Perry Bacon Jr. says the man who is perhaps the sharpest observer of America’s political divides lives not in Washington but Los Angeles. Ronald Brownstein has never interviewed Donald Trump. The CNN senior political analyst who also writes a column for the Atlantic, is great because first and most important, he focuses on long-term patterns instead of daily gossip, and he understands that politics isn’t just what happens in Washington.
Perry Bacon Jr.: “The cancellation of Mehdi Hasan’s show is the latest in a series of recent moves by MSNBC that are pushing the network in the direction of being the television arm of the Democratic Party leadership, as opposed to a news outlet that upholds left-wing values and perspectives. The network should reverse its decision on Hasan and make clear that it embraces progressive criticism of President Biden and other Democratic leaders.”
