The republican National Convention was in full swing as we recorded this week’s show, so we invited local Republican activist and pundit Chris Robling to sit with us and explain what’s been going on.

Unfortunately, the program happened before the Romney speech and the now-infamous Clint Eastwood appearance, but Chris, through the ingenious use of some hastily hand-drawn graphics, is able to explain the financial cliff to the edge of which the United States has driven itself – and the demographic challenge the Republican Party faces.