Summary: Last week’s Politicon conference in Pasadena, California gave us the opportunity to hear from two Republicans making the case “for” and “against” Donald Trump. GOP strategist <a href="http://mikemurphycommentary.com">Mike Murphy</a> insists there’s a chance, albeit slim, that the convention will back the effort to free the delegates to vote their conscience.<br> The opposing view came from <a href="http://steeleforum.com">Michael Steele</a>, the former RNC chair, who said that if the party hopes to defeat Hillary Clinton in November, it’s going to have to unite behind Trump.<br> With Clinton getting a scolding by the FBI director for her handling of classified information, and with Trump getting blasted for an alleged hidden message in an anti-Hillary tweet, <a href="http://hpr2.org/people/neal-conan">Neal Conan</a> arrives at the perfect time to offer his thoughts on the entire campaign.<br> We also spoke with <a href="https://johnsonweld.com">Gary Johnson</a>, the Libertarian Party candidate, who acknowledges that his only chance of success depends on if he makes it into the debates this fall.<br> And we go back to July of 2007 when we learned of the inclusion of Louisiana Sen. David Vitter’s phone number in the records of a D.C. prostitution ring. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat explains why that scandal didn’t come crashing down on Vitter until last year’s gubernatorial race.<br> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/8276428277/in/photolist-dBmRMg-aquJSW-qshYBw-dSFUcB-9ikqs4-deJn5v-deJkXJ-deJn9t-fuYrkP-cT3o4J-azE3u7-cBPnPL-azE36C-dBsf8U-rpcNe5-rpcwCf-9Ptzsd-dBsfHE-dBmSi4-dBsisE-dBmSag-qsj2Lf-dBsh1o-dBmPEe-r7K8XS-dBshGm-rpcqyb-adhBYq-a1fs3S-azBnaX-dBmSLt-dBmQxk-89CT32-dBmR3r-deJnEa-r7Rz4F-5XLqEo-dBmRTF-deJmZ8-deJoru-6vVy9F-azBoxD-deJpqP-7fYgwJ-deJg11-deJfW7-r7HKod-aquKmh-r7Jjwu-azE1kw">Photo by Gage Skidmore</a><br> Music used in the podcast:<br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013XC35XK/ref=dm_ws_ap_tlw_alb3">Mat Kearney – Coming Home (Oregon)</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048ZFAG2/ref=dm_ws_ap_tlw_alb3">War – Why Can’t We Be Friends</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friends-Beach-Boys/dp/B00000DQP2">The Beach Boys – Friends</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Early-Mornin-Stoned-Pimp-Rock/dp/B00008FWSL">Kid Rock – Detroit Thang</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Choice-Devo/dp/B000002KLC">Devo – Freedom Of Choice</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175EYBS/ref=dm_ws_ap_tlw_alb59">A Flock Of Seagulls – Modern Love is Automatic</a><br> <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/politicaljunkie/content.blubrry.com/politicaljunkie/Podcast_final_7-6-16_mixdown.mp3"></a><a href="http://krpoliticaljunkie.com/subscribe/"></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>
