Political Junkie: Reading the tea leaves for 2018

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with the Political Junkie Ken Rudin about what the new year could bring for U.S. politics.

They discussed Al Franken's replacement in the U.S. Senate, Tina Smith, who starts this week, and how congressional Republicans and Democrats are preparing for the midterm election campaigns.

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