode 1330

The White House and Senate Democrats expect Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be confirmed by the end of this week. The final two Republicans still in play, Sens. Mitt Romney (…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

April 1, 2022: Biden’s sophomore slump

Episode 1329

For President Joe Biden, this was one of those weeks that demonstrated the limits of the powers of the presidency. 

Political scientists often like to rib pundits and the public for having a so-called…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

March 30, 2022: Could Trump blow the midterms for the GOP?

Episode 1327

All signs point to a typical midterm election this year in which the president’s party suffers double-digit losses in the House. The GOP has the big structural advantages on its side: a Democratic pr…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

March 28, 2022: Biden’s budget has Manchin written all over it

Episode 1325

We’ll have a lot more on the new Biden budget this afternoon and Tuesday. But here are some highlights of the framing from a White House official:

— Three big things. “The President’s Budget will refl…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

March 25, 2022: Inside the new politics of America’s suburbs

Episode 1324

We have long been avid readers of the deep-dive political memos written by Doug Sosnik, a former senior adviser to then-President Bill Clinton. 

Sosnik’s latest is a very thorough 14-page dissection o…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago