Can JB Pritzker be the Democrats’ anti-Trump in 2028? | On The Road
The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
3.9 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A simple blood test can detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear. |
| 0:04.1 | Congress can connect Americans to early accurate dementia diagnosis by supporting the bipartisan |
| 0:09.1 | Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention Act, allowing Medicare to cover blood-based Alzheimer's screening. |
| 0:15.2 | Congress has acted to cover mammograms and other life-saving screenings. |
| 0:19.2 | Now, it's Alzheimer's mammogram moment. |
| 0:22.2 | Support the ASAP Act. Learn more at alz.org slash Congress connects. |
| 0:27.8 | The party wants to move on from the debacle that was 2024, right? |
| 0:32.2 | Well, yeah, we lost. I don't know if you remember. I mean, so yeah, we want to move on from losing. |
| 0:36.9 | I mean, especially because look at the damage that's been done to the country as a result of Donald Trump taking office. |
| 0:46.6 | Hey, folks, it's Jonathan Martin, and we're back on the road. |
| 0:49.6 | Where else? |
| 0:50.4 | Chicago, the city of Big Shoulders. |
| 0:52.8 | We're here in the South Loop at the legendary Manny's |
| 0:55.7 | Deli. We're going to sit down with Governor J.B. Pritzker inside here shortly. But first, legendary |
| 1:02.0 | Democratic strategist, former Chicago Tribune, political writer David Axelrod. We're going into |
| 1:08.0 | Manny's here shortly, which I think it's kind of like David's second office, or maybe his primary office, for that matter. |
| 1:13.1 | It is. It is. It's my temple. |
| 1:15.0 | Your temple. Corned beef, pastrami at the altar? |
| 1:18.6 | Yes. Manny's is like a gathering place for everyone in this diverse city. |
| 1:23.6 | Like you can go in here and you'll find wealthy financiers and gold coast folks and guys from the sewer department and you know and people from all of the sections of the city different racial and ethnic groups and it was just a great place to go and shake hands and be seen. |
| 1:42.3 | My favorite line, as you explained, the allure of mannings, you said, I would go there |
| 1:47.8 | to clear my head and stuff my arteries. |
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