Summary: <a href="http://rothenberggonzales.com/contributors/stuart-rothenberg">Stuart Rothenberg</a> of the Rothenberg Gonzales Political Report and <a href="http://jilllawrence.com">Jill Lawrence</a> of USA Today join Political Junkie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Rudin">Ken Rudin</a> for a look back at the giants in the political world who passed away this year — it’s the 2016 Political Junkie Remembrances Special.<br> Among those whose careers were remembered include Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographyScalia.aspx">Antonin Scalia</a>, former Attorney General <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/janet-reno-9455589">Janet Reno</a>, First Lady <a href="http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=41">Nancy Reagan</a>, Arkansas’ <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=90">Dale Bumpers</a>, Ohio’s <a href="https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio/col2-content/main-content-list/title_voinovich_george.default.html">George Voinovich</a> and <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/john-glenn-9313269">John Glenn</a>, TV host <a href="http://www.mclaughlin.com/thegroup.htm">John McLaughlin</a>, conservative icon <a href="http://www.phyllisschlafly.com/">Phyllis Schlafly</a>, liberal activist <a href="http://tomhayden.com/">Tom Hayden</a>, and PBS’ <a href="http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/gwen-ifill">Gwen Ifill</a>. The world is much worse off with their passing.<br> As part of the program, we played back parts of interviews we conducted in the past year with <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/author/amy-howe/">Amy Howe</a> of SCOTUS Blog, <a href="http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/janine_parry.html">Janine Parry</a> of the University of Arkansas, and <a href="http://wvxu.org/people/howard-wilkinson#stream/0">Howard Wilkinson</a> of WVXU. And we also played back parts of the conversation we had in 2015 with <a href="http://tomhayden.com">Tom Hayden</a>.<br> Music used in this podcast:<br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/just-as-i-am-still-bill-mw0000693667">Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers</a><br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/david-bowie-mw0000198656">Space Oddity by David Bowie</a><br> <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/listen-mw0000262350">Wishing by A Flock of Seagulls </a><br> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license"></a><br> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a><br>
