Welcome to the first installment of Pidgin Podcast’s new series, Washington Dreaming: The 2016 Presidential Election.  Every two weeks or so, John Lawrence -- the former Chief of Staff to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- is going to give his assessment of how the race is unfolding. After more than 30 years on Capitol Hill, often right at the heart of power, there is simply no-one better qualified to make sense of this unique process.