Aug. 31, 2021: Biden looks to pivot after month from hell

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

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It’s been a month from hell for President Joe Biden. From the Afghanistan pullout mission that led to American casualties, to the spike in Covid-19 hospitalizations — and an accompanying hit to his poll numbers — September can’t come soon enough for the president. After the last soldier boarded a C-17 to depart Afghanistan on Monday, the White House and Democrats are looking for a reset, our colleagues Natasha Korecki, Chris Cadelago and Laura Barrón-López report. The trio write today that Biden and the Democrats are “racing to put the conflict’s tumultuous exit behind them … plotting a way forward that hinges tactically on Biden’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and passage of his sweeping economic agenda on Capitol Hill. Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by AT&T.
0:03.2	Hey, good morning, playbookers.
0:05.2	It's Tuesday, August 31st.
0:07.0	I'm Roku-Monovolent.
0:08.2	And this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.
0:15.2	It's been a tough month for the presidency of Joe Biden,
0:18.6	from the Afghanistan pullout mission that led to American casualties,
0:22.4	to the spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations, and the accompanying hit to his poll members,
0:27.5	September can't come quite soon enough for the president.
0:30.3	After the last soldier boarded a C-17 to depart Afghanistan on Monday,
0:34.2	the White House and Democrats are looking for a reset.
0:36.7	Her colleagues heard Politico,
0:38.2	Natasha Karecki, Chris Catalago, and Laura Borone-Lopez report. The trio write today that they are
0:44.0	quote, racing to put the conflict's tumultuous exit behind them, plotting a way forward that hinges
0:49.6	tactically on Biden's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and passage of the sweeping economic
0:55.7	agenda on Capitol Hill.
0:57.0	Quote,
0:58.0	The cold political calculation is based on the belief inside the White House that Americans,
1:02.0	by and large, will ultimately process the withdrawal from Afghanistan as a necessary,
1:07.4	albeit difficult to act, even ifbored lingering doubts about its execution.
1:12.1	Jennifer Paul Mary, former comms director for the Obama White House, adds,
1:15.9	The path forward for them in the fall remains COVID and infrastructure.
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