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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for April 6th.

It's the unprecedented edition of the Slate Political Gab Fest.

I'm Slate editor David Plotz.

I'm here in Washington, D.C. with my unprecedentedly handsome colleague, John Dickerson.

Joining us by phone from somewhere is Emily Bazlon, who is unprecedentedly something.

You're something unprecedented, Emily.

I can't think of anything.

I don't feel the least bit unprecedented this morning, but I guess.

You're precedented.

There we go.

I feel like you're speaking at half speed.

I did a little bit of a slow roll. You've been on vacation.

You're just rolling out of the sleeping bag, aren't you?

But you know where we won't be speaking at half speed, John? We won't be speaking in half speed in two weeks when we're in West Lafayette, Indiana at the Purdue University's University Church.

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