Topic: politico playbook

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House GOPer blasts party's "wacko birds"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Kathleen Matthews (Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital/YouTube screenshot)

Matthews running for Congress

Luke Brinker
Politico's Mike Allen (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Politico's gross cynicism

Luke Brinker
(Reuters/Mike Segar/Jonathan Ernst/photo montage by Salon)

Deplorable managerial cop-out

Blake Zeff