September 19, 2018
The Playbook Podcast
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🗓️ 19 September 2018
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| 0:00.0 | Good Wednesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. |
| 0:06.1 | Stay tuned after the show for a message from AARP. All of a sudden, out of seemingly nowhere, |
| 0:13.0 | it seems like Republicans are gently steering Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination back on track. |
| 0:19.4 | Republicans and Democrats are at a stalemate. Senate Republicans |
| 0:22.9 | offered Christine Blaisey Ford the chance to testify publicly or privately, but her lawyer said that |
| 0:29.6 | first the FBI should investigate the three-decade-old sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh. |
| 0:36.4 | Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grass Grassley, is going to push |
| 0:40.3 | ahead with the vote next week if Ford does not testify Monday. Republicans will insist that they were |
| 0:46.6 | reasonable, and Kavanaugh's fate will be in the hands of Maine Senator Susan Collins and Alaska |
| 0:52.3 | Senator Lisa Murkowski. The more time that goes by without her testifying, the more likely it is that Kavanaugh will be confirmed. |
| 1:00.4 | We already see the dynamics shifting in the rank and file in favor of Kavanaugh. |
| 1:05.8 | Senator Bob Corker tweeted yesterday that Republicans extended a hand in good faith. If we don't hear from both |
| 1:13.3 | sides on Monday, let's vote. And Senator Jeff Flake tweeted at 11.50 p.m. last night, |
| 1:20.6 | when Dr. Ford came forward, I said that her voice should be heard and asked the Judiciary Committee |
| 1:25.6 | to delay its vote on Judge Kavanaugh. It did so. |
| 1:28.7 | I now implore Dr. Ford to accept the invitation for Monday in a public or private setting. |
| 1:36.1 | The committee should hear her voice. Daniel Littman has the exclusive with former President |
| 1:40.6 | George W. Bush supporting Kavanaugh. And President Donald Trump tweeted at 1145 p.m. |
| 1:47.0 | The Supreme Court is one of the main reasons I got elected president. I hope Republican voters and |
| 1:53.4 | others are watching and studying the Democrats playbook. Here's a interesting spot it. Cindy McCain, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, |
| 2:03.5 | Rick Davis, and Senator Lindsey Graham were spotted having dinner last night at Fiola. |
| 2:09.2 | And Senator Jeff Flake was seen at DCA yesterday. |
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