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Welcome to The Best & the Brightest. I’m Tara Palmeri.
What a week! McConnell announces he’s a lame-duck leader, Trump gets thrown another lifeline with the Supreme Court effectively delaying his insurrection trial, and Biden got some tough feedback in Michigan where 100,000 voters wrote in “uncommitted” in protest to his handling of the war in Gaza. (To be fair, Trump is facing trouble in Michigan, too, with 30 percent of Republican primary voters still sticking by Nikki Haley in the swingy state.)
🎙️ Earlier this week, I spoke with the always sunny CNBC analyst Ron Insana, who agrees with the White House that by November 2024, “Bidenomics” will not be a dirty word. Also, don’t miss the latest episode of my podcast, Somebody’s Gotta Win, with reporter Hunter Walker, where we dig into Biden’s uphill mission in Michigan. Walker wrote an entire book about how Biden was able to bridge the divide with progressives in 2020, The Truce: Progressives, Centrists and the Future of the Democratic Party. He’s not so sure he can do it again in 2024. (Subscribe here and here.)
In tonight’s edition, I explore the education of Mike Johnson as he attempts to transform from “yes man” into a political animal with a coterie of loyalists who can report back to him about future uprisings. Let the parlor games begin about who has been selected to be a part of his kitchen cabinet. I also explore how No Labels’ quixotic attempt to run a unity ticket in 2024 could end up destroying any legitimacy they have left in Washington.
But first…
- Hunting Hunter: The Hunter Biden deposition, due to drop tonight, is already drawing backlash. After denying Biden fils the opportunity to testify publicly, Republicans now want...
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| So it’s finally put up or shut up time for No Labels—the disorganized dark money group that counts Nelson Peltz, Steve Schwarzman, and Harlan Crow as donors—to execute its quixotic plan to assemble a unity-ticket to challenge the increasingly inevitable disappointment of a Trump-Biden rematch. Over the last two years, the third-party group has raised tens of millions on the assumption that No Labels and its opportunistic C.E.O., Nancy Jacobson, could recruit a viable candidate—Larry Hogan, say, with Joe Manchin as V.P. Sure, No Labels has been able to get their name on the ballot in 16 states. Unfortunately, they just haven’t been able to... |
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| FOUR STORIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT |
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| Johns 3:16 |
| A close look at the post-McConnell succession horse race. |
| ABBY LIVINGSTON |
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| Godwin’s ABC Blues |
| An insider’s guide to the leadership drama consuming ABC News. |
| DYLAN BYERS |
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