Good Monday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned

after the show for a message from the Association of American Railroads. First in Playbook,

the Big House GOP anti-impeachment campaign. The American Action Network, part of a cluster of center-right

groups that promote House Republicans and their policies, is launching a $7 million advertising

bullets in 37 districts,

criticizing Democrats for impeachment, terming it a politically motivated charade, and arguing

that elections should be decided by voters. The campaign, the most expansive, coordinated

of its kind on impeachment to date, criticizes Democrats for promising to be different,

but instead impeaching the president

instead of working on other legislative items, such as securing the border and fixing health care.

The spot is current. It stars Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is shown on CNN, saying the impeachment

process is, quote, preventing a potentially disastrous outcome from occurring next year.

That comment ran on CNN last week. There's a lot of focus

on polls that show the overall support for impeachment in the high 40s, but Republicans are focused

on the handful of districts that President Trump won that Democrats currently hold. They believe those

districts are right for the picking, and impeachment is a political loser there. The campaign is an

attempt to position Democrats is maniacally focused on removing the president political loser there. The campaign is an attempt to position Democrats

is maniacally focused on removing the president and nothing else. The big buys, $500,000

against Max Rose, $500,000 against Colin Peterson of Minnesota and Susie Lee of Nevada. Michigan

Congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin and Haley Stevens will have $400,000 against them.

Flip-flop alert, the New York Times reports that Donald Trump has retreated from his

flavor ban for e-cigarettes.

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