Is the Biden administration bungling their Covid-19 and vaccine messaging? As Steve put it to Jonah, “It’s awfully cynical of you to suggest that what they’re doing is withholding information because they want to pass their emergency relief bill, and you’re absolutely right to be that cynical.” Also up for discussion: why Xavier Becerra should have been the Biden nominee to have gotten the Neera Tanden treatment instead of Neera Tanden, U.S. relations with Iran and why Republicans who are not Trump loyalists cannot simply turn into Democrats.

Show Notes:

-The Case Against Xavier Becerra - The Dispatch’s David French

-Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail - Jonathan Chait

-What about Joe? - Bill Kristol

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