Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing, sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers. And I'm Jake Sherman. We are out with our latest playbook powerless this morning, 19 to watch in 2019. This list features politicians, activists, and operatives across the country who are positioned to play a critical role in the

political landscape leading up to 2020. From the new generation reshaping the Democratic Party to

behind-the-scenes players who keep Congress moving, and those with their eyes in the presidential

election, these are the people to watch over the next 12 months. The list includes Jared Agan,

Liz Cheney, Justin Clark, Lauren Fine, Matt Gates, Drew Hamill, Tish James, Juan Rodriguez, Congresswoman-elect Mikey Cheryl, and Rashida Talib.

And there's the Trump slump. Dow futures are down more than 100 points this morning.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that for the first time since the dot-com era, investors are cautious about buying shares after sell-offs, a key signal.

They report that the longest bull market in U.S. history may be in its last stages.

The big news over the weekend was the drama around President Donald Trump's selection of a new chief of staff. Nick Ayers,

the top contender, pulled his name from consideration. Our colleagues, Eliana Johnson and Alex

Eisenstadt, have a look at how Trump has diminished the job of being his chief of staff,

because the president regularly publicly humiliates his top aides, and they have been unable to control the chaos of the White House.

Indeed, we made a round of calls last night about the chief of staff job and heard the same thing over and over again.

No one wants it this time. It's an exceedingly bad phase of the administration to take the helm.

Whoever takes over right now would likely be at Trump's side when special prosecutor Bob

Mueller's report drops, when Democrats on Capitol Hill start hammering the administration,

and as the market continues to slump.

Axios reported that the president is considering Mark Meadows for Chief of Staff.

He would definitely be a sea change from John Kelly.

The New York Times points out that one hurdle for air is wanting the chief of staff job

as it would have put more scrutiny on his personal finances.

Andrew Restuji on Nancy Cookwright, the Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin,

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