Frank Rich, writer at New York Magazine and Executive Producer of Veep on HBO

The intersection of politics and drama is a busy place. Indeed, for many of us, the tensions, heroes, villains, battles, betrayals and just plain craziness of politics is what keeps us engaged.Certainly the public policy matters. But the narrative behind that policy – the stories and the characters –often best reveals the policy’s meaning and the impact. It also often provides the best clues of what might happen next.And this year, politics watchers have certainly had their share of drama – Shutdowns, Healthcare rollout, party splits and nuclear options. How should we make sense of what we’ve seen? And as a Midterm year approaches, what plot twists might come next?Few spend more time considering and connecting the policy, politics and drama than Frank Rich – New York Magazine writer at large, Executive Producer of HBO’s award-winning show “Veep,” author, former NY Times columnist and, for more than a decade, that paper’s Chief Drama Critic.