Less than two weeks to go before this year's off-year elections, and people are looking for clues for what the results might say about President Obama -- and 2010.

Plus: polls show an upsurge in independents, the Texas Republican gubernatorial primary heats up, and we say goodbye to the late journalist Jack Nelson.

All this and, sadly, more, in this week's episode of our "It's All Politics" podcast ... which, in the wacky world of homonyms, you can hear here:

Credits (as it were) --
Nonstop talkers: Ron Elving and Ken Rudin
Producer: Evie Stone
Editor: Cathy Shaw

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categories: On The Air

10:13 - October 23, 2009