Politico's Politics Bureau Chief Jon Martin on the GOP and Biden
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🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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The Politics Bureau Chief at Politico, Jonathan Martin is one of the very best political reporters in America. His book, with Alexander Burns is This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy told the story of two men with radically different visions for America. Biden defeated Trump but not Trumpism. Jon and Bill explore the current state of the GOP, Trump’s power and plans. Biden’s 2024 plans and all the younger Democrats who are strongly supporting Biden’s 2024 run. But there could be a huge and talented 2024 primary field if he decides not to run.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. Welcome back to the Bell Press Pot and a very special podcast for all of you political junkies like me. |
| 0:14.8 | Jonathan Martin's been on the political beat for a long time at the National Journal, then Politico, then the New York Times, |
| 0:21.6 | and now back at Politico as its Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist. |
| 0:27.6 | In my experience, Jonathan Martin ranks right up there as one of the nation's top and most perceptive political reporters. |
| 0:36.6 | When it comes to not just what's happening here in Washington, |
| 0:39.3 | but in every state capital in the country, Jonathan's got it covered. |
| 0:44.3 | So now that the 2020 midterms and Kevin McCarthy's |
| 0:49.3 | Speakership Clown Show are both finally behind us, |
| 0:52.3 | we reached out to Jonathan to get his take on the American |
| 0:56.4 | political landscape today, looking ahead to the major players in 2023 and 24. We caught up with |
| 1:05.1 | Jonathan while he was on vacation with his family out in California, so don't be surprised if you |
| 1:10.5 | occasionally hear a few other voices or noises in the background. Jonathan Martin, happy new year. Good to talk to you again. And welcome to the Bill Press pod. Thanks, Bill, for having me. Happy New Year. Yeah, thanks, Johnson. So, you know, I want to talk to you about the political landscape in general, but we got to start with what we saw last week, this week of chaos in the House of Representatives. |
| 1:32.8 | Yeah, McCarthy finally got the job. |
| 1:35.5 | But Jonathan, what do you think this means for the House looking at the next two years? |
| 1:41.3 | And more broadly, what do you think it means for, if it has any impact |
| 1:46.0 | at all on politics at large? |
| 1:48.4 | Well, I think the first question first, I mean, I think for the House, it presages a great |
| 1:56.4 | difficulty in anything resembling a functional Congress because you have to have two chambers |
| 2:03.4 | of Congress to function. |
| 2:04.9 | And obviously, with the narrowness of their majority, they're just going to have a really |
| 2:08.7 | difficult time doing even the basics. |
| 2:11.9 | You know, Kevin McCarthy, by giving away seats on the rules committee of the House is going to make it difficult to even bring votes to the floor of the House. |
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