The End of Political Centrism
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Between the Super Tuesday results and the president’s State of the Union address, a Joe Biden–Donald Trump face-off—the first presidential rematch since the 1950s—has become all but certain.
The end of political centrism continues to be a prevailing theme. This week, Trump secured an endorsement from the Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, who had previously denounced the former president after the January 6 insurrection. Additionally, the decision of independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to not seek reelection signals further bipartisanship decline and likely increased polarization in the Senate.
Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Eugene Daniels, a White House correspondent for Politico and a co-author of Playbook; Asma Khalid, a White House correspondent for NPR and political contributor for ABC News; and Carlos Lozada, a columnist at The New York Times and the author of The Washington Book.
Watch the full episode and read the transcript here.