'BradCast' 2/11/2020 (Guest: Dr. William of NC's EQV Analytics)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 In the wake of the Iowa Caucus fiasco, Nevada Democrats announce they will use hand-marked paper ballots for early voting in the state's February 22nd caucuses. Trump Campaign officials say that they intentionally scheduled a rally in Manchester, NH on the eve of the state's caucuses so that Trump's security could make travel more difficult for Democratic candidates and their supporters. New national poll shows Bernie Sanders in first place ahead of Joe Biden \u2013 but those are national numbers in a nation that runs state-by-state elections instead. Sanders previews his defense against Republicans (and even some Democrats) hoping to disparage him with a "democratic socialist" label.\xa0 Trump and Republicans are trying to convince Democratic voters to sit out the 2020 election by sowing discord and division among progressives, and claiming the DNC is "rigging" the election against Sanders. Trump and South Carolina Republicans are urging their voters to vote for Sanders in the state's upcoming primary, because they'd like voters to believe he'd be easy to beat. Are they right? In North Carolina, a mysterious new PAC apparently tied to Republicans has launched a new ad campaign to boost progressive NC State Sen. Erica Smith over centrist, Democratic Establishment-backed rival in the race to unseat NC GOP Sen. Thom Tillis. DR. WILLIAM BUSA of the political data consulting firm EQV Analytics suggests the Republicans' attempt to monkey-wrench the Democratic Senate primary race and scare away progressive voters may backfire, and offers insights on what the Republicans are really up to. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report'...