Fresh off of the Superintendent of Public Instruction debate, Tom Kelly joined me in the studio.  I had a couple of questions I wanted to follow up on.  I asked him if it is possible to evaluate teacher performance--which came up in the debate.  His answer surprised me. Also we were able to dive a little deeper into recalibration and his thoughts on local control.

In an effort to avoid what it actually means to be a Republican, candidates are trying to brand themselves as some other type of Republican. It leaves the rest of us to ask, "Why not just be a Republican?" There's the "Common Sense Republicans," "Real Republicans" and now, "Rational Republicans." It's funny, these are the same folks asking you to reject labels and focus on issues. Then why don't they?

Chad Auer is one of the people running for Superintendent of Public Instruction.  He was one of Gordon's policy advisors on education, after being a teacher for a while. 

This past Tuesday, I moderated the WYGOP Superintendent of Public Instruction debate in Upton--there were more than a couple of questions I asked during the debate that needed more discussion.

Sheriff Richard Mack is the founder of the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association.  He is also the first person to sue the federal government over Clinton's Brady Bill.  He's the the author of several books including his latest The Democrat Murder of America.  

He joined me on the program to discuss the importance of the Sheriff and how to know if your candidate is the right guy for the job.

The Wyoming Realtors PAC has issued their 2026 endorsements.  It's a who's who of Democrats masquerading as Republicans. The average score of adhering to the Republican Party Platform from their honorees is 15% and they only vote with the Republican majority 17.2%--sure sounds like a bunch of conservatives to me.

It looks like Ogden Driskill's "Become a Peacemaker" pledge didn't take. Not only is he making it up as he goes along on social media, he's letting his pal Tyler Lindholm and Americans for Prosperity do most of his dirty work for him in the Senate District 1 race.  I spoke with Speaker Chip Neiman about it.

Being Independence Day we should have guessed that a Redcoat would post a video. J.D. WIlliams posted a video in which he tried to explain why the Democrats vote with Republicans and not the other way around.  Interesting though, there are a bunch of Republicans that the Democrats DON'T vote with.  Why? 

The answer is easier than you might think....maybe it's because the values of the Democrats line up with the values of J.D. and his pals.

J.D.'s Video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1c4uZEXoaP/ 

A young volunteer with Americans for Prosperity (AFP) mistakenly knocked on my door this morning. He obviously didn't expect all the questions I was going to ask him--turns out he didn't even really know anything about the candidate he was supporting.

Also, this morning on the live program I interviewed CJ Young who is running to be Wyoming's next Secretary of State.

Earl Collier is running for the House of Representatives in House District 3.  That seat is currently held by Rep Abby Angelos who is running for the Wyoming Senate.  Collier is a GIS specialist and a surveyor. 

We talked about why being a father and a busy business owner why he decided to do this.  We also spoke about the oil and gas industry, sage grouse and why government regulations--both state and federal--are hampering Wyoming's extractive mineral industries.  

Rep Abby Angelos is running for the Wyoming Senate in Senate District 23.  Her opponent in that race is Dwayne Dillinger.  He's one of the "republican" candidates in Campbell County that refused to show up at the Republican Party debate.

I spoke with Abby on Thursday during the live program.  

A semi-anonymous group, BecomePeacemakers.org, is asking candidates to sign their "Love your enemies" pledge. Most of the people who have signed it are the very people have said some really nasty things about their political opponents.  Perhaps it wasn't the intent of the pledge but the real question is how it will be used--and that is a typical Redcoat tactic.

David Hill Joins the program to talk about his race for HD50.  The audio is a little choppy in the beginning but you can follow it once I had David call in to the program.