Mike talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Ricks about his latest book First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks & Romans and How That Shaped Our Country. Topics covered in their discussion include: how the 2016 election led Ricks back to ancient Greece & Rome why we should care about what a…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week Mike and Jay lead off with Rudy Giuliani — dangerous demagogue or tinfoil hat on top of a bad dye job? Then its on to the unenviable position of the GSA “ascertaining” which candidate is “apparently successful.” That’s followed by thoughts on…
In this installment of our “Election 2020” series, featuring six Northern Kentucky University students, we discuss the upcoming US Senate runoff elections in Georgia, top priorities for a Biden administration, legislative gridlock & the 2022 midterm elections, whether Joe Biden and Donald Trump are too old to run again, and what this election has taught…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this installment of our “Election 2020” series, featuring six Northern Kentucky University students, we discuss the upcoming US Senate runoff elections in Georgia, top priorities for a Biden administration, legislative gridlock & the 2022 midterm elections, whether Joe Biden and Donald Trump are…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week Trey and Ken are joined by Mike and start by discussing the US Senate runoff elections to be Georgia on January 5. They also discuss the ongoing election fallout, including a recent comment by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo concerning an easy…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this installment of our “Election 2020” series, featuring six Northern Kentucky University students, we discuss President Trump’s legal challenges in battleground states, potential Justice Department involvement in investigating allegations of vote fraud, if President Trump should concede, how claims of fraud might affect…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, all of the Politics Guys hosts get together for a discussion of where things stand four days after the election, how well the system worked, what Republicans can learn from what looks like the loss of the presidency, and what Democrats can…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this installment of our “Election 2020” series, featuring six Northern Kentucky University students, we discuss another big popular vote win for the Democrats coupled with an (as of now) too-close-to-call Electoral Vote, younger voters going overwhelmingly for Biden, the enthusiasm gap between Trump…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS After some suggestions about how to deal with a tough election loss – something nearly half of all voters will experience in the near future – Mike and Jay open the show by discussing the Supreme Court confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, followed by…
In this installment of our “Election 2020” series, featuring six Northern Kentucky University students, we discuss how historically accurate election polling has been, what the polls say now, if we should trust the polls after 2016, and our predictions for the presidential race as well as control of the House and Senate. The Politics Guys…