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
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Iowa Caucus
Sanders Supporters’ Short-term Memory
Did you see all those “young people” caucusing for Bernie Sanders in Iowa yesterday? Most looked to be around 18-23, right? Very enthusiastic. Trying to convert other voters to come with the Sanders group, talking about how Bernie wants to give everyone free healthcare and free college. Inspiring, huh?
But you know what? They have no memory of the last eight years.
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
Supercharging the Hillary Playbook
It’s amazing that in a nation of around 247 million adults, there’s 400 million opinions on the Clinton-Sanders campaign. (Maybe the extras are just fake Facebook profiles.)
So let me make it 400,000,001.
Since October, Hillary Clinton has been slipping. That doesn’t mean a death knell for her candidacy; far from it. But what Clinton has to do is look at what is working for other candidates this year and try to duplicate a little of that magic recipe. Here’s a few thoughts on how to update her playbook:
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 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 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