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Good evening,
Welcome back to The Washington Mall, my twice-weekly private email about what’s really happening in this town—on the Hill, on K Street, inside the White House, and, of course, within the august D.C. media institutions covering it all.
Today, I have a very candid conversation with Jeff Roe, the Republican political consultant of the moment, about Biden’s “sugar high,” a Republican path to beating Trump, Youngkin and Cruz’s bonafides, the real midterm numbers, and his “dream” Democratic candidates for a potential ‘24 shellacking.
But first, a quick note on the incipient Democratic shadow presidential campaign unfolding in plain sight...
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Jeff Roe on Biden’s “Sugar High” and How to Beat Trump |
Roe, the prodigious G.O.P. operative du jour, shares his expansive views about the Democrats’ strategic euthanasia, Biden’s challenges, Trump’s ‘24 opportunity, and the precise playbook for a challenger to beat him. He also muses on some dream Dem candidates for the right to feast on. |
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Jeff Roe, the Republican operative of our moment, reached a professional crescendo last year after his previously little-known, fleece-vested, private equity gubernatorial client, Glenn Youngkin, pulled out an upset against Virginia’s one-time governor and inveterate Clinton-buddy Terry McAuliffe in the blue-leaning state. With Roe’s coaching, Youngkin had mastered the dark arts of culture war-stoking with a nice-guy tone, using phrases like “parents’ rights” that appeal to women and wealthy suburbanites, while keeping a pole’s length distance from Donald Trump. Youngkin, who can only serve one term as governor, is already being talked about as a potential 2024 nominee.
Meanwhile, Roe’s firm Axiom has become a behemoth of a consulting shop, with 303 employees and 298 contractors, running more than 500 races this cycle. And with 21 acquisitions since 2015, they’re continuing to expand. Just this month, they acquired a Pennsylvania consulting company and a compliance firm... |
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