After suffering major losses in the midterms, Republicans picked Rep. Jim Jordan as their House minority leader and re-elected Sen. John Thune as their leader in the Senate. The National Review’s Noah Rothman says the decisions place the GOP in a “defensive” posture. The NewsNight panel also debates the future of the leadership in the Democratic party.
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