While the November midterms look tough for the GOP congress, Republican governors are the GOP's 2018 good news-particularly in blue states like Massachusetts and New Hampshire. What's their secret sauce? We have experts from both those states offering their insights.

And what the heck happened to VT's Republican star Gov. Phil Scott-who had the biggest popularity plunge ever measured by Morning Consult polling? All the deets are in the podcast.

PLUS- "Just say no to ';nice!' From Dartmouth's Business School to the busboys at your local diner, why being "nice" is not the way to go. Especially when it comes to tipping.

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