Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Rockets’ red glare. Gateway to the West and all that. [creativity+ / Flickr] If following all the national midterm hype seems...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Due to studio availability, this show will record at 5:00 pm ET For the last month we’ve been focusing one show...

[Tom Ingram] is tasked with achieving victory for a candidate. It is a job he has done before and one he is good at. He needs not believe in anything,...

We’ve been thinking a lot about the Senate race in Tennessee, but we can’t always make sense of the historical regionalism that shapes party loyalty in the Volunteer state. What...

Canvassing in Downingtown[John La Rue / Flickr] From intern John La Rue: I was in Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional district over Columbus day weekend, talking to voters in Downingtown, PA, about...

Heather Wilson has several things going for her (incumbency, a strong military/National Lab presence here, much better get out the vote for Republicans historically, etc.) that has up to the...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Here’s an irony for you. I’ve only seen one candidate in my lifetime of covering politics who had the skill, the...

Faithandreason‘s work has given Michigan: Governor an early lead in the race for best 2006 Election Wiki page. He’s lined up lists of local blogs covering the race, polling data,...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Hello Capitol [dospaz / Flickr] Ohio’s 15th congressional district presents one of the top opportunities for Democrats this year. The Columbus-area...

From intern John La Rue: “Tony Knowles carries a lot of baggage from his prior eight-year term as governor, and there are a whole bunch of Alaskans who will not...

Arizona’s 8th Congressional District stretches north from the border to a bit of the southern Tucson suburbs, but a Democrat up in Tucson doesn’t necessarily want the same things as...

A view from Covington’s Devou Park, with Cincinnati only a bridge ride away. [vidiot / Flickr] We’ve been reaching out to local bloggers as we profile toss-up races across the...

This fall we’ll go state by state, examining some of the most contested Congressional and gubernatorial races in the country. Tuesday we start with the Rhode Island Senate race between...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Let the race begin! [mescobosa / Flickr] Let the handicapping begin! On the eve of the last big round of primaries,...