Episode #401: From The Archives, Gone, But Not Forgotten
Interviews with two political guests who died last week, Democrat Bill Richardson and Republican Gerald Carmen, are repeated in this episode.
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Episode #400: Larry Hogan’s Heroes
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan talks about Donald Trump, the GOP debate, his future plans, and memories of his father, who courageously supported Nixon’s impeachment in 1974.
Episode #399: Senate Health and Politics
Looking at the health — and the political jockeying — regarding Senators Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein. Plus: Another Trump indictment and the first GOP debate on the way.
Episode #398: Kevin Can’t Wait
A look at Kevin McCarthy’s victory to be Speaker of the House, which took 15 ballots — the most since before the Civil War. We set up this month’s election at the RNC to determine whether incumbent chair Ronna McDaniel can keep her job. A prominent New Hampshire Democrat is saddened by President Biden and the DNC’s decision to replace his state as the nation’s first presidential primary. And a look at the 2024 Senate race in California, where candidates are already running.
Episode #397: Sinema Vérité
A look at the decision by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to leave her party and become an independent, and a look at other Senate party switches. Plus, Kevin McCarthy battles his right flank to become the next speaker of the House.
Episode #396: 51 Or 50, And Fight
A look ahead to next week’s Senate runoff in Georgia. Plus, thoughts about Trump’s dinner with two anti-semites.
Episode #395: Trump’s Problems, Pelosi’s Decision And A 2022 Wrap
Donald Trump is running but the Justice Department may not let him get far. Nancy Pelosi is stepping down, but she’s not going far. And what to make of the 2022 midterms.
Episode #394: Women Yes, Abortion Rights Maybe
Debbie Walsh of the Center for American Women and Politics reviews the women who will be on the ballot on Nov. 8th … not all of whom are supporters of abortion rights. And reporter Bill Salisbury remembers that day in 2002 when Sen. Paul Wellstone, 11 days out of his third-term re-election bid, perished in a plane crash in Minnesota. Plus, a review of the Fetterman-Oz Senate debate in Pennsylvania and the brutal attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
Episode #393: Keystone State May Be Key To Senate Majority
A detailed look of the Pennsylvania Senate race by Jonathan Tamari of the Philadelphia Inquirer. And Jacob Rubashkin of Inside Elections lays out the themes of the 2022 midterm elections.
Episode #392: O Father, Where Art Thou?
Reports on two key races this year, the Senate contest in Georgia (where GOP candidate Herschel Walker finds himself in a growing list of controversies) and the gubernatorial race in Texas (where incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke held their only debate this week. Plus, a conversation with retiring AP congressional reporter Alan Fram after nearly four decades on the job.