I wonder if the national media has grown some different muscles sort of between now and eight years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if the news cycle plays out differently because Trump's been doing a stick for years now. It's not clear to me that other Republican candidates are really that primed to attack him or at least it's obviously still very early.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast gets ready for a big week in politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially kicked off his presidential campaign in North Charleston Monday morning. We also expect the long-teased Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to become a reality this week. And, according to the Treasury Department we are just a week or so away from a possible default on the nation’s debt. National politics reporter at the AP Meg Kinnard and Data Columnist at the Washington Post join the crew to weigh in.
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