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Today on the Playbook podcast are exclusive interviews with two Democrats who are making waves

ahead of the midterms. With a 28 presidential race on the horizon, Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego

and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Dasha sits down with Gallego and I sit down

with Buttigieg and we're going to compare notes and a new political poll shows that MAGA voters

are sticking with Trump on his decision to engage in war with Iran.

Hello, I'm Adam Wren.

And I'm Dasha Burns.

It is Friday, March 20th.

Dasha, it's so good to be back with you here at the end of another newsy week.

Boy, this was a big one.

There's so much to talk about. And we get to

compare notes, which is very fun. That's right. And the first one, of course, is your big sit down

with Senator Ruben Gallego. Tell me what it was like. What were your big takeaways here?

Well, it's interesting because, you know, he did a lot of interviews in the wake of his win in

2024 in Arizona, which is such a purple state, which has so many of those converging issues

that are pivotal to Democrats and Republicans, whether you're talking about affordability,

...