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Episode 1: America’s bewildered 71 million political orphans
71 million American voters define themselves as centrists. So why is nobody listening to them?
We do. Focus group guru Frank Luntz discusses what he calls commonsense voters.
And we find a ton of them in Rockford, Illinois, a blue-collar city that has voted for the winning Presidential candidate in 7 of the last 8 elections.
And finally, we tell you about the Ohio bi-partisan speaker election that should embarrass Washington.
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Episode 1: America’s bewildered 71 million political orphans
71 million American voters define themselves as centrists. So why is nobody listening to them?
We do. Focus group guru Frank Luntz discusses what he calls commonsense voters.
And we find a ton of them in Rockford, Illinois, a blue-collar city that has voted for the winning Presidential candidate in 7 of the last 8 elections.
And finally, we tell you about the Ohio bi-partisan speaker election that should embarrass Washington.
See more information relating to the episode in the Reading Room.
Episode 2: Maybe America needs a mom to call a big time-out
Meet Tami, a Utah special-ed teacher, Mormon Tabernacle singer and mom of five who launched a civility index website to grade America’s politicians. And then had to take it down because of comments we will say weren’t remotely civil.
She’s not the first. A decade ago, a Georgia evangelical Republican and Jersey Jewish Democratic attack dog didn’t have any luck with a civility pledge either.
And we will introduce you to a brave Member of the British Parliament who won the UK’s first national civility award.
See more information relating to the episode in the Reading Room.
Episode 3: Broken hearts: Lessons from third-party runs for president and a bad high school date
I actually dragged a high-school girlfriend to a George Wallace rally. It was not exactly her dream date.
This year, a coalition of bi-partisan political leader plan to launch a bi-partisan presidential ticket in 2024. Nearly half of Americans say they are interested in the No Labels idea.
Important questions linger. Can an independent Unity Ticket win the White House in 2024? Did I get a second date?
Republicans and Democrats have made it very hard to get on all fifty state ballots, and impossible to get on the debate stage.
We talk to observers and campaign insiders to explain why Teddy Roosevelt, George Wallace, Ralph Nader and Ross Perot could not pull it off.