On this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Dennis Goldford, professor and chair of political science at Drake University and Dave
The so-called “Unity Commission” formed by the Democratic National Committee is recommending historic changes in the way Democrats conduct the Iowa Caucuses.
The state party would be required to let people who cannot attend the neighborhood meetings on Caucus Night cast their presidential preference vote.
“We’ve got to figure out what that process is,” says Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price. “Our goal is to make sure that with the changes we make to this we don’t lose the spirit of our caucuses.”
A government shutdown looms at the end of this week, and continued debate over a word that President Trump said or did not say. On this politics day edition of River to River, Ben Kieffer talks with Dave Anderson, assistant professor of political science at Iowa State University and Hans Hassell, assistant professor of political science at Cornell College.
In this new year, President Donald Trump has urged protesters to overthrow the Iranian government, threatened to blow up North Korea, and called for cuts to aid to the Palestinians. On this River to River program, political scientists Dennis Goldford of Drake University and Jim McCormick of Iowa State University discuss Trump’s radical departure from traditional U. S. diplomacy.
Also, Oprah for president?
McCormick says, “I kind of doubt it.”
