DNC Special Report on radio tonight

Talk radio with backbone, my specialty on Sunday evenings at 710 KNUS in Denver, and streaming at 710knus.com, moves into weeknights for the Democratic National Convention week, Aug. 25-28. John Andrews and regular mic partners Matt Dunn, Kathleen LeCrone, Joshua Sharf, and Karen Kataline will do an hour of DNC discussion and analysis as each day winds up, Monday through Thursday at 7pm.

Please join us, and get into the conversation by calling 303 696 1971 or by emailing your questions and comments to BackboneRadio@aol.com.

Radio links from 8/24 show

Here are my NPR gig, that Ambrose piece on Americans' generosity, and that group that will report live online from inside DNC protests. John Andrews on NPR "Weekend Edition," Saturday 8/23.

Jay Ambrose article on DCExaminer.com, refuting Obama and citing the research of Arthur Brooks at Syracuse to refute Obama's slur about "selfish America."

People's Press Collective, as recommended and abetted by our friend Ross Kaminsky, who blogs at Rossputin.com.

Listen to 'Battle of Ideas'

Here's the podcast of John Andrews' radio special, "Under the Dome: Battle of Ideas," as heard July 31 and again Aug. 7 on 710 KNUS in Denver. Expanding on the much-discussed Weekly Standard cover story, "The Democrats' Plan for Turning Red States Blue," the one-hour special featured Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute, Brad Jones of Face the State.com, and Joshua Sharf of View from a Height and Backbone Radio. Click the link to hear full audio. Podcast Link Andrews, Caldara, Jones, Sharf

Under the Dome: Legislative Races

My legislative campaign preview for Republicans with four months to go, aired July 10 at 7pm on 710 KNUS. Key races in the Colorado Senate and House as highlighted in the taped special are listed below with candidate contact information. My guests on the special were Sen. Andy McElhany and Rep. David Balmer, who are quarterbacking the effort to retake GOP control or at least narrow the Democrats’ advantage (20-15 in the Senate, 40-25 in the House).

To hear the complete program, click these links...Sen. McElhany and... Rep. Balmer. They encouraged listeners to help as volunteers and donors in the following seats.

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REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES TO WATCH

R Seats Being Defended (District Number, Current Incumbent)

(23- Mitchell) Shawn Mitchell http://www.mitchellforcolorado.com/ (8- Open) Al White http://www.alwhite4co.com/ (26- Open) Lauri Clapp http://lauriclapp.net/ in Aug. 12 primary vs. Jerry Call http://jerrycall.com/

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D Seats Being Challenged (District Number, Current Incumbent)

(19- Windels) Libby Szabo http://libbyszabo.com/ (25- Takis) John Hadfield http://www.robertjohnhadfield.com/ (14- Bacon) Matt Fries http://mattfries.com/ (17 -Shaffer) Katie Witt www.katiewitt.com ===================================================

REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATES TO WATCH

R Seats Being Defended (District Number, Current Incumbent)

(17- Open) Catherine “Kit” Roupe http://www.catherineroupe.com/ (22- Summers) Ken Summers http://www.kensummers.org/ (37- Swalm) Spencer Swalm http://www.spencerswalm.com/ (39- Balmer) David Balmer http://www.davidbalmer.com/

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D Seats Being Challenged (District Number, Current Incumbent)

(27- Gagliardi) John Bodnar http://johnbodnar.net/ (30- Open) Kevin Priola http://www.kevinpriola.com/ (31- Solano) Holly Hansen http://www.hollyhansen.org/ (38- Rice) Dave Kerber http://www.kerberforcolorado.com/ (40- Open) Cindy Acree http://www.cindyacree.com/ (52- Kefalas) Bob McClusky http://www.bobmccluskey.com/ (62- Open) Randy Jackson http://standtallcolorado.com/ (64- McKinley) Ken Torres http://kentorres.com/

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AND A FEW MORE WHO ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT

Although these GOP candidates didn't get mentioned in the radio special or podcast, Backbone America likes their spirit. Check'em out.

(HD-55 Buescher) Laura Bradford http://bradfordforhouse.com

(HD-34 Soper) Tom Bopp homespeck12@aol.com

(HD-30 Open, was Hodge) Kevin Priola www.kevinpriola.com

(HD-1 Labuda) Tom Thomason http://www.electtom.com/

(HD-10 Open, was Madden) Dorothy Marshall dorothy@davidamarshall.com

Radio notes from 6/1 show

Author Benjamin Wiker and political scientist John Marini are well worth further study. Here are the links. For Wiker's "10 Books that Screwed Up the World," click here. For Marini's important article on how Reagan and FDR embodied the last century's struggle between limited and unlimited government, click here.