Backroom Politics

ORIGINAL AIR DATE - DECEMBER 17, 2013:  This is a rebroadcast of our LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR for 2013.  It covers a lot of the problems that has faced the Obama administration and Congress throughout the year.

This is a best of episode from this past year.  On behalf of the entire BACK ROOM POLTICS TEAM, we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year.

Backroom Politics covers the bi-partisan budget deal awaiting a vote in the Senate, why the Fed is holding the ticket to the $67 trillion dollar question...and we look back at the Political Year that was 2013....the high points....and the VERY LOW points.  IT'S OUR FINAL SHOW OF THE YEAR!!!!!

Today on Back Room Politics, the round table discusses the life, the legacy and the reality of NELSON MANDELA after his passing last week at the age of 95.  Also on the agenda, why is a budget deal closer than everyone might think. Can America and the Economy deal with another fiscal crisis.  This and TELL ME A STORY....LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...Healthcare.gov works, at least that is what we are told...can the Democrats stop the hemmoraging of popularity with the American electorate?  Why are Democrats running for cover this mid-term election?  Speaking of Affordable Care Act...the Supremes have agreed to hear two employer mandate cases...sorry Liberty University....while we were gone, the U.S. struck a deal with Iran on it's nuclear program, and China has airspace issues...it's CYBER WEEK for shoping, did the lackluster Black Friday show us a weekness in our economy?  THIS AND TELL ME A STORY!!!

This is a BEST OF show...we are re-broadcasting the live edition that we did from American University in Washington, D.C.  Hear the questions and comments from the students on HOW WASHINGTON REALLY WORKS!!!

On behalf of the entire BACKROOM POLTICS TEAM, we would like wish you and your family a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!  

We will be live on December 3, 2013!  See you then!

THIS SPECIAL EDITION FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WILL COVER OUR THOUGHTS ON THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND HOW WASHINGTON, D.C. REALLY WORKS!!!

Did Obama's apology from last week satisfy his critics OR his base? Where were you when... we look at the assasination of President John F. Kennedy 50 years later. All of this and "TELL ME A STORY"!!!

Washington D.C. City Councilman DAVID GROSSO will be LIVE IN STUDIO to talk about politics in the nation's capitol city.  PLUS...Post Election Analysis by the BACK ROOM POLITICS round table.

SPECIAL ELECTION DAY COVERAGE WITH FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITEE FRANK FAHRENKOPF. We will cover the latest from key races in Virginia, New Jersey, and acorss the country, as well as look forward to mid-terms in 2014 and even a glance at 2016.