Ask The Politics Guys: Fixing the Broken Primary System
This week’s Ask The Politics Guys question comes from Samantha, in Honolulu.
“Dear Politics Guys, How can we fix the broken primary system?”
This week’s Ask The Politics Guys question comes from Samantha, in Honolulu.
“Dear Politics Guys, How can we fix the broken primary system?”
First up is Mike’s interview with political scientist Larry Sabato. Professor Sabato is the director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, which includes Sabato’s Crystal Ball – the foremost election forecasting site in the United States. Professor Sabato is the author of many books, including A More Perfect Constitution, The Kennedy Half-Century and,…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS On this week’s show, Mike and Kristin talk about the politics of COVID, FL Gov. DeSantis and his latest executive orders, and the latest vaccine studies. They also discuss the Senate’s passage of the $3.5T budget proposal and objections from the GOP and moderate…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike, Jay, and Trey open the show with a discussion of the federal government’s economic response to the coronavirus pandemic – both the $2 trillion legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump as well as the Federal Reserve’s multi-trillion dollar…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey and Ken dive deep into the DOJ’s decision to intervene in Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against President Trump. Next they look at the CBO’s report of $3 trillion in record deficit spending. Finally, they discuss the failure of the Senate GOP’s “skinny bill”…

Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Jay takes charge of the show, starting things off with a discussion of the ongoing budget negotiations and President Trump’s authority to declare a national emergency and use the military to build a wall. Next is a look at President Trump’s seeming disagreement…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks to Dr. Robert Sutter, a Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University. Dr. Sutter has worked both in government and in academia, including positions with the CIA, State Department, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He’s published 20 books, over 200 articles and several hundred government reports…