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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Readback podcast. I'm your host, congressional reporter Max Cohen, and today I'm joined by a very special guest, Punch Bowl News co-founder Jake Sherman, who just returned from the campaign trail following along two of the most important Republicans in the House,

Speaker Mike Johnson and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.

Jake, thanks so much for being on the show.

Max, thanks for having me on the growing Punch Bowl News podcast Empire.

It's true. It is an empire. We keep on growing, and we really appreciate all the

great feedback and responses we've gotten from the audience just in the opening month of this

podcast. So thank you. Keep listening and keep it coming. We'll get right down to it. Jake,

you were with Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House out on the campaign trail.

You've written extensively about how Johnson has grown into the role of Speaker.

What is he like on the campaign trail?

Max, I was in Pennsylvania with Mike Johnson last week for a day where he was holding

fundraisers, doing events,

spoke at a county Republican dinner. I'll say a few observations about Johnson right now.

He is absolutely certain in his estimation that Republicans are going to keep the House of

Representatives win the Senate. I agree with him on the Senate and when the presidency

don't have a view on that. And this comes, by the way, as many of Johnson's top political advisors,

people who are following these races closer than anybody are telling us, me and you and Bres and Andrew,

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