<p>Donald Trump’s election opened up two Senate seats — in Ohio, where JD Vance was elected vice president, and in Florida, where Marco Rubio joined the Trump Cabinet as Secretary of State. <em><strong>Jeremy Pelzer</strong></em>, a political reporter with <em>Cleveland.com</em> and the Cleveland <em>Plain Dealer</em>, talks about new Sen. Jon Husted, who had been Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s lieutenant governor. And <em><strong>Susan MacManus</strong></em>, a leading Florida political analyst, tells us everything we need to know about Ashley Moody, the state’s former attorney general who now succeeds Rubio.</p>
<p>And the recent death of former President Jimmy Carter has Carter biographer <em><strong>Jonathan Alter</strong></em> wondering if the overwhelming sadness about the 39th president’s passing might be tied to the widespread revulsion of the new occupant of the White House.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Music in this episode:</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbtjc73rLjY">Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXET4Xk93w">Susan by Aimee Mann</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as xVOJla2vYx8">Turn! Turn! Turn! by the Byrds</a></p>
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