October 08, 2026
Thursday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth speak with filmmaker Eli Steele about his new documentary, "White Guilt," a profile of his father, black conservative activist Shelby Steele. Plus, Secretary of State Marco Rubio's profoundly pro-American speech yesterday at the Parthenon, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's unpleasant experience at yesterday's pro-Israel October 7 vigil, last night's Iowa Senate debate, and two examples of MAGA insiders under fire for breaking financial rules. Listen live weekdays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on SiriusXM's Megyn Kelly Channel 111, or on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or other platforms....
October 07, 2026
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Richard Porter and Tom Bevan join Andrew Walworth to discuss how the Democratic Party has changed its mainstream position on Israel since the October 7, 2023, terror attacks and how that will play out in two key Senate races. Carolina Lumetta joins the program to report on President Trump's plan for a "Winter White House" in Palm Beach, reversing his position on letting the DHS pay for campaign-style ads, and his decision to campaign in red states in the final weeks of the midterm election. Plus, Porter's recent piece about what Chicago could learn from Ken Griffin moving his business to Miami and a new poll where 51% of Americans appear to have lost faith in American elections. Listen live weekdays at 11:00 a.m....
October 06, 2026
Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth look at some key races with the midterm election four weeks away, and debates scheduled for tonight for the Senate races in Michigan and Maine. Also, is South Carolina in play with Darlene Graham as the GOP candidate? The group also touches on 2028, asking whether Ted Cruz still sees himself as presidential material and if Kamala Harris is serious about running.
Plus, the left is upset about an out-of-context remark about an Iranian attack on Los Angeles and San Diego. Does Trump's presence on the campaign trail help or hurt Republican candidates? Also, a possible outbreak of plague in Russia and new information from the DOJ about past investigations into Donald Trump and parents who disagreed with COVID mandates.
October 05, 2026
Monday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth discuss foreign policy, including riots over immigration in France and Sunday night’s presidential election results in Brazil. Next, they look at President Trump's new assistant press secretary, Beni Rai Harmony, and President Trump saying he intends to send $90 "Medicaid refund checks" to 20 million seniors. Plus, a look at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's new book and press tour, wondering whether he may be getting ready to retire, and a preview of the first batch of cases the court is considering this season, including Boulder's climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor featured this morning on RCP:
Boulder vs. Big Oil: Who Pays for Climate Damage? | Matthew Tejada, RealClearPolitics
People’s Republic of Boulder Wants To Run Your Energy Policy | Larry Behrens, RCP
Listen live weekdays at 11:00 a.m....
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October 05, 2026
RCP co-founder Tom Bevan, on Friday's RealClearPolitics podcast, compares the messaging we're seeing from the president and vice president about the economy going into the 2026 midterm elections. "Trump is out there just saying, look, everything's great," he said. "I don't think the economy is as bad as Democrats are portraying... But perception is reality, and the perception out there is that the economy has issues."
"Trump is unwilling to acknowledge those issues....
October 05, 2026
RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende offers a few explanations for why Republicans aren't doing backflips on their way to the voting booth in 2026:
SEAN TRENDE: Yeah, I feel like we do this every few years, right? Whether it's a Republican or a Democrat, if people are a little upset about the economy, the president doesn't want to say, "Well, yeah, I've done a bad job." So he goes around and talks up the positive aspects, leaving members of Congress kind of in the lurch. It's a tough position for Republicans, and even if gas prices come down, it takes a while for those kinds of expectations to reset. That's a real problem for Republicans in this midterm election....
September 29, 2026
RCP co-founder Tom Bevan said on Monday's RealClearPolitics podcast that Democratic candidates' polling leads going into the midterm elections are starting to eclipse the margins of error, but the real deciding factor will be whether the price of gas starts going back down in the next four weeks. "Even if you don't believe the polls are fully accurate, they're getting to the point where they'd have to be wrong by 4 or 5 points to give Republicans a chance of holding the Senate," he said. Republicans are behind by 8.4 points in the latest RCP Average of the Generic Congressional Vote and 8 points in the Georgia Senate race. A pollster at the National Republican Senatorial Committee meeting last weekend apparently told party leaders they still have a chance to gain seats in the Senate....
September 29, 2026
Peter Berkowitz, RCP columnist and author of the new book, Reclaiming Liberal Education in America," commented on what parts of a university education AI can and can't replace, Monday on the RCP podcast. "I want to remind everybody that distance learning is actually not a novel development. It was invented about in the 15th century with movable press," he quipped. "This thing called a book."
"A book enabled you to walk around the town, the village, the farm, sit down all by yourself, and you had access to the treasures of civilization....
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