Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon and A.B. Stoddard join Andrew Walworth to discuss the major political stories of 2021, including the January 6th attack on the Capitol, the politics of Covid, and the growing threat of inflation on this special Christmas Eve edition of The RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.

A discussion of a new poll conducted by RealClear Opinion Research on American attitudes toward work during Covid. Also this week Joe Biden doubled down on vaccines, asking the Supreme Court to reconsider his proposed vaccine mandates for health care workers, and predicting that unvaccinated Americans were in for a “winter of illness and death.” And on Capitol Hill, it’s better luck next year for the Build Back Better Bill, as Democrats signal that they’ll put off renewed efforts to pass it until 2022. Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics, Carl Cannon Washington Bureau Chief, and John Della Volpe, director of polling at RealClear Opinion Research join Andrew Walworth on this Friday’s RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.

RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss early speculation on who might replace Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, and a look at Fox News texts to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

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The actor Jussie Smollett was convicted on Thursday night of lying to police about a hate crime that he says happened on the streets of Chicago in 2019. His story – always far-fetched - was nonetheless repeated and supported by some politicians and the press. Now that he’s been convicted, will there be any rethinking about how to respond to racially charged crimes? Also this week, President Joe Biden convened a summit for the world’s democracies, although some question how the guest list was assembled and whether the US should try to promote democratic ideals at all. And new polls reveal that Hispanics are moving toward the political center, which may mean headaches ahead for the Democratic Party. Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics, Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief, and Phil Wegmann, White House Correspondent join Andrew Walworth on today’s RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.

RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss Pearl Harbor Day and how Americans would respond to a similar international challenge today.

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This week, President Biden visited the NIH and outlined his plans for combating Covid through the winter months. Biden promised to fight with “science and speed, not chaos and confusion,” and bemoaned the fact that Covid policy has become so politicized. Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to figure out how they’ll keep control of Congress in the face of terrible poll numbers. Moderates like Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Democrat of Virginia, fear that if the party goes too far to the left they’ll lose the swing voters and disaffected Republicans they need to win. And the beltway chatter this week was all about what some think is the inevitable clash between Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Has the struggle for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination already begun? Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics, Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief, and Susan Crabtree, White House and national correspondent join Andrew Walworth on today’s RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.