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Episode 21: Onward, New Hampshire
Segments: A look back at Iowa On to New Hampshire Reviewing the debates The national mood, and why it sucks Predictions going forward
Episode 20: Twenty-four Hours to Iowa
SEGMENTS: Interview with an Iowa voter T-minus 24 hours and counting Final polls – what they tell us and what they don’t Last GOP debate – sans Trump Clinton’s “Top Secret” Emails Where we think things will go from here
Episode 19: Palin Blooms as Bloomberg Looms
Segments: Michael Bloomberg considers a possible run Ted Cruz’s college roommate takes to Twitter The Des Moines Register endorses Rubio and Clinton Sarah Palin enters the fray The O’Malley factor in Iowa
Episode 18: Two Debates, Two Weeks to Go
Segments: The Democratic Debate Bernie’s single payer plan Who’s the weaker national candidate? The GOP Debate Bernie’s black endorsements add “street cred” What a Trump presidency might look like
Episode 17: Cruz On His Heels; Trump on Mount Rushmore
Segments: Does Donald Trump have the ground organization to cash in on his poll numbers? Is Canadian born Ted Cruz qualified to be president? What’s so special about Martin Van Buren? Was President Obama’s Town Hall on guns a success for the president? Will the gun issue be a decisive factor in the fall...
Episode 16: Feel the Burn Rates
Segments: State of the races 2015 4th Quarter Fundraising and “burn rates” Martin O’Malley and Jim Gilmore did not qualify for state ballots Bill hits campaign trail and Trump hits Bill Trump vows to spend 25 mil on advertising Obama on “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” Obama’s Executive Action on guns Oregon Militia stand-off
Episode 15: Comedy in Politics; Predictions for 2016
Segments: Is Jeb Bush funny? Is Donald Trump funny? Is a sense of humor important in presidential politics? How we got into politics Trump takes on Bill Clinton Some Hillary vs. Bernie talk Predictions for 2016
Episode 14: The debates, the races, and Obama’s handling of ISIS
Segments: Fifth GOP Debate The Cruz-Rubio immigration face-off Can Trump really win? Goodbye Lindsey Graham Obama and the war on ISIS Third Democratic Debate
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“Single Payer” Myths from Left and Right
by D.J. McGuire Amidst the wailing, gnashing of teeth, celebrations, and everything in between because the United States Senate has – literally – voted to let itself keep voting on health insurance today, I thought it might be a good idea to address some of the problematic myths surrounding the “single-payer” idea. To hear American...
A Better Deal for the Bernie Base
by Kevin Kelton It has been my experience (and probably yours, too) that most people can never take ownership of their bad life decisions. Bosses never call up up to say they were wrong to fire you. Former girlfriends/boyfriends never admit the breakup was a mistake. Drivers never accept fault in an accident. Police officers...
Jeff Sessions Brings Back Federal For-Profit Police with Return to No-Charge Civil Asset Forfeiture
by D.J. McGuire Amidst the whirl and rush over Donald Trump’s latest temper tantrum to The New York Times, I want to be sure the latest action by Attorney General Jeff Sessions (ironically, one of Trump’s targets) did not go unnoticed – because it’s not good (from the Washington Post).
A “Clinical” Approach To Healthcare
By Rebekah Chodoff Kuschmider A few weeks ago my worthy compatriot DJ commented that he is the only one who’s been providing written commentary here on this website and that the rest of us are – and I quote – lazy slobs. I am writing this to prove that I am not lazy. Whether or...
Alliance for Securing Democracy: We Need More of This
by D.J. McGuire Listeners to our podcast know that when the subject of Russia comes up, I’m the one trying desperately to ensure at least some bandwith goes to discussion about the Putinist threat to American interests, human rights, and democracy beyond just attempts to impeach Donald Trump. I’ve tried to make that case here, too. So, naturally,...
My Further Thoughts on Freer Markets and the Democratic Party
by D.J. McGuire A couple of days after my post on where the modern center is for Democrats, many within the party seemed to confuse my preference for freer markets with support for “the Wall Street elite.” My previous post discussed neither Wall Street nor the economic “elite,” which clearly led a lot of folks on...
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