Ken shares his thoughts on political news and history in his blog.
With nine weeks to go before the election, we suspect most of you are already doing your electoral college calculations. That sounds like the perfect time to enter the latest Political Junkie contest! Send us your predictions for what you think will be the final electoral vote totals* for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (and, …
Our quadrennial exercise of predicting the major party running mates is both fun and ridiculous at the same time. We spend all this time assessing the strengths or weaknesses of potential vice presidents. Do they bring in a state or region? Do they ideologically balance the ticket? Is there chemistry with the top of the …
Read moreMy VP Predictions: Mike Pence (R), Sherrod Brown (D)
We’ve known for quite some time the identities of the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees. What we don’t know is whom Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will pick as their running mates. But ultimately, how much does it matter? The selection of Geraldine Ferraro by the Democrats in 1984 was seen as one of the …
Voters in four states went to the polls on Tuesday; here are some key results: — In Colorado, Darryl Glenn, a county commissioner with strong support from the Tea Party, won the GOP nomination for the Senate in a surprise. Glenn, who is African American, was endorsed by Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin, among others. …
Exciting News! The Political Junkie will be in both Cleveland AND Philadelphia next month for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions! This will be the first time since we launched the show in 2013 that we’re taking the show on the road, and where better to start! By all accounts, these will certainly be two …
We can debate at some other point whether or not it’s premature to include the preferences of superdelegates in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Here’s what’s at stake in today’s primaries: — Presidential primaries in California (polls close at 11 pm Eastern), New Jersey (8 pm), New Mexico/South Dakota/North Dakota (9 pm) and …
There is something that is troubling me as I watch the Associated Press and the networks declare that Hillary Clinton has won enough delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. I can’t put my finger on it. Maybe it’s just the way it ended. It’s not that I was rooting for her opponent. I …
Yes, we’re all obsessed with the battle for the presidency, and that’s understandable. Has there ever been a race like this one? But there’s also a fight for the Senate that we need to pay attention to. Currently, the Republicans hold a 54-46 advantage in the Senate, meaning the Democrats need a net gain of …
Some of the most enthusiastic e-mails we get after each episode of the Political Junkie have been about the music we choose to include in each episode. Most of the selections I pick myself, but every now and then I’ll get a note from my producer, Devin Robins (who is decidedly younger than I am), that …
The fact that it’s May and we’re still talking about the potential for the Indiana presidential primary to be significant is a good thing. So often the battle for either or both nominations is long over by now and states like Indiana — which traditionally holds its primary in May — are long an afterthought. …
Read moreAnother Historic Indiana Primary? Maybe Not This Year