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The Playbook Podcast

Aug. 15, 2022: Inside the White House’s plan to sell itself

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden and his entire administration are readying for a roadshow with a simple message: We did what we said we would do. The White House, looking to capitalize on his string of policy and political wins, is launching a travel and media blitz over the next few weeks as it looks to beat the historical midterm odds in less than three months.   The details of the victory lap were outlined in a White House memo from deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon and senior adviser Anita Dunn to chief of staff Ron Klain, exclusively obtained by Playbook.  Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0

Presented by Facebook.

0:02.3

Good morning, Playbookers.

0:04.0

I'm Ragum Winovalin.

0:05.1

It's Monday.

0:05.8

After a string of political and policy wins for the White House,

0:08.6

here comes the hard part, selling them.

0:10.9

It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

0:17.0

President Joe Biden and his entire administration

0:19.5

are readying for a roadshow with a simple message.

0:22.9

We did what we said we would do.

0:25.4

Looking to capitalize on his string of policy and political wins,

0:28.6

the White House is launching a travel in media blitz over the next few weeks

0:32.4

as it looks to beat the historical midterm odds in less than three months.

0:36.3

The details of the victory lap were outlined in a White House memo from Deputy Chief of Staff

0:40.8

Jen O'Malley Dillon and Senior Advisor Anita Dunn to Chief of Staff Ron Clayne.

0:45.7

You could catch a link to the memo exclusively obtained by Playbook in today's playbook,

0:50.0

but a couple of highlights.

0:51.3

The upbeat tone of the memo reflects a larger feeling inside the White House

0:55.3

that, after months of bad news, Biden's presidency has reached an undeniable pivot point with the passage of the

1:01.2

Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden is expected to sign sometime this week. It also reflects a sense of

1:06.2

vindication among White House aides about their theory of the case, that a focus on delivering concrete results for Americans,

1:13.6

ignoring the conventional wisdom and staying out of needless fights, would ultimately pay off politically.

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