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Episode #63: Exit Stage Left (and Right)

Posted February 12, 201500:59:03

This week is all about exits — whether it’s Brian Williams at NBC, Jon Stewart at The Daily Show, whispers about Gov. John Kitzhaber resigning in...

Episode #62: House of Cards Confessions, Runoff for Rahm?

Posted February 5, 201501:10:31

Question: What has four billion dollars and little chance of going anywhere? Answer: President Obama’s budget, released this week along with the Democratic...

Episode #61: GOP Vies for Gold in IA, NY Loses Silver

Posted January 29, 201501:19:08

With the Iowa caucuses some 53 weeks away, the battle for the Republican nomination took its first major step last weekend in the Hawkeye State, where...

Episode #60: Obama SOTU a Hit; Whither Mitt?

Posted January 22, 201501:10:30

President Obama (and his party) may have suffered an overwhelming defeat in the 2014 midterm elections, but you’d never know it by the performance...

Episode #59: Boxer KO’s 5th term; GOP OK’s Keystone

Posted January 15, 201501:07:31

It looks like the relationship between President Obama and the 114th Congress is starting exactly where it left off with the 113th — battles with...