On Balance by Robert Delaney

Why shifts in vaccine, infrastructure support suggest US Republicans are not beyond hope

The US$1 trillion infrastructure package now appears within reach since Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell signalled support for the plan

With an infrastructure deal looming and people in Republican strongholds rejecting vaccine misinformation, the party might not be as damaged as we thought

Robert Delaney

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Published: 4:00am, 3 Aug, 2021

Updated: 4:42am, 3 Aug, 2021

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Robert Delaney is the Post’s North America bureau chief. He spent 11 years in China as a language student and correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg, and continued covering the country as a correspondent and an academic after leaving. His debut novel, The Wounded Muse, draws on actual events that played out in Beijing while he lived there.

Why shifts in vaccine, infrastructure support suggest US Republicans are not beyond hope

The US$1 trillion infrastructure package now appears within reach since Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell signalled support for the plan With an infrastructure deal looming and people in Republican strongholds rejecting vaccine misinformation, the party might not be as damaged as we thought

The US$1 trillion infrastructure package now appears within reach since Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell signalled support for the plan

With an infrastructure deal looming and people in Republican strongholds rejecting vaccine misinformation, the party might not be as damaged as we thought