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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A New Hope (Guest: Sen. Jeremy Moss)

Posted November 16, 202200:50:53

Welcome to 2024! The dust is still settling from last week’s mid-term elections (especially among the shell-shocked GOP), but Donald Trump’s inevitable...

The End of the Beginning – Analyzing the 2022 Mid-term Election

Posted November 10, 202200:57:18

It was supposed to be a nationwide Red Wave, but nationally turned into a Pink Drizzle and (in Michigan) a Blue Tsunami. Mark and Jeff analyze an election...

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...