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Hello, and prejudices.

This year, 2024, is an election year in America, a presidential election year.

And so we will be doing two podcasts a week, rather than our usual one, because we want to,

and because we know you can't get enough Americano in your life.

I am delighted to be joined today by Alex Castellanos, who is a political consultant, a very experienced political consultant, who's worked on campaigns for people like Bob Dole, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney.

From Reagan to Romney.

From Reagan to Romney. The list goes on.

Experienced is the code word for old.

Oh, yeah.

So that's me.

Oh, wise.

Let's say it's a code word for wise.

And I'm very pleased that you are here in London at the Spectator's Office because I want

to talk to you about the American election this year.

And I thought I'd start by asking him about this story this week that the

Wall Street Journal broke, which was that several AIDS are leaking their concerns about Biden's

acuity. And that there was apparently a national security meeting where he spoke very softly,

kept closing his eyes, and so on. And so really what's

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