Beyond The Bubble
From McClatchy's Washington bureau, Kristin Roberts and Alex Roarty host a weekly look at what's happening inside the D.C. political bubble—and what that means for the battleground states beyond.
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Impeachment and a major trade deal — in the sam...
National political correspondents Alex Roarty, Emily Cadei, and David Catanese discuss the politics of Democrats agreeing to a trade deal, why Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren are going tit-for-tat, and whether there's really a front-runner in this Democratic primary.
33 min
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Kamala Harris, we hardly knew ye
Alex Roart, Emily Cadei and McClatchy White House correspondent Francesca Chambers discuss Sen. Kamala Harris's sudden departure from the Democratic presidential primary.
40 min
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The state of play in Kentucky
Kristin is joined by Daniel Desrochers of the Lexington Herald-Leader to discuss Gov. Matt Bevin’s defeat, how local voters view the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s 2020 reelection prospects.
14 min
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Why Joe Biden is counting on a North Carolina f...
Kristin, Alex, and special guest Jim Morrill of the Charlotte Observer talk about why Joe Biden is performing so well in the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary.
24 min
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Why 2020 Democrats aren't talking about impeach...
Alex, Adam and Emily regroup to discuss why impeachment isn't more of an issue on the 2020 Democratic campaign trail, what effect late entrants Michael Bloomberg and Deval Patrick will have on the race and whether or not Bernie Sanders is getting enough respect.
37 min
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Democrats' roller coaster of emotions
Alex, Adam and Impact2020 newsletter author Emily Cadei discuss the wide range of emotions Democrats experienced this week.
45 min
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Where Trump stands one year out from the election
BtB returns, as Kristin, Alex and Adam discuss how President Donald Trump’s campaign is positioned one year out from the general election.
38 min
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A brief announcement from BtB
Having spent the past two years covering the firs…
8 min
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The Republicans’ Way Forward, according to two ...
On the finale of this special series, White House…
32 min
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The Republicans’ Way Forward, according to a fo...
On today’s special episode, White House correspon…
28 min
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The Republicans’ Way Forward, according to a le...
On the first episode of this special series going…
30 min
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The Democrats’ Way Back, according to someone w...
In the final installment of our special five-part…
27 min
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The Democrats’ Way Back, according to minority ...
In the fourth episode of our special five-part mi…
18 min
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The Democrats’ Way Back, according to the moder...
In the third episode of our special five-part min…
21 min
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The Democrats’ Way Back, according to the activ...
In the second installment of this special five-pa…
23 min
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The Democrats’ Way Back, according to a 2018 ri...
On the first episode of this special five-part se…
16 min
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Midterms 2018: What the heck just happened?
On this week's episode, Alex Roarty and Andrea Dr…
25 min
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To the (horse)races: a BtB election primer
On this week's episode, we are looking at the rac…
25 min
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The midterm's most outrageous ads
On this week's episode, we look at the most outra…
23 min
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The Blue Wave voter in her own voice
On this week's episode, we talk to a Blue Wave vo…
21 min
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Are Dems doomed in the Senate?
On this week's episode, Kyle Kondik from Sabato's…
30 min
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Will Beto beat Cruz and Florida's voting rights
On this week's episode, Alex, Andrea, and Alex ta…
30 min
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Missouri's Kavanaugh grenade and Democrats go d...
On this week’s episode, Daniel Malloy from OZY jo…
27 min
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GOP's lost generation of women & September's Po...
On this week's Beyond the Bubble, Meghan Milloy f…
24 min
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Hurricane Florence takes over and moderates go ...
On this week's Beyond the Bubble, Jim Morrill fro…
33 min