Beltway Buzz with Robert Costa and Andrew Stiles

Hosted by Robert Costa and Andrew Stiles

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Episode 12: Scandal of The Week

May 15, 2013

This week, Beltway Buzz is all about the scandals: Benghazi, IRS, or the Associated Press eavesdropping -- take your pick. Will these issues resonate with the public? Will the Republicans overplay their hand? Your intrepid hosts, Costa and Stiles have all the answers. Also, Chicago style politics goes national, the administration goes after the press, Eric Holder's chances of survival, and the return (cue ominous music) of Debt Ceiling, Part II.

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Episode 11: A Polite Golf Clap

May 7, 2013

BREAKING: The 2016 race for President is on. Is Ted Cruz running? Is Marco Rubio? More on immigration and the tricky choice for Rubio, Cruz and other Republicans.

Also, Obama plays golf with Republicans: are they playing ball with him or is he as lame as the ducks in the water hazard? And, will Mark Sanford win his special election or go for a hike? And if he does win, what does that mean for the party?

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Episode 10: The Replacements

April 26, 2013

If you really want to know what's going on in Washington, this is the show to listen to. National Review's Bob Costa and Andrew Stiles have their ear to the Hill. If they don't know it, it hasn't happened. This week, immigration, the Speaker's legislative agenda, the FAA and the sequester, the back and forth on background checks, and W's big day.

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Episode 9: This Is Leadership

April 12, 2013

This week: Immigration and the Gang of Eight, a test for Marco Rubio, a bigger test for Idaho's Raul Labrador, gun control and background checks and how the red state Democrats hold the key to this legislation. Also, Paul Ryan, the President and entitlement reform, Mother Jones, McConnell, and Rand Paul, and finally, who we should be watching this week.

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Episode 8: Newt

April 5, 2013

This week on Beltway Buzz, Bob and Andrew hang with Newt, and then kick around all the news that's fit to discuss. Hear all the inside dope on sequestration, Boehner's challenges, how gun control has fizzled -- again, Rubio v Schumer, immigration, and the return of Pelosi and Sanford.

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Episode 7: Blue Moon of Kentucky

March 29, 2013

This week on Beltway Buzz, Costa and Stiles bring you all the inside info: Ashley Judd's not running, but who is? Attacking ObamaCare as a political strategy; SSM as a litmus test and as an evolving political stance; the RNC report; gun control, background checks, and Bloomberg; and, of course, Sarah.

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Episode 6: Rising Republicans/Oppo Research

March 26, 2013

By Robert Costa

Republicans are looking for a comeback, and America Rising, a new GOP campaign group, is attempting to lead the charge.

Tim Miller

The opposition-research venture was founded last week by a trio of Beltway operatives -- Matt Rhoades, Tim Miller, and Joe Pounder. Rhoades is the former campaign manager for Mitt Romney, Miller is an experienced spokesman, and Pounder is the Republican National Committee's former research director. In an interview with Beltway Buzz, Miller, a former adviser to Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign, says he's trying to modernize how the party thinks about the press and the web.

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Episode 5: Changing

March 23, 2013

This week on Beltway Buzz, National Review political reporters Bob Costa and Andrew Stiles parse the RNC report, the coming next battle on ObamaCare, McConnell's red tape tower, Reince under the microscope, is Rand Paul the future of that party, and the debate on entitlements.

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Episode 4: The Circus and Spectacle of CPAC

March 15, 2013

This week on Beltway Buzz, Bob Costa and Andrew Stiles check in from CPAC, the curious re-appearence of Mitt Romney, the rise of Rand Paul, Obama reaches out, and Paul Ryan leans in.

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Episode 3: Pressure From Flacks

March 1, 2013

All the inside news from the Hill from two guys who cover it from top to bottom every day. This week, National Review's Robert Costa and Andrew Stiles look at sequestration, the Bob Woodward blow-up, Chris Christie, Violence Against Women Act, and reverse engineer the Hagel nomination and confirmation process.

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Episode 2: Sequestered

February 22, 2013

The boys of Beltway Buzz return this week to bat around sequestration and how it might effect a deal on taxes and military spending, the return of the war on women, the 2014 senate and house races to watch, Hagel's survival, and a look ahead to the week to come.

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Episode 1: Cruz Control

February 16, 2013

Welcome to the premiere episode of Beltway Buzz with Robert Costa and Andrew Stiles. Robert and Andrew cover Capitol Hill for National Review, so this podcast will be an insider's look at how the wheels of government actually turn. Here's how they describe it:

Robert Costa

Every day, we cover the the conservative movement and the Republican Party from the inside. We
huddle with aides near the House chamber, and we interview senators near the strange, underground trains that connect their offices with the Capitol. We hear a lot, and those conversations fuel our reporting for National Review. But there's always more, and that's what we love to talk about--after our stories are filed.

This week, a look back at the State of The Union speech, the rise of Ted Cruz, the Hagel nomination,