It was a tale of two presidencies over the weekend as President Trump was greeted like a rock star in Vegas while Biden was all but ignored while sunbathing in Delaware Daniel Schmidt and Gov Jim Justice join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

We hate to interrupt your Christmas season with discussion of politics but the President of the United States is about to be impeached Only two presidents in our history have been impeached Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton Richard Nixon resigned before impeachment While it's unlikely the Republican-majority Senate will follow the Democrat-majority House in impeaching President Trump and thus removing him from office it's worth trying to understand what is taking place Why is President Trump being impeached What do Russian election meddling FBI surveillance of President Trump FISA court rulings Ukraine phone calls Joe Biden and his son Hunter [... more]

Lessons from the Kavanaugh nomination After weeks of drama including accusations of sexual assault protests and non-stop media coverage the Senate narrowly voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court There are many lessons here One is that elections matter Imagine what kind of judge Hillary Clinton would have nominated had she been president Consider Kavanaugh's chances of confirmation if Republicans hadn't held a slight majority in the Senate [... more]

The power of accusation According to those who work with him Judge Brett Kavanaugh President Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy has lived an upstanding life But very late in the confirmation process an accusation was brought forward that Kavanaugh years ago when he was sexually groped a -year-old girl Even without corroborating evidence the damage has been done to his reputation [... more]