2016

Riley & I are huge fans of National Review’s Jim Geraghty, who had great success with his recent book, “The Weed Agency“. It’s a work of fiction, but with a plot too easy to believe. I’ve been reading Jim for most of the decade that he’s been writing at National Review, first at The Kerry Spot and more recently at The Campaign Spot. An...

It was wonderful to talk this morning with one of our favorite guests on the program, Hugh Hewitt. You can catch his show Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m. here on WROK and keep up to date with his latest work at his website. Hugh just wrote a great column reflecting on the increasingly likely chance that Mitt Romney decides to run again for President...

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk joined "Riley & Scot" on WROK to talk about the 2015 GOP agenda in the Senate. He told us his top priority is pushing through a bill to add more sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, an effort than has attracted the support of a number of Democrats in Washington. ...

Is U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz running for President in 2016? All indications certainly point to yes. National Review Washington Editor Eliana Johnson joined us this week to talk about how Cruz is staffing up and laying out a strategy to win the GOP nomination...

I was highly intrigued by a post this morning by Ramesh Ponnuru on The Corner at National Review. It was short, simple, and to the point: You have to choose (for the purposes of this comment section) among Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Mitt Romney to be the next Republican presidential nominee...