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Hacks On Tap

The Circus Show (with Mark McKinnon and John Heilemann)

Hacks On Tap

Hacks On Tap

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.87.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week the Circus comes to town, literally, as the guys are joined by Mark McKinnon and John Heilemann, who created Showtime’s beloved show “The Circus.” The Hacks clown around while juggling a variety of topics, ranging from Biden’s acrobatics around recent poll numbers, Joe Manchin’s disappearing act, the elephants walking on a tight rope (and dropping off it), and Trump’s hare pulling. Tune in for even more puns, and even better analysis!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, pull up a chair. It's hacks on tap with David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs, and Mike Murphy.

0:15.0

Why do you think it is that you're trailing Trump and all these swing state polls?

0:25.0

Because you don't read the polls up.

0:27.0

They're 10 polls.

0:29.0

Eight of them I'm beating in those states.

0:31.0

Eight of them.

0:32.0

You guys only do two. CNN and New York Times. Check it out.

0:37.0

We'll get your copy of all those at polls.

0:39.0

Don't believe you're trailing in battleground states? No, I don't.

0:42.0

They're out to get me. All of them are!

0:46.0

Yeah. Well, like a half an hour after he had that exchange on the lawn of the

0:51.0

White House, Bloomberg came out with another series of battleground state polls

0:54.8

that were almost precisely the same as the New York Times

0:58.9

Pope.

0:59.2

But Mike Murphy, how many times have you told candidates, don't get out there talking about polls?

1:08.8

Yeah, no, I tell them, yell at us, we're paid to listen to you and watch your eyes roll up in your head talking about

1:15.0

the polls, but you know, not good, not good.

1:19.0

That's what voters always won as a president, it sounds like Nate Silver.

1:22.0

That voice is familiar. always won as a president, it sounds like Nate Silver.

1:22.6

That voice is familiar to anyone who cares about politics,

1:28.3

as is his running mate who is with him here,

1:31.6

Mark McKinnon, John Heilman, the creators of the circus, which just left

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