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Podcast: KPFA - Letters and Politics
Episode: Analysis of the First GOP Presidential Debate and Trump’s Absence
Description: Guests:Â
Geoff Kabaservice is a historian of the Republican Party and the Director of Political Studies at the Niskanen Center. He is the author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party.Â
John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. His latest book co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders, is It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.
His latest pieces on the GOP campaign in The Nation are:
Tonight’s GOP D...