Election predictions, leadership & lessons from Running for President w/ Senator Bob Kerrey. AI’s threat to both parties? Osborn’s race in Nebraska. Trump loves talking about asses. Friday Football.

Former senator, governor, presidential candidate and Medal of Honor recipient Bob Kerrey pulls no punches on the state of the country two days out from a pivotal election. He names the dark money reshaping the Senate, calls Iran a textbook case of how not to go to war, and makes the case for divided government as the only real check on an unaccountable executive. Then he closes it out with Football Friday, because that’s how we roll.

October 30, 2026

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Election predictions, leadership & lessons from Running for President w/ Senator Bob Kerrey. AI’s threat to both parties? Osborn’s race in Nebraska. Trump loves talking about asses. Friday Football.

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