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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for February 12, 2016.

The Happy Valentine's Day Rubio Robot Edition.

I'm David Plots of Atlas Obscura.

I am in Washington, D.C. in our studio or last week in our borrowed studio.

Emily Baszlon of the New York Times Magazine is a new haven. Hello Emily.

Hello, that was that title for the show really like smushed together to completely different concepts for me.

I'm still thinking about it.

Huh, okay. Well, some of us are in love with Marco Rubio.

Oh, right. I am. I forgot. You know, I think I'm maybe my crush on Marco Rubio has evaporated.

We'll talk about that. I think that can be a whole separate topic. Maybe we'll make that the Slate Plus.

I don't think anyone really needs to plug the depths of that one.

Well, you may not be alone in that, which is why it would be really interesting.

There is John Dickerson of Face the Nation. John, you are aware.

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