Host Jim Schmitt invites another host from Civic Media, Rational Revolution's Mark Becker to the program this Sunday. Mark and Jim have been friends/coworkers for a long time, Jim was even at his wedding (not best man though...awkward).

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Mark Becker having been the former head of the Republican Party of Brown County and former Brown County Supervisor, talks back and forth with Jim about uncontested races, increasing political polarization, and discussing partisan politics as well as theorizing how headlines will looks between VP candidates.

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