A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It


Latest Episodes

Chips, IRA, Gun Safety and GOP Crimes (Guest: Rep. Dan Kildee)
August 10, 2022

A search warrant at Mar-A-Lago, a special prosecutor may put Matt DePerno's campaign to be Michigan's chief law enforcement official, and state Republicans look to what could be a volcanic summer conv

So What Happened Part One (Guest: Lt. Gov. John Cherry)
August 03, 2022

Reproductive rights win in ruby-red Kansas... Peter Meijer pays the price... DeVos money and (maybe) Trump's endorsement does the job for Tudor Dixon... Incumbents fall in state legislative races - We

The Stretch Drive (Guest: Zach Gorchow)
July 27, 2022

The primary voting ends next Tuesday at 8 p.m. with multiple key battles brewing. The most visible is, of course, the most-bizarre-ever Republican primary for the right to take on Gretchen Whitmer in

The GOP enters the home stretch (Guest: David Eggert)
July 19, 2022

With just two weeks until the primary election, nearly 40% of Republican voters haven't made up their mind  between the five candidates. Three candidates are in a statistical tie; adding to the uncert

Jeff’s Pants (Guest: John Lindstrom)
July 07, 2022

The absentee ballots have been mailed with many Republican voters still making up their minds on their candidate to take on Gretchen Whitmer? Which Bill Lie, anti-choice, pro-Trump, tax-cut-promising

Reproductive Rights Takes Center Stage
June 30, 2022

Abortion. - It has turned our politics around. Mark and Jeff analyze the polling showing the Cobb decision is moving the numbers decidedly in the direction of Democrats. - Also on the podcast agenda t

Let’s Spend the Night Together (Guest: Ken Coleman)
June 22, 2022

Michigan was back in the spotlight at the January 6 Select Committee hearings, with tales of a possible overnighter in the state Capitol for the GOP slate of phony presidential electors. Republican wi

Flipping the State House (Guest: Rep. Joe Tate)
June 16, 2022

This week’s focus: brand-new polling on the chaotic GOP race for Governor, along with James Craig’s you’ve-gotta-be-kidding write-in campaign, Perry Johnson’s latest court loss, and the state Senate g

Trump’s Coup, Michigan GOP Scandals and Patrick Lyoya
June 10, 2022

It has been a week focused on the intersection of crime and politics: The initial hearing of the January 6 Special Committee laying the case that Trump led the attempted coup; GOP gubernatorial can

Polls, Petitions, Lawsuits & Debates (Guests: Emily Lawler, Bernie Porn)
June 02, 2022

In the rapidly developing state political scene --- Three frustrated Republican would-be candidates for Governor lose in court The remaining GOP gubernatorial candidates bring a far-right message t