Backroom Politics

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS... WAR IN GAZA CONTINUES... WILL THERE BE A SUCCESSFUL CEASE FIRE SOON OR WILL ISRAEL CONTINUE ITS MISSION TO THE END?... SPECIAL GUEST JOHN FRESHMAN JOINS US FOR A SPECIAL: 2016 SENATE MIDTERM PREVIEW EPISODE OF BACKROOM POLITICS RADIO SHOW... WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT TOP SENATE RACES IN THIS YEAR'S MIDTERM... WHO WILL COME OUT ON TOP?... THIS AND TELL ME A STORY THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS.

 

 

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....SPECIAL GUEST...HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S DAKOTA WOOD JOINS THE ROUNDTABLE AS WE DISCUSS...TRAGEDY IN THE AIR OVER THE UKRAINE AS RUSSIAN SEPERATISTS DOWN MALAYSIAN AIR FLIGHT 17 KILLING ALL 298 ON BOARD...WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST.....WAR ON THE GAZA STRIP...ARE THE CONSEQUENCES WORTH THE CAUSE?  PUTIN IN THE CROSSFIRE....HIS INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMEA, HIS FAILING ECONOMY, AND NOW THE RECENT ACTIONS IN THE UKRAINE, CAN HIS POLITICAL MACHINE SAVE HIM IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY?  TECHNOLOGY THAT PROMOTES POLITICAL TRANSPARENCY, THE FOUNDERS OF OPENGOV FOUNDATION JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR INITIATIVE....THIS AND TELL ME A STORY THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!!!

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS: CHAOS CONTINUES ON THE GAZA STRIP AS ROCKET FIRE EXCHANGE CONTINUES TO OCCUR, WHILE THE BORDER CRISIS HERE ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER BETWEEN CONTINUES TO LOOM WITH THE EVER GROWING POPULATION OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS..."THE KREMLIN, THE CIA, AND THE BATTLE OVER A FORBIDDEN BOOK": SPECIAL GUEST PETER FINN FROM THE WASHINGTON POST WILL BE DISCUSSING HIS NEW MASTERPIECE OF A NOVEL TITLED "THE ZHIVAGO AFFAIR", AND WHAT WILL BE OF THE TEXAS (AND POSSIBLY FLORIDA) RE-DISTRICTING FIASCO... IS THIS ENOUGH TO TAKE DISTRICTING OUT OF THE HANDS OF POLITICOS? THIS AND TELL ME A STORY THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS.

 

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

Today's show has been premempted for the USA-Belgum World Cup Match.  Shelly's Backroom is PACKED with soccer fans and we decided to support TEAM USA (and Shelly's)! WE BELIEVE!!!!

So this week, we will run a best of which features BLOOMBERG'S Del Welber, New York Times Best Selling Author of "RAWHIDE DOWN"...the preeminate book on the assasination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.  The discussion is FANTASTIC and Del's accounts of those moments surrounding the attempt on the President is some of the best radio you'll ever hear.

NEXT WEEK IS ALSO A BEST OF as we will be gone on vacation for the 4th of July (-ish) weekend/ week.

WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN LIVE ON JULY 15th!!!!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....Secretrary of State Kerry makes an emergency diplomatic trip to Iraq in response to the ISIS crisis....UNICEF's Sarah Crowe joins the discussion talking about children in crisis around the world...The Supreme Court goes on the home stretch to close out their term...what is left on the docket for the Supremes? And the Obama Administration issues a report on the use of drones for attacking non-enemy combatants....including Americans....that and TELL ME A STORY...this week on BACKROOM POLITICS!!!!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...THE ISIS INSURGENCY IN IRAQ...IS THIS A NEW CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER FOR THE U.S. AND POLITICAL DANGER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE?  SPECIAL GUEST, DR. ALEX CROWTHER, SENIOR POLITICAL SCIENTIST AT THE RAND CORPORATION AND FORMER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER NATO FORCES JOINS THE DISCUSSION...THE GOP CONTINUES TO EAT IT'S OWN BY SHOWING HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER ERIC CANTOR THE DOOR IN VIRGINIA 7TH...WHAT IS THE FALLOUT FOR THE GOP? CHILDREN IN CRISIS...DETENTION CENTERS ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND POLIO OUTBREAKS IN SYRIA AND PACKISTAN, IS THIS A DANGEROUS NEW WORLD FOR CHILDREN TODAY?  ALL OF THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY"...THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!!!

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...MORE SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE AS SHOOTERS TAKE THE LIVES OF STUDENTS IN SEATTLE & POLICE OFFICERS IN LAS VEGAS...MORE FALLOUT (AND EVEN MORE QUESTIONS) FROM THE BERGDAHL PRISONER EXCHANGE...MORE FALLOUT FROM THE VA SCANDLE AS THE IG ISSUES A REPORT...AND CHILDREN IN CRISIS...FROM POLIO OUTBREAKS IN PAKISTAN TO REFUGEE CAMPS IN ARIZONA...THIS AND TELL ME A STORY THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS.

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....  THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MAKES A PRISONER SWAP...IS THIS "NO ONE LEFT BEHIND" OR A DEAL WITH TERRORISTS....EDWARD SNOWDEN AND NBC'S BRIAN WILLIAMS HAVE A QUAINT CHAT, DID THAT CHANGE THE WAY AMERICA LOOKS AT SNOWDEN? IS HIS 15 MINUTES GOING TO CONTINUE?....BIG SHAKE-UP AT THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION...WAS THIS A CORRECTIVE ACTION OR A BAND-AID ON A BIGGER PROBLEM....SPECIAL GUEST, RICK WEIDMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA JOINS THE DISCUSSION....AND JAY CARNEY CLOSES OUT LAST WEEK WITH A RESIGNATION...HOW HARD WAS HIS JOB AND HOW HARD IS THE JOB AS A WHOLE?  THAT AND TELL ME A STORY ALL THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...TRAGIC VIOLENCE IN CALIFORNIA BRINGS MENTAL HEALTH AND GUN CONTROL BACK TO THE FOREFRONT...CAN AMERICA MOVE FORWARD ON THESE CRITICAL TOPICS?....OBAMA FOREIGN AND NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES....CAN THE ADMINISTRATION GET ON TRACK?....VETERAN'S ORGANIZATIONS VERSUS N.C. REPUBLICAN SENATOR BURR AS HE QUESTIONS THE MOTIVES OF VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZTIONS...DO THEY REALLY REPRESENT THE VETERAN COMMUNITY?...THIS AND TELL ME A STORY....THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLTICS.

BACKROOM POLITICS is a weekly political roundtable of former politicos and Washington insiders who believe that political statesmanship and civility trumps the strict party line.

Guests on the show include some of the country's top political leaders and thinkers.

For the REAL INSIDE THE BELTWAY take on politics as they affect you....listen every week to BACKROOM POLITICS!