Bob Bauer is President Joe Biden’s personal lawyer and was general
counsel to both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns. But over the
last three decades, he’s developed another specialty practice: playing
the role of his candidate’s rival during debate prep.

Bauer has helped Democratic candidates prepare for debates by playing
the likes of Bernie Sanders, Al Gore, and Donald Trump. He’s also been
involved with efforts to reform the process and production of
presidential debates themselves.

So with the first presidential debate less than one week away, and both
Biden and Trump cramming to prepare for it, Bauer is joining the show to
preview the event, as well as to discuss his new book, “The Unraveling:
Reflections on Politics without Ethics and Democracy in Crisis”.

Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Bob Bauer is a lawyer for President Biden and a veteran Democratic
debate coach. 
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio. 
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.