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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.

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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.

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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.