Hi, I'm David Plough.

And I'm Steve Schmitt.

We're the host of a new podcast called Battleground.

Steve and I are in a rare group of people who have run presidential campaigns in America

to understand the punishing nature of it.

You know, the truth is, your worst day in the sea suite or governor's mansion is every

day on a campaign trip.

When you get to the Super Bowl and they interview the coaches and they talk about the immense

pressure on the coaches to lead a team through the Super Bowl, compared to like what we've

done for a living.

You know, it's child's play.

This is the greatest competition on earth to determine who's going to be the most powerful

person on the planet.

And we've been through enough races to understand that this race is not over.

It's far from over.

You know, I'd rather be Joe Biden than be Donald Trump in the situation right now,

but we're going to see the furies let loose by Donald Trump.

Trump will overperform in the Battleground States and that's all that matters.

And that's where Steve and I are going to spend a lot of time in this podcast.

In these Battleground States, we'll be looking at what are the stresses on our voting system,

what are the suppression tactics that the Trump campaign is using or they effective,

or they get out to vote campaigns by the Democratic candidates effective,

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