If you're a fan of the inner workings of Hollywood, then check out my podcast, The Town, on the Ringer Podcast Network.

My name is Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.

And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in

Hollywood. Every week we've got three short episodes featuring real Hollywood insiders

to tell you what people in town are actually talking about. We'll cover everything from why your favorite show was

canceled overnight. Which streamer is on the brink of collapse and which

executives on the hot seat. Disney, Netflix, who's up, down, and who will never

eat lunch in this town again.

Follow the town on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Tara Palmary. I'm Puck Senior Political Correspondent, and this is Somebody's Gotta

win. It's day two of the Republican National Convention, and I venture down to the inner belly of the Republican National Convention and I venture down to the inner belly of the Faiserv Stadium

to the war room where Trump campaign staffers are working right now to try to get him to 270 electoral college votes. Down there I met

with the Trump campaign's political director James Blair in his windowless office.

He laid it all out for me in a long conversation about their strategy, their ground

game, their pathway to victory.

This conversation is real political inside baseball.

But we talk about how the campaign feels about running against Joe Biden,

since the race has changed so much in the past few weeks.

I also ask him how the campaign feels about running against another Democrat. Are they even prepared for that? Blair is a relative newcomer to the Trump orbit.

He worked for Ron DeSantis as his deputy chief of staff in the governor's office.

And that's where he connected with Trump's campaign manager,

Susie Wiles.

He refers to her as a mentor.

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