Feb. 9, 2023: Hope, or Lucy with the football?

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

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After feeling lightheaded, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was admitted to GWU Hospital yesterday and stayed overnight for observation. “Initial tests did not show evidence of a new stroke, but doctors are running more tests,” his office announced in a statement. And as President Joe Biden visits Florida today, “he’s bringing more than just talking points,” writes Gary Fineout. “Biden will be giving beleaguered Florida Democrats a glimmer of hope that the rest of the party hasn’t written off the nation’s third most populous state after a crushing midterm. … [Dems say] Biden’s visit shows that Florida is still part of his re-election calculus.” Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the host and senior editor of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Airlines for America.
0:03.4	Hey there, Playbook listeners.
0:05.7	I'm Rogumon-Avalin.
0:07.1	President Joe Biden heads to Florida, and some prospective 24 candidates start to staff up.
0:13.8	Here are the big things we're watching on Thursday, February 9th.
0:18.0	A quick note this morning, Senator John Federman was hospitalized overnight. After feeling
0:23.6	lightheaded, Senator Federman was admitted to G.W.U. Hospital yesterday and stayed overnight for
0:30.2	observation. His office announced in a statement, initial tests did not show evidence of a new stroke,
0:36.2	but doctors are running more tests.
0:39.1	Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's newly formed PAC is staffing up.
0:43.4	Politico's, Alex Eisenstadt, reports this morning that he's tapping Jenny Drucker and
0:48.1	Alex Lawhorn to serve as national fundraisers.
0:51.3	While Kemp has received less attention than some other Republicans,
0:55.5	as a prospective 2024 presidential candidates, he appears intent on staying in the national mix.
1:02.5	NBC's Natasha Karecki and Jonathan Allen Scoop that New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has created
1:08.3	a 501-C4. It's the type of national political committee that Nikki Haley and Mike Pence also have
1:15.0	and positions him one step closer to a run for president.
1:19.0	Worth noting, the committee will have no fundraising cap or mandatory disclosures.
1:27.3	President Joe Biden is on a bit of a tour after his State of the Union address.
1:31.6	His first stop on Wednesday, the swing state of Wisconsin.
1:35.5	Today, the perhaps former swing state of Florida.
1:39.5	Politico's Florida playbook author and longtime Florida resident Gary Gary Fineout, is here for a preview.
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