Frank Rich | Washington Gets to Indulge Its Bipartisan Fantasies for 3 More Weeks




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Senators Mitch McConnell (R) and Chuck Schumer (D). (photo: Alex Wong/Getty) 
Frank Rich, New York Magazine 
Rich writes: "Such is Donald Trump's skill for upending any national narrative every day or so with some new outrage that no individual incident has any lasting weight or matters long." 
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