Backroom Politics

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...TWO WEEKS AFTER AIRSTRIKES ON ISIS, STRATEGY WORKING?... THEN AT 4:30, IS EBOLA TRULY A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT?...BACK AT SCOTUS, THE SUPREME COURT RECONVENES BUT PIVOTS ON GAY MARRIAGE...WHY DID SCOTUS PUNT THE ISSUE?...AND FINALLY, IS LEON PANETTA'S NEW BOOK ON THE REPUBLICANS MUST READ LIST? ...THAT 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!

POLITICAL PROTEST AND UNREST IN HONG KONG, ARE WE FACING ANOTHER TIANANMEN SQUARE? IN WASHINGTON... SUPREME COURT ALLOWS OHIO TO LIMIT EARLY VOTING....IS THE SUPREME COURT FAILING AMERICANS OR JUST DOING ITS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY... IS THE REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD ON AMERICA'S GOVERNOR'S MANSIONS COMING TO AN END... OVER 12 GOVERNORS IN TROUBLE OF LOSING THEIR POSITIONS...INTRUDER AT THE WHITE HOUSE.. UPDATED SOURCES SAY THAT HE MADE IT AS FAR AS THE ENTRANCE OF THE GREEN ROOM...IS THIS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN OR JUST A ONE TIME FLAW?...THAT 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... BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT US AND ARAB COALITION MEMBERS BEGIN AIRSTRIKES ON ISIS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. THESE ARAB COUNTRIES INCLUDE SAUDIA ARABIA, JORDAN, UAE, BAHRAIN, AND POSSIBLY QATAR, FOR THE ARAB JOINED AIRSTRIKE ON ANOTHER ARAB COUNTRY... DOES THIS POSE A DANGER AND WHAT IS THE GREATER EFFECT IN THE ARAB WORLD?..HOW WILL THIS PLAY A ROLE IN THE.UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENING AND ITS GREATER IMPORTANCE.....LASTLY, THE IRS INFAMOUS LOUIS LERNER FINALLY BREAKS SILENCE....THAT 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 WAR ON THE "W" WORD....WITH THE WHITE HOUSE CLAIMING A WAR AGAINST ISIS AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT CALLING IT "A COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATION"...WHAT DOES AMERICA BELIEVE?  THE NFL HAS HAD A BAD WEEK...CAN THE GAME AND THE LEAGUE AFFORD TO TAKE THIS KIND OF BAD PRESS?....SCOTLAND THE BRAVE...AND THE INDEPENDANT....SCOTLAND GOES TO THE POLLS TO VOTE FOR INDEPENDANCE THIS WEEK, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF AN "AYE" VOTE...AND THE CLINTONS IN IOWA...IS THIS THE SIGN THAT PRO-HILLARY SUPPORTERS NEEDED AND WANTED....THAT 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...POTUS WILL ADDRESS THE NATION TOMORROW NIGHT DETAILING HIS STRATEGY DEALING WITH ISIS...WHAT CAN HE DO TO SELL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON A NEW WAR....CAN WE DEAL WITH ISIS WITHOUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND? THE OBAMA FLIP FLOP ON IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDERS...WHY DOES THIS ISSUE KEEP THE WHITE HOUSE UP AT NIGHT? TODAY IS THE LAST OF THE PRIMARY SEASON...WHAT DO THESE PRIMARIES MEAN FOR THE UPCOMING MID-TERMS? AND 40 YEARS AGO, PRESIDENT FORD PARDONED FMR PRESIDENT NIXON...THE IMAPCT TO THE NATION AND THE HISTORICAL IMPACT ON THE PRESIDENCY....THAT 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...POTUS SAYS "WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY" REGARDING ISIS...BUT WE HAVE ONE FOR SOMALIA?  DID THE BRITS OUTSMART WASHINGTON BY TAKING NEW EFFORTS TO THWART TERROR THREATS?  WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR FOREIGN POLICY?  IS THE SITUATION IN THE UKRAINE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE MIDDLE EAST?  HERE IN D.C. HAS THE GOP LOST IT'S MOMENTUM FOR THE MIDTERMS OR CAN THEY CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO GAINS IN THE HOUSE?...AND HARRY REID....WHY IS WASHINGTON IN THE PIG PILE ON TOP OF THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER?  THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY"....DID I MENTION, I LIKE THE BEIGE SUIT?  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 MURDER OF JAMES FOLEY....SHOULD THIS BE AN AWAKENING OF NEW U.S. FOREIGN POLICY?  CAN AMERICA STOP THE ISLAMIC EXTREEMISM MOVEMENT?  IS IT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO DO SO? THE PRESIDENT, A GOLF COURSE AND A SMILE....CRITICS CALL THE PRESIDENT DETACHED FROM HIS OFFICE AND POLITICAL REALITY...IS THIS A FAIR SHOT OR POLITICS AS USUAL? AND SPEAKING OF RESPONSIBILITY, DID NEW MEXICO GOP SENATE CANDIDATE ALLEN WEH GO TO FAR IN HIS CAMPAING AD FEATURING THE JAMES FOLEY MURDER VIDEO?  THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY" ON THIS WEEK'S 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 KSDK ANCHOR PAT MCGONIGLE REPORTS FROM FERGUSON, MISSOURI AND PROVIDES INSIGHT ON THE TENSION THERE...ALSO, HAS THE MEDIA BEEN A FACTOR IN THE TENSION AND IS THE MILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE TOO MUCH?... POLITICAL ATTORNEY ELLIOT BERKE PROVIDES ANALYSIS ON THE GOV. RICK PERRY INDICTMENT...AMERICA CONTINUES MILITARY OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ, IS THIS A SMART MOVE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY" THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS.

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....A BEST OF SHOW!!!  While our moderator, Justin Russell, continues his retreat on the remote island of MARTHA'S VINEYARD (and no, he is NOT hanging out with POTUS)...our Associate Producer Erik Thomas put together this BEST OF BACKROOM POLITICS episode with four of our great interviews from 2014...INCLUDING FMR TRANSPORATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD, THE DEAN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONGRESSMAN JOHN DINGELL, OUR INTERVIEW WITH UNICEF's SARAH CROWE AND THE ISRAEL PROJECT'S OMRI CEREN...We will be LIVE next week...see you then! 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!

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

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

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

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!