December 23, 2024
Part One:
Glenn Smith* talks and writes about the funding and location of the TX public integrity unit  (think Gov. Perry indictment) and in light of Hillary running for President, we ask about working for women candidates and how to handle whiffs of scandal
 

*Glenn W. Smith is a Democratic political consultant, author and blogger based in Austin, Texas. Before entering the political arena, he was a reporter for the Houston Chronicle and Houston Post newspapers. Smith led Ann Richards’ successful 1990 campaign for Texas governor. He’s also worked for former Texas Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

Part Two:
Politico Magazine National Editor Michael Hirsh discusses an interesting pairing
 
It was something of a surreal moment. Charles de Ganahl Koch, the nerdy multibillionaire from Wichita who has become known as the Rasputin of the American Right, was trying to explain to me why he was getting into bed—politically speaking—with people like George Soros, his progressive archrival in the big-money-and-politics set, and Cory Booker, the liberal black senator and former mayor of beleaguered (and very Democratic) Newark, New Jersey.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/charles-koch-overcriminalization-115512.html#ixzz3TzPfjHaK
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