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
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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 election?
Does Congress’s vote to repeal Obamacare mean anything?
Our predictions.
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 13: Trump, More Trump, and Glass-Steagall
Segments:
The Trump Phenomenon
Clinton, Sanders and Glass-Steagall
State of the Races
The Economic Argument Against Immigration Reform
Episode 11: The Planned Parenthood Shooting and Is Trump Really a Fascist?
Segments:
The Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting
Is Donald Trump truly a fascist?
Ben Carson’s Iowa poll dive and Ted Cruz’s poll rise
Bernie Sanders poll rise in New Hampshire
November presidential polls in 2016 vs 2012 vs 2008
Episode 10: The ISIL Threat, Muslim Refugees, and Democratic Socialism
Segments:
Clinton and Rubio on their plans to defeat ISIL
Trump and Carson on Muslim refugees
Election Day 2015 – Louisiana governor’s race
Bernie Sanders’ “What is Democratic Socialism” speech
52nd anniversary of the JFK Assassination
Jindal drops out of race. Who’s next?
Episode 9: GOP Debate, Democratic Debate, and Million Student March
Segments:
GOP Debate
Democratic Debate
Million Student March
Is this now a foreign policy election?
Episode 8: Trump on SNL; Carson on the Ropes
Segments:
Election Day 2015 and the Kentucky governor’s race
Donald Trump on SNL
Ben Carson’s mendacity issues
George H. W. Bush’s new memoire
MSNBC Democratic Forum
Obama rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline
State of the races
Episode 7: Third Republican Debate Postmortem
Segments:
Third GOP Debate
Jeb Bush campaign
Ben Carson’s dietary supplement pills
Syria and boots on the ground
School Resource Officers in high school classrooms
The state of the races
Episode 6: Hillary and the Benghazi Hearing
Headlines:
Bill Maher pressures Bernie Sanders on how to pay for ‘socialist’ measures
Why Hillary Will Likely Win the White House
Aging Supreme Court Energizes Republicans More Than Democrats in 2016 race
Segments:
Clinton testimony at the Benghazi hearing
Paul Ryan agrees to run for Speaker – but only for one term?
Next Republican debate
Episode 5: Democratic Debate and GOP Infighting
Headlines:
Lawrence Lessig withdraws ‘totally stupid’ plan to resign presidency
Jeb Bush just another presidential aspirant
Fox News “ex-CIA” guest lied about his past
We fixed the ozone layer (sort of)
Sucking carbon out of the air and making money
Segments:
Democratic debate
Trump vs. the GOP
Joe Biden’s Lingering Decision