MIRS Monday, July 22, 2024

MIRS Monday Podcast

President Joe Biden announced Sunday he will not seek reelection, endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris. Ahead of this BREAKING NEWS, political consultant Mark Grebner and Matt Grossman – a Michigan State University political scientist – discuss the optics of a Biden drop out, and the challenges his replacement could face in Michigan and beyond (:56).

MIRS also meets Jocelyn Bucaro, the director of the Mobile Voting Project, which is a national effort to permit voters to cast absentee-like ballots on their cell phones (25:40).

Additionally, state Senator Jim Runestad, a White Lake Republican, describes his time at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. He also explains his effort to educate House primary candidates on how they can possibly change the Legislature's rules (49:10).