Episode #73: Wooing New Hampshire, Kidnapped By Nuns

The thought of 19 Republicans seeking their party's nomination for president seems a bit overwhelming. Now try and imagine listening to all 19 in one weekend. That's what New Hampshire Republicans did last weekend at a two-day event in Nashua. It was a combination of who can bash President Obama and Hillary Clinton the most, along with an opportunity to introduce themselves to activists who will play a major role in the state's first-in-the-nation primary in just over nine months from now. Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio attended the meeting and gives us a complete scorecard. It's easier keeping track on who's running on the Democratic side. So far, the number of candidates on the official list is one. Hillary Clinton survived a first week of over-the-top media coverage revolving around her visit to an Ohio Chipotle restaurant. But more concerning may be the upcoming release of a new book about foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation and hints about quid pro quos by the then-secretary of state. Politico's Glenn Thrush weighs in on what this could mean for the Clinton campaign. Speaking of the Clintons, it was 20 years ago when Bill Clinton found himself at a news conference speculating about his own relevancy. One day later, however, came the unfathomable tragedy of Oklahoma City, where Clinton's words, actions and demeanor rallied a horrified nation. Prof. Michael Nelson of Rhodes College talks about how the bomb of a domestic terrorist turned around a presidency. And we got a visit from Bob Fuss, a former longtime radio reporter who spent 40 years covering politics and other stuff for UPI, NBC/Mutual and CBS News. He's written a book, "Kidnapped by Nuns: And Other Stories of a Life on the Radio," and shared some of his favorite stories. Image via flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.