The Biden-McConnell Relationship
Friends with deficits.

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Episode Notes
There’s a lot riding on the working relationship of President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. They are bonded by their service in the U.S. Senate, their ideological flexibility, and their respect for norms—unless those norms stand in the way of their ambitions.
Guest: Alex Thompson, White House reporter for Politico.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Davis Land, Danielle Hewitt, and Elena Schwartz.