Episode #394: Women Yes, Abortion Rights Maybe
Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Ken Rudin
4.7 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Debbie Walsh, the director of the Center for American Women and Politics, discusses the number of women running in next week’s elections, and what it might — or might not — say about the future of reproductive rights.
We go back into the archives for an interview with Bill Salisbury, a longtime reporter with the St. Paul Pioneer Press who covered the political career of Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. We’re repeating that conversation on the 20th anniversary of Wellstone’s death in a plane crash outside of Eveleth, Minn., 11 days before he was up for re-election.
PLUS: A review of the Fetterman-Oz debate in Pennsylvania, and reaction to the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Music in this episode:
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be by Fine Young Cannibals
In Held ‘Twas In I by Procol Harum
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| 0:00.0 | With just over a week to go, Republicans have the big mo, Dems want no part of Joe, |
| 0:06.3 | and did either candidate in the Pennsylvania debate score a knockout blow? |
| 0:10.6 | Oh, God, no. |
| 0:12.3 | Looking for answers on the political junkie. |
| 0:15.6 | You like Ike, I like, like, everybody likes ake. |
| 0:19.0 | For president. |
| 0:19.8 | Add light to you, and think to me, I don't care how you quoted. |
| 0:23.9 | Come on and vote for Kennedy, vote for Kennedy, and we'll come on top. |
| 0:30.5 | Vote for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabotloss, because they're the ones to lead the USA. |
| 0:41.2 | Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 394 of the political junkie. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm Ken Rudin. |
| 0:49.1 | One of the most highly anticipated events on the 2022 campaign calendar was the October 25th debate in Pennsylvania |
| 0:56.9 | between Memet Oz, the Republican candidate for the seat Senator Patumi, is vacating, and Lieutenant |
| 1:03.2 | Governor John Federman, his Democratic opponent. Not long before the May primary, Federman suffered |
| 1:09.9 | a devastating stroke that almost killed him. |
| 1:13.1 | It dramatically affected his speech. |
| 1:15.9 | It took a while, but eventually Federman was able to campaign and even hold some interviews with journalists. |
| 1:22.3 | But he didn't debate, despite Oz's tauntings, and voters were wondering if he was up to the job. |
| 1:29.2 | Whether he is or not is still up for grabs. |
| 1:32.1 | The race in which Federman led most of the year is now neck and neck. |
| 1:36.8 | But as for the question, was he up for the debate? |
| 1:40.2 | The honest answer is, maybe not. |
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