Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned after the show for a message from Google.

And I'm Anna Palmer. We've got an update on how Howard Schultz's presidential flirtation is going so far. Someone at a book party in New York last night interrupted him and screamed, don't help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire asshole.

And Democrats are dumping on veteran Democratic operative Bill Burton for his decision to work

for the former Starbucks CEO. People are pointing out that Burton warned against a third-party

candidate in a Sacramento B. op-ed in August 2016, saying it could help elect Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, Michelle Goldberg writes this in the New York Times op-ed page, Howard Schultz,

Please don't run for president.

In the New York Times, as Maggie Haberman tweeted, Trump told the crowd at the Trump Hotel

tonight, fundraiser,

that he was trying to get Howard Schultz into the race with his tweet earlier today because he thinks

he'll help him, per attendee.

But David Siders, Daniel Lippman and Daniel Strauss write that Schultz's camp believes he could

save Democrats from a far-left candidate.

John Favre of the Crooked Media Empire notes,

none of the explanations coming from Schultz or his advisors answer a very simple question.

If he thinks he has a winning message, why can't he run in the Democratic primary? Why does he

get to skip that contest? Just because he's a billionaire, would love an answer. Meanwhile,

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has penned a letter writing that, quote, Starbucks does not get involved in national political campaigns. As we have for 48 years, we respect

and celebrate the diverse views of our 350,000 partners working at Starbucks and our millions of

customers. Spotted last night at the Trump Hotel, President Donald Trump, Mike Pence,

Stephen Mnuchin, Lindsey Graham, and Eli Miller having dinner. The president was at the Trump Hotel, President Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Stephen Mnuchin,

Lindsey Graham, and Eli Miller having dinner.

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