What Went Down At Biden’s State Of The Union And Texas’s Primary Election

You might have noticed that Sen. Joe Manchin sat on the Republican side of the aisle at the State of the Union. His spokeswoman tells ABC News, “Senator Manchin sat with his colleague Senator Romney to remind the American people and the world that bipartisanship works and is alive and well in the U.S. Senate.” Reader, bipartisanship is not alive and well in the U.S. Senate.

Amelia, I agree. It was a hopeful, forward-looking speech, at a time when a lot of Americans feel kind of dissatisfied and worried.

When Texas Republicans established a new congressional map with a new 37th District based mostly in and around Austin, Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett decided to run there rather than in the successor district to his current seat in Texas’s 35th District. Only about 11 percent of Doggett’s current constituents are in the new 37th District, so there was some thought that maybe Doggett might not have a cakewalk victory in his primary. But it looks like he may win easily, as the early vote has him winning 83 percent.