Hosted by Gerry Shields
Gerry is a former longtime Washington correspondent and political writer for The New York Post, Baltimore Sun, and Philadelphia Inquirer and author of the new book: The Front Row: My Jagged Journey Recording American History from Reagan to Trump.
Episodes
Welcome to the Retail Politics Podcast. Without enough hand sanitizer for candidates to shake hands, let alone kiss voter babies, we redefine Retail Politics for the digital world, reaching you one download at a time. We’ll speak weekly for 30 minutes to politicians, academics, and reporters on the front lines of American political issues to help you choose best how your government should function.
S01E09 Mark Salter, Politics of McCain’s Arizona
Mark Salter, who worked for McCain for 18 years, stated on the Retail Politics Podcast with Gerry Shields that Biden’s win of Arizona by only about 10,000 votes was aided by former McCain backers angered at Trump.
S01E07 Bill Cowles, Politics of Counting Votes
Bill Cowles, the supervisor of elections for Orange County, Florida, and a former member of the Federal Elections Commission Board of Advisors, said Florida is now the model for tabulating elections due to changes made after the historic Bush-Gore presidential election debacle of 2000.
S01E05 M.L. “Mike” Elrick, Politics of Michigan
A Detroit Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, who sent former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to federal prison for corruption, said Sunday that the New York Times could have provided better cover for the writer of an anti-Trump screed by putting his name in the piece.
S01E03 Mike Griffin, Politics of Florida
“Because of 2000 and because of the hiccups we’ve had since, I will tell you Florida has probably the safest, most secure election system in the country,” said Mike Griffin, former chief political correspondent for The Orlando Sentinel who covered the historic 2000 ballot recount debacle, appearing on Sunday’s weekly Retail Politics Podcast.
S01E01 Pete Leffler, Politics of Pennsylvania
This week, we will discuss the Politics of Pennsylvania, the state that handed President Donald Trump victory in 2016 and promises to be once again a critical hurdle for Trump or challenger Joe Biden to win this year.
In this episode, Gerry talks to Pete Leffler, the former longtime political editor for The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pa., who will give us a drone’s eye view of the Keystone State’s current political landscape going into this monumental Nov. 3 presidential election.