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Hello listeners and welcome to another episode

of Politico's nerd cast.

I'm Scott Bland, your host.

This week on the show, we'll put some bonkers fundraising numbers into context.

spoiler alert it was good news for Democrats.

We'll talk about what happened, some of the historical context here and also lay out the the argument the Republicans

are making for why maybe this won't matter as much as some people think.

Plus we are going to dive into President Trump's sense of humor and showmanship

and how it plays on the midterm campaign road show.

One of our White House reporters has been digging into just how and why Trump performs the way

he does as he's ramping up all these rallies across the country before the midterm elections.

Before we begin a quick note, Nurdcast will be at Politicon this weekend.

It's the Convention for Political Junkies.

It's in Los Angeles, October 21st, and 22nd.

And you can come see us on Saturday

as we do a live taping there. You've not truly experienced the nerd cast

until you see Charlie Matessian in person. Tickets and more info are available at

politicon.com. Also stay tuned for the end of this episode for a contribution from one of the

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