Texas forever
The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
3.9 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:26.5 | Today on the Playbook podcast, we've got the latest drama in the Texas GOP Senate runoff. |
| 0:33.1 | And Dasha takes us inside her buzzy new interview with Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir. Hello, I'm Adam Wren. And I'm Dasha takes us inside her buzzy new interview with Kentucky Governor Andy Bresher. |
| 0:38.9 | Hello, I'm Adam Wren. |
| 0:40.5 | And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Friday, March 27th. |
| 0:45.7 | Dasha, it's so good to be back with you. Thanks for joining. |
| 0:49.1 | So good to see you, my friend. |
| 0:50.9 | The first story driving the conversation today in Washington is out of Texas. Dasha, |
| 0:57.0 | did you ever watch the television show based on the movie, based on the book, Friday Night Lights? |
| 1:02.8 | I have indeed watched the television show based on the movie, based on the book. |
| 1:07.0 | They say in that show, Texas Forever, and it feels like we've been talking about Texas forever. |
| 1:13.7 | Feels like people have been wondering what Donald Trump is going to do about Texas forever. |
| 1:19.3 | We've got a few nuggets to report out here. |
| 1:21.5 | Yeah, a few scoplets, if you will, in this morning newsletter. |
| 1:25.0 | And the first one is this is all connected and tied to CPAC, |
| 1:30.5 | which is happening in Grapevine, Texas today. And there are a couple of key people who are |
| 1:36.1 | going to be there and a couple of key people who are not going to be there. Donald Trump, |
| 1:40.1 | not going to be there. That's unusual for him. Senator John Cornyn, not going to be there. But who will be |
| 1:45.9 | there and who's giving a big speech tonight is Attorney General Ken Paxton. And you talked to Mercedes-Schlapp, |
| 1:53.4 | one of the leading organizers of CPAC, about the lack of Cornyn there. What did she tell you? |
| 2:00.7 | Yeah, she told me, look, they invited both |
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