Today on the Playbook podcast, the Michigan Senate Democratic primary is offering a preview of the battles ahead for Democrats in 28.

Adam Wren was on McAnaw Island this week and is here to tell us all about it.

Meanwhile, inflation is at a three-year high, according to the Commerce Department,

and a new Politico poll shows voters are none too happy about it. And former Attorney General

Pam Bondi is headed to the Hill today for a closed-door meeting with the House Oversight Committee.

She'll be talking about the Justice Department's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Hello, I'm Megan Messerly.

And I'm Adam Wren, and it's Friday, May 29th.

Good morning, Adam. You have been here and there. I hear there's water taxis, horse taxis involved. You've been on Mackinac Island this week. Please tell me all about it. What is going on in Michigan?

So I had hardship duty for work and spent three days on a bougie island off the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

You get to it by a 15-minute water ferry. There are no cars allowed on the island, only horse-drawn taxis and carriages.

And basically all of the Michigan political universe, both Republicans and Democrats, descend on the island every summer.

And they essentially have various comfabs.

It's very bipartisan theme, the idea hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce,

the idea is to sort of bring people together, foster civility, build the civic fabric.

And this year, as is the tradition, many potential presidential candidates from the state

show up and from beyond the state as well. And so this year you had, of course,

Governor Gretchen Whitmer. She has a home on the island provided by the generous taxpayers of

Michigan. It's a beautiful house up on the hill. You can see all the ships come in. And that's

for all intents and purposes is her summer home. And of course, Megan, this was her last summer

in the island because she's

term limited and leaves office after the end of the year. And so she's a 2028 contender. At least

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