It’s as if the Senate GOP and House GOP were two different political parties. Wednesday, President Biden travels to Kentucky and Ohio with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) – yes, the Senate minority leader – to tout the bipartisan infrastructure plan. Biden and McConnell are to be joined by another mixed couple; Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, according to The Hill

They will tout Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill and its $1 billion earmarked for replacement of the Brent Spencer bridge connecting Cincinnati with Covington, Kentucky.

Nikki Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina, and ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump has derided all this bipartisan comity as a “publicity stunt.” (Perhaps she might consider dropping her likely bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination for a House seat for South Carolina?)

Those in the barely-kicking “traditional” branch of the Republican Party will recall the relationship between President Reagan and House Speaker Tip O’Neill.

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