Hi, this is Peter from Pumpkin Lakes, New Jersey, and I just walked out of my last

final of the semester at Ramapo College.

And this is also P. We're about to head out to lunch and celebrate P.E.T.'s last final,

and my last day is head custodian Lennox Elementary School after 33 years of working for the

school district. I guess you can call us two P.E.T.s on the pod.

This podcast was recorded at 2.38 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7th.

This may have changed by the time you hear this.

Okay, here's the show.

Do Pete and Pete references still fly?

I don't know, but it's a shame Domenico isn't in the pod today because that guy loves a pun.

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

I'm Scott Detreau, I cover the campaign.

And I'm Don Gagnier National Political Correspondent.

Don, it is good to hear your voice in the podcast.

It's good to be here, thank you.

So we are all in different locations today.

I'm up in the capital and you guys are out on the road. Tell us where you are. Don, where are you?

I am in Des Moines. I should warn you there's a railroad tracks about 10 feet from my hotel room

windows, so we make it some sound effects.

As I always say, little known fact in January of a presidential election year,

if you live in Iowa and say Don Gagnier's name three times, he appears.

If you click your heels, he'll say yes.

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