Ken Rudin

A Junkie special edition: Readers give their take on Sen. John Kerry's choice for his vice presidential running mate.

Who's on the short list to be John Kerry's running mate? NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to NPR's Ken Rudin about presidential candidate John Kerry's possible vice presidential picks.

Medicare, homelessness, housing, day care, the minimum wage -- these issues have been largely eclipsed since April by news from Iraq. NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses the U.S. domestic agenda with Ron Walters of The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and NPR's Ken Rudin.

Political editor Ken Rudin makes a prediction on who John Kerry will pick as his running mate.

The real "Acting President," and the President Hiram Grant.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to NPR political editor Ken Rudin about how Republican control of Congress, especially the Senate, is not assured in the next elections. Many seats in both the House of Representatives and Senate are hotly contested, and could fall to either the Democrats or the GOP.

In 1992, Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois became the first African-American woman to win election to the U.S. Senate. In the third in a series of Morning Edition interviews with Democratic presidential candidates, Moseley Braun discusses her opposition to the Iraq war and her desire to rebuild America -- physically and spiritually. Read an analysis of her candidacy by NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin and hear an extended version of the interview at npr.org.

After an unsuccessful run for the White House in 1988, Rep. Richard Gephardt is giving it another try. In the second in a series of Morning Edition interviews with Democratic presidential candidates, the Missouri Democrat talks about the reasons he's running again and his plans for funding health care coverage. Read an analysis of Gephardt's candidacy by NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin and hear an extended version of the interview at npr.org.

Jacki Lyden interviews NPR's Ken Rudin about what may be at stake should the Senate elections result in a power shift or what could happen if the balance of power remains the same. (3:30)