irredeemably awful. after biden was elected, the two-track pattern was still going strong. the circus realm gave us the horror of january 6th, but the governing part of america carried on. the biden administration has moved to separate government from the culture wars. it shifted power away from the green new deal and freedom caucus show horses and lodged it with the congressional workhorses, people like republican rob portman and democrat mark warner, who are in no danger of becoming social media stars. american politics is in god-awful shape, but we re seeing a reasonably successful attempt to build it back better. we re back with jon meacham. we should mention, as he mentioned, occasionally advises president biden. mark mckinnon is here as well. jon meacham, david brooks arrives at almost the exact conclusion that you sort of displayed for us about what he was trying to do. how do you sustain that? it is the great question