Few Washingtonians are more authentic than fly-in. Similarly, the great capital tradition of taking people from all 50 states into town and unleashing them in the halls of council for several days of lobbying.
The groups that will appear this week to hear their voices are not the local Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce or the Association of Realtors. It is the governor who is here for the National Association of Governors’ Winter Meeting. And there’s a lot to talk about Republicans and Democrats in attendance.
The man in charge of the NGA is Governor Jared Police, Colorado Governor, who has taken several unconventional stances on unconventional stances in two terms as governor and in his previous Congress career.
However, police have a big fish to fried this week. He and his fellow governors are in a tough position to respond to the fast pace of policy decisions from Trump, where issues like tariffs and immigration enforcement are trying to have a concrete impact on their members, and the possibility of funding cuts from the settlement may be turning the corner.
Eugene Daniels of the Playbook tapes episodes of Police and the Deep Dive Podcast at Politico’s Governor Summit on Thursday. They discussed Police’s ideas about all of these controversial issues and how he thinks Democrats should walk the line when it comes to his opposition to him and what goes on with Trump. The way police believes Trump is hurting himself. And what should Elon Musk and Doge cut first?
