by Ken Rudin
Essential political news, analysis and history with veteran political analyst Ken Rudin.
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March 3, 2025
Joe Gerth, columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, takes us through the long Senate career of Mitch McConnell, the Republican from Kentucky, who announced he will not seek an eighth term.<br /> PLUS: The stunning shouting match between President Trump, cheered on by Vice President Vance, and Ukrainian President Zelensky.<br />
February 6, 2025
Jeff Greenfield remembers how Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush consoled the nation during crisis and trauma, and compares their actions to those of Donald Trump, whose response to a deadly plane crash was one of blame and nastiness.<br /> Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio discusses the retirement of Sen. Gary Peters (D) and the battle in 2026 to succeed him — a battle that could include Pete Buttigieg.<br /> And Kathie Obradovich of Iowa Capital Dispatch talks of the pressures back home that may have forced Sen. Joni Ernst, a rape victim during college, to vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary, despite the sexual assault allegations against him.<br /> PLUS: A look at the first two weeks of Trump.<br /> Music in this episode:<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqc-tDSBSbE">It’s My Party by Lesley Gore</a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMarHac3VpQ">Mean Mr Mustard by The Beatles</a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2ZsAOlvEM">America by Simon & Garfunkel</a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I">Under Pressure by Queen</a><br />
January 25, 2025
Donald Trump’s election opened up two Senate seats — in Ohio, where JD Vance was elected vice president, and in Florida, where Marco Rubio joined the Trump Cabinet as Secretary of State. Jeremy Pelzer, a political reporter with Cleveland.com and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, talks about new Sen. Jon Husted, who had been Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s lieutenant governor. And Susan MacManus, a leading Florida political analyst, tells us everything we need to know about Ashley Moody, the state’s former attorney general who now succeeds Rubio.<br /> And the recent death of former President Jimmy Carter has Carter biographer Jonathan Alter wondering if the overwhelming sadness about the 39th president’s passing might be tied to the widespread revulsion of the new occupant of the White House.<br /> Music in this episode:<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbtjc73rLjY">Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon</a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXET4Xk93w">Susan by Aimee Mann</a><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as xVOJla2vYx8">Turn! Turn! Turn! by the Byrds</a><br /> <br />
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