The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns bring their fresh insight, analysis and reporting to the biggest story driving the day in the nation’s capital.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1944
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Jan. 13. 2022: Biden and Manchin come face to face
At 1 p.m., the president will appear at a Democratic Caucus meeting to try to rally senators behind the party’s voting reform proposal. In keeping with his Georgia speech this week, he’s expected to …
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Thu 13 Jan 2022
Jan. 12, 2022: Our exclusive new poll on voting rights
We have fresh numbers, via the latest POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, on how the public views the major voting rights and electoral reform proposals being considered in Congress. Crosstabs … Toplines
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Wed 12 Jan 2022
Jan. 11, 2022: Biden gets a rude welcome to Georgia
Democratic leaders hoped to spend the week before Martin Luther King Jr. Day presenting a united front for voting rights legislation and blasting Republicans as undemocratic.
So much for that.
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00:04:26 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Jan. 10, 2022: Biden faces his moment on the filibuster
President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are entering the second week of their push to pass a pair of voting rights bills.
Ryan Lizza is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook
Jenny Ament is senior produce…
00:05:35 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Jan. 7, 2022: Biden finds a new Manchin whisperer
The White House is looking to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to help thaw out its frosty relationship with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in hopes of resurrecting President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan.
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00:04:51 |
Fri 07 Jan 2022
Jan. 6, 2022: Jan. 6 is about Donald Trump
For those who always despised him, feel betrayed by him, or fear his return to power, today is about remembering — never forgetting — Donald Trump's lowest point as president: the day he incited a mo…
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Thu 06 Jan 2022
Jan. 4, 2022: The election reform idea gaining currency on the right
Today's Big Event: Senate Democrats will hold a virtual meeting at 12:45 p.m. It will be the first opportunity of the new year for all 50 caucus members to talk about where Build Back Better 2.0 stan…
00:06:52 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
Dec. 16, 2021: Manchinema’s Christmas present to Dems: A blunt reality check
It’s a fitting end to a year dominated by two Senate Democrats at the center of pretty much everything in 2021: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have all but put the kibosh on two major proposals their…
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Thu 16 Dec 2021
Dec. 15, 2021: A junkie’s guide to the 2022 midterms
The Senate passed a debt limit increase of $2.5 trillion Tuesday afternoon, and the House followed suit just after midnight. Congress should be freed from addressing the issue again until 2023.
A fin…
00:05:36 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Dec. 13, 2021: All eyes on the Joes
President Joe Biden is set to speak with Sen. Joe Manchin as early as today in what Hill sources tell us will be a make-or-break moment for passing the Build Back Better Act (BBB) before Christmas.
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00:05:29 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Dec. 10, 2021: Trump’s terrible Thursday, followed by Biden’s bad Friday?
Thursday was a double-whammy for former President Donald Trump. First, New York state A.G. Tish James announced that she was suspending her campaign for governor and would instead run for reelection.…
00:04:39 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
Dec. 9, 2021: Why tongues are wagging inside the House GOP
Former Rep. Renee Ellmers announced on Twitter Wednesday that she’s running for Congress again in North Carolina’s 4th district — and sent the House GOP gossip mill into overdrive.
Ellmers, you’ll re…
00:04:34 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
Dec. 8, 2021: ‘The least bad deal’
The idea started out promising, at least from the GOP’s perspective. Over the summer, Mitch McConnell surprised much of Washington when he drew a bright line on the debt ceiling, demanding Democrats …
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Wed 08 Dec 2021
Dec. 7, 2021: Biden’s Whac-A-Mole Covid problem
There’s still a lot we don’t know about the Omicron variant: It could be like Delta and current vaccines will offer robust protection. But there’s also a chance that Omicron could be vaccine resistan…
00:05:21 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Dec. 6, 2021: Return of the debt ceiling drama
Congress’ holiday season theme of governing by crisis continues this week, as lawmakers return to Washington to address what could be the trickiest issue of the month: the debt ceiling.
House Democra…
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Mon 06 Dec 2021
Dec. 3, 2021: Crisis averted after conservatives cave
Congress avoided a government shutdown after Senate conservatives dropped their demands to nix President Joe Biden's vaccine mandates in the funding bill — and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ga…
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Fri 03 Dec 2021
Dec. 2, 2021: Symone says goodbye
Symone Sanders, a senior adviser and chief spokesperson for VP Kamala Harris, “is expected to leave the White House at the end of the year,” Eugene Daniels, Chris Cadelago and Daniel Lippman reported…
00:04:18 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
Nov. 30, 2021: How the continuing resolution stole Christmas
Most people on Capitol Hill are kissing Christmas — or at least most of December — goodbye this year. “We could be in every weekend between now and Christmas, so … sorry,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow told r…
00:05:18 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Nov. 29, 2021: Dems’ dicey decision — Punish Boebert or not?
The drama surrounding Rep. Lauren Boebert's Islamophobic comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar is about to heat up as lawmakers return from Thanksgiving recess this week. Sources tell us a faction of Democr…
00:05:25 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Nov. 23, 2021: Trump’s 2024 map
Because we’re POLITICO, Marc Caputo has a story up this morning on Donald Trump's potential 2024 map. Granted, it’s not terribly surprising, centering on the five states that Joe Biden flipped in 202…
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Tue 23 Nov 2021
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