RealClearPolitics Podcast

The struggle for the speakership dominates the week's political headlines while President Biden announces his first presidential visit to the Mexican border. Also, the politics of January 6th on its two-year anniversary. RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon, and White House correspondent Phil Wegmann join Andrew Walworth on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

Is the fight over the House speakership democracy in action, or further evidence of a deep and debilitating divide within the Republican Party? Also, is Donald Trump's power within the GOP now on the decline? RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

Damar Hamlin's injury during Monday's NFL game shows that there are more important things that football, and a look at whether Democrats or Republicans are better positioned for the future. RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss.

A look ahead to the big political stories of 2023, including Biden's decision to run for a second term and the Republican struggle for Speaker of the House. Andrew Walworth is joined by RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon, and senior elections analyst Sean Trende on this special New Year's edition of the RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.

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Was 2022 the year Americans finally got tired of narcissists? RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan and chief content officer Andrew Walworth discuss a new Politico story about how 2022 treated Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Also, the tenth Twitter File and the suppression of Covid "disinformation" on social media.

On today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast, RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon join Andrew Walworth to discuss some of the biggest political stories of 2022, including the 2022 midterms, the war in Ukraine, Elon Musk and the Twitter Files, and the continuing crisis at the southern border.

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RealClearPolitics president Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss the political fallout of the final report of the January 6 Committee and its approval of criminal referrals against Donald Trump.

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