A Republic, If You Can Keep It

Analysis and commentary on Michigan politics from former Democratic Party chair Mark Brewer and former Republican Party executive director Jeff Timmer.

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The Final Days (guest: Chad Livengood)

Posted November 3, 202201:02:06

It’s down to the last days and hours until Election Day. With more than 1.1-million votes already cast, the turnout likely will come close to the...

A Peaceful Election Day? (Guest: Chris Thomas)

Posted October 26, 202200:55:53

We’re less than two weeks away from election day; about three-quarters of a  million ballots have already been cast, and another million absentee...

Flipping the Legislature (Guests: Sen. Jim Ananich and Rep. Angela Witwer)

Posted October 19, 202201:03:59

Absentee ballots are coming in a record rates with election day just three weeks away – and a lot of Republicans are preparing to scream “rigged...

The Battle for Michigan’s 10th (Guest: Carl Marlinga)

Posted October 12, 202200:56:09

It’s Debate Week in Michigan. Gretchen Whitmer faces off with Tudor Dixon in a one-hour TV event that pits the former talkshow host against Michigan’s...

The Final Stretch (Guest: Rep. Elissa Slotkin)

Posted October 4, 202200:43:38

As we speculated in last week’s podcast, Donald Trump spent most of his two-hour diatribe in Macomb County talking about … Donald Trump, dedicating...