Mark Halperin

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Welcome, everybody.

We're back.

I'm Mark Halperin.

Thank you all Nexters for convening today.

Gather around, gather around.

We've got a great program for you today.

I'm Mark Halperin, editor-in-chief of the live interactive video platform, Two-Way, and your guide through all the noise to get to the place in the clearing where we can see what's next up.

Grateful to have you here.

By the time we're done, you are going to be well ahead of everybody, foolish enough to skip the program.

Here's the plan for today.

First, I'm going to give you my reported monologue on Democrats thinking they found a messenger or at least a message.

John Ossoff.

The Democratic senator from Georgia gave a big speech over the weekend that had a lot of Democrats and Republicans buzzing.

My reported monologue on what they're saying about why what Ossoff said may well be a template for Democrats in 2026 and 2028.

Then the rest of the episode we're spending with a guy who's been very successful writing about the power players in Washington in politics in both parties.

Peter Schweitzer's here.