Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey

CBS 58 Political Reporter AJ Bayatpour makes his grand return to the Political Power Hour with Steve Scaffidi; they begin by talking about the numerous presidential campaign visits as we are now less than a month away from the election. Steve also asks AJ how many many is too many. AJ and Steve look at recent polling, rural versus urban voters’ political leaning and voter turnout in Milwaukee and Dane Counties. Next, Steve and AJ discuss Wisconsin’s DOT announcement to shut down the Park & Rides like the ones on Holt and College Avenues due to the increased crime activity in those lots. With AJ having a lot of experience covering Milwaukee Public Schools, Steve asks him for the latest about their failure to implement School Resource Officers after 10 months of the requirement. Steve asks AJ what he is covering in the week ahead. AJ also shares where he’s going for coverage.

Steve Scaffidi is joined by Republican strategist Bill McCoshen and Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki and they start right out of the gate discussing an alleged slight lead surge for Donald Trump in polling for swing states. Next, the guys discuss the lies being spread regarding hurricane relief and the Republicans from the affected states standing up to said lies. Steve asks Bill and Joe if Trump’s surge help’s Hovde’s U.S. Senate campaign and asks them to advocate for their presidential candidate of choice and why. More on the election, candidates and turnout. Political Junkie PowerPoint -Bill is keeping Bill Whittaker as an interviewer when he interviewed Kamala Harris showing she’s not a fit candidate. Bill is junking the editors and producers at 60 minutes for how they edit their interview with Kamala Harris -Joe is keeping the service men and women he went on a bus tour with over the past week. He is junking Joe junking Donald Trump talking down America; if it were Obama, Fox News would have exploded. -Steve is keeping both Bill and Joe, especially Joe, for still showing up despite his long trip. He’s not junking anything because it’s his birthday. GRAB BAGS: Bill brings up DPI essentially curving reading scores that would be F’s to make them A’s. Joe mentions how remarkable our country is and the people he met on his bus trip.

Political Junkie PowerPoint Bill is keeping Bill Whittaker as an interviewer when he interviewed Kamala Harris showing she’s not a fit candidate. Bill is junking the editors and producers at 60 minutes for how they edit their interview with Kamala Harris Joe is keeping the service men and women he went on a bus tour with over the past week. He is junking Joe junking Donald Trump talking down America; if it were Obama, Fox News would have exploded. Steve is keeping both Bill and Joe, especially Joe, for still showing up despite his long trip. He’s not junking anything because it’s his birthday.

Steve Scaffidi is joined in-studio by former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Mary Kuhnmuench and attorney Tom Kuzmanovic. They begin by discussing the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty suing Milwaukee Public Schools for their refusal to not implement school resource officers despite being required by Act 12. On a related note, Steve, Mary and Tom discuss education funding in the Wisconsin state legislature. Steve asks Tom and Mary to weigh in on misinformation on the government controlling the weather. Steve and his legal experts shift to the year-long war in Gaza, Tom uses his experience in the International Criminal Court to help describe how bad it is and a potential path forward for both Israel and Palestinians. CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Tom says the temperature is up in political discourse; he suggests that listeners should start talking to friends that disagree with them to turn the heat down; Mary and Steve agree.

Tom says the temperature is up in political discourse; he suggests that listeners should start talking to friends that disagree with them to turn the heat down; Mary and Steve agree.

Steve Scaffidi is first joined in-studio by C.J. Szafir, CEO of the Institute for Reforming Government; they begin by talking about polling data and the closing gap between Democrats and Republicans. -Steve and CJ pivot to education and how labels have shifted in order to meet standards with little to no actual improvement and what Virginia is doing. -Wisconsin’s head of Public Instruction’s position is under threat; CJ tells Steve who her challenger is. Steve Scaffidi is next joined by Urban Milwaukee President Jeramey Jannene and they begin to talk about former City Attorney Tearman Spencer’s felony misconduct; Jeramey has a bit of history with Spencer. They also talk more about the impact of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. -Steve and Jeramey discuss President Joe Biden’s appearance in Milwaukee discussing lead paint removal and why that matters. -Closing thoughts from Steve and Jeramey...

Steve Scaffidi is next joined by Urban Milwaukee President Jeramey Jannene and they begin to talk about former City Attorney Tearman Spencer’s felony misconduct; Jeramey has a bit of history with Spencer. They also talk more about the impact of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. -Steve and Jeramey discuss President Joe Biden’s appearance in Milwaukee discussing lead paint removal and why that matters. -Closing thoughts from Steve and Jeramey...

Steve Scaffidi is first joined in-studio by C.J. Szafir, CEO of the Institute for Reforming Government; they begin by talking about polling data and the closing gap between Democrats and Republicans. -Steve and CJ pivot to education and how labels have shifted in order to meet standards with little to no actual improvement and what Virginia is doing. -Wisconsin’s head of Public Instruction’s position is under threat; CJ tells Steve who her challenger is.

Steve Scaffidi is joined on the phone by political writer James Wigderson. Steve asks James about the overwhelming presidential candidate visits to Wisconsin as well as Kamala Harris's campaign message and promises. - Steve and James continue the conversation about those promises and giveaways from the presidential candidates and if the national budget and deficit can even handle them. Plus, they talk about Kamala Harris's growing support from more established Republicans like Liz Cheney and the potential correlation between the presidential senate races. Urban Milwaukee President Jeramey Jannene joins Steve Scaffidi to talk about the official numbers for the RNC in Milwaukee as well as the winners and losers of the visit. Spanning the State host Kristin Brey joins Steve Scaffidi to further discuss the numerous presidential candidate visits in Wisconsin. Kristin found that the number of visits doesn’t move the needle, but enthusiasm does as Steve points out. – COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION – DAY 27: Looking at the Senate race, a Hovde ad attacked Tammy Baldwin being “in bed with Wall Street” because her partner works in a hedge fund.

Spanning the State host Kristin Brey joins Steve Scaffidi to further discuss the numerous presidential candidate visits in Wisconsin. Kristin found that the number of visits doesn’t move the needle, but enthusiasm does as Steve points out. COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION – DAY 27: Looking at the Senate race, a Hovde ad attacked Tammy Baldwin being “in bed with Wall Street” because her partner works in a hedge fund.