The House impeachment managers walked the article of impeachment to the Senate yesterday. The 2020 election is barely behind us, but inevitably the talk of 2022 has already begun. Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio, announced yesterday that he would not run for another term next year, setting up a primary fight in a Midwestern G.O.P. stronghold that will inevitably offer clues about the direction of the Republican Party. But the simple fact of Portman’s decision to retire — and the reasons he gave for doing so — said something about the state of American politics.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2021 12:00 UTC