Part One:
We speak with Glenn Smith, consultant with ProgressTexas and formerly the architect of the great Anne Richards’s first campaign for Governor. We discuss the amazing political turn-around that Texas has been experiencing in the last two years, which actually puts the state in play for the presidential election. Could it be that Texas will win the election for Joe Biden this year?
Part Two:
We talk to Tom Nelson, County Executive in Outagamie County (Appleton), Wisconsin, about his recent announcement that he will challenge Sen. Ron Johnson for the US Senate in 2022. We discuss his career as a progressive Democrat in a Republican county in a Republican state. He provides the context of Wisconsin’s rich history of farmer-labor alliances that alternate with conservatives for dominance in the state’s political governance.
