About this episode

Neal Larson and Julie Mason discuss the aftermath of the election, focusing on Trump's influence within the GOP and the implications for Senate races.

Send us Fan Mail Neal Larson and Julie Mason close out a whirlwind post-election week in classic Friday form: a little Capitol Hill intrigue, a little local weirdness, and a lot of “where are we headed from here?” They kick things off riffing on Trump’s continued dominance inside the GOP—how one endorsement can flip a Senate race overnight—and what that kind of bully-pulpit pressure does to senators who don’t love being told who stays and who goes. From there, it turns into a very “us” kind o...

Topics covered

• post-election analysis
• GOP dynamics
• Capitol Hill intrigue
• local politics
• Trump's influence

Keywords

• election
• Trump
• GOP
• Capitol Hill
• politics
• Senate race
• endorsement
• local news

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