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Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds, Vox's policy podcast on the Panoply Network.

Matthew Glacias, with me as usual, my colleague Sarah Cliff and Ezra Klein.

I don't think this is just another episode of The Weeds.

Well, this is an I.O.Coccus Special.

I.O.Pockel Eps.

Yes, in which Ezra has asked us to abandon all of the sort of underlying premises of the show.

It is incredible how quickly I sell out for news.

And really just focus in on the news of the day.

I.O.S. are client when he liked policy.

Right. Horse race politics that have occurred recently is really what this show is all about.

So we're here to talk about it.

Well, I guess you have two different horse races.

Right. So I want to put a framing thought on the discussion.

And I'm not even going to try to defend myself against these scurrilous attacks.

It's going to be very important for policy who wins the presidential election, though, for the record.

I think we should talk first about the Democrats and then about the Republicans.

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