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Podcast: THE EAGLE: A Times Union Podcast
Episode: What the Founders wanted
Description: Four years ago this week, the editorial board of the Times Union called on members of the Electoral College to vote for someone other than Donald J. Trump.The editorial — under the headline "Electors, reject Mr. Trump" — didn't call for that body to elect Democrat Hillary Clinton, but to consider a Republican alternative such as House Speaker Paul Ryan or Ohio Gov. John Kasich.On this episode of The Eagle, hear the story of how that editorial came to be, and how the opinion pages of the paper operate separa...