December 22, 2023: The secret history of the American suburb
For 40 years, Michigan\u2019s Macomb County has been something like the de facto national capital of white middle America \u2014 home of the \u201cReagan Democrats\u201d and a must-visit for every serious presidential contender. But behind that very familiar story is one you\u2019ve never heard \u2014 and which hasn\u2019t really been told in full until this morning, in Politico Magazine. Deputy editor Zack Stanton joins Playbook co-author Rachel Bade to unspool the thread that runs through the last half-century of politics \u2014 and which explains so much about American life.\nPlaybook co-author Rachael Bade interviews deputy editor zack stanton.