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The Playbook Podcast

April 23, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Daily News, Politics, Government, News

4.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The latest Playbook Power List, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's new joint fundraising committee and more in today's Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, sponsored by AARP.

0:07.3

And I'm Jake Sherman. New this morning, we're unveiling our spring playbook power list featuring 20 women who are having their moment in politics.

0:14.3

Compiled with the help of our playbook community in D.C., the state's London and Brussels,

0:19.1

it's a look at operatives navigating the midterm elections to those

0:22.2

negotiating the terms of Brexit and leading nationwide gun control debates.

0:26.6

Some of those featured include Annette Berrigan, Me Too co-founder, Tarana Burke, San Francisco

0:31.3

Board of Supervisors President and Mayoral candidate London Breed, and R&C committeewoman Harmeet Dillon.

0:37.1

Representative Barbara

0:38.0

Comstock, gun control activist Emma Gonzalez, Tessa Gold, Senator Heidi Heitkamp's chief of staff,

0:45.2

Heritage Foundation President K. Cole James, and Chihira Knight, Deputy Director for Economic

0:50.4

Policy at the National Economic Council, are just some of those featured.

0:55.1

Please check out the full list online.

0:57.4

We've also got a playbook preview.

0:59.3

Steve Scalise, who is recovering from surgery, is getting ready to launch a new joint

1:04.1

fundraising committee that will help him bring big dollars into GOP coffers ahead of the

1:09.3

election.

1:10.4

The committee will be called go red.

1:12.6

It's common for members of leadership to set up these accounts, which allow them to raise money

1:16.8

efficiently for themselves, candidates, and the party committee. This effort will allow Scalise to shuffle

1:22.5

money to candidates who are legging behind their opponents. But many things Scalise does at this point

1:27.4

is viewed by many of his colleagues as part of a tit for tat with Kevin McCarthy, the number two House Republican.

1:32.3

Scalise endorsed McCarthy a few weeks ago to be the next top GOP leader.

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