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Here's a restaurateur's guide to what the summer's extraordinary politics signal for the business

Working Lunch: It's hardly been politics as usual. The implications might be equally as surprising.

Never mind the Olympics. The height of drama this summer may well have been what happened politically, with a presidential candidate dropping out, the other surviving an assassination attempt, repeated invocations of Hannibal Lecter and a running mate insulting childless women. We won’t even go into the third-party candidate’s bear-stashing adventure.

Add in the surprising decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and you have an unprecedented time in U.S. politics.

The developments certainly were colorful, but what do the unusual turn of events signal for restaurants? In this week’s episode of Working Lunch, podcast co-hosts Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley pull back to provide an industry-specific analysis of the big picture.

They also delve into how lobbying is changing for the business as more issues of importance to the trade are decided in courtrooms and the inner sanctums of regulatory agencies.

Join them for a download on what the extraordinary developments could mean for restaurants, in November and beyond.

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