The Rational Republican

The Rational Republican

Promoting individual liberty and conservative principles while rejecting hatred and divisiveness.

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March 14, 2026 48 mins
Christian Honl is running for State Representative in HD32 on the northern Oregon coast. He is seeking to unseat the incumbent turncoat who ran as a Republican but re registered as a Democrat after voting for the controversial Transpiration Tax.
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James and Nick welcome Andrew Morrison back to the podcast to talk about affordability and running for office in disincorporated Damascus.
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February 14, 2026 42 mins
James and Nick sit down to talk about the recent ICE killings and the public fallout
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January 17, 2026 45 mins
Kicking off a new "season" of TRR as we get into Primary season, James and Nick discuss the foreign policy decisions executed in the first few weeks of 2026.
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May 17, 2025 37 mins
James and Nick welcome a couple folks from Western Justice, the NRA for the "western" way of life. A very different vibe from the last episode
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May 3, 2025 36 mins
Posting these out of order because the LCR's have an event on May 10th we'd like to plug. The Log Cabin Republicans are members of the LGBT community who hold conservative principles. Many say that "coming out" as Republican was harder than coming out as gay. Listen to their story here.
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March 29, 2025 46 mins
Before James was a podcast host and small business owner, he was an Army officer and frequently in charge of handling classified materials. So given the recent article from The Atlantic, we decided to give an insider view of how classification works.
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March 7, 2025 57 mins
A crossover episode with the Crosstabs podcast. We talk about the ORP elections that just took place, what it's like to run a podcast, and some insider baseball on what life is like in the Capitol.
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February 13, 2025 49 mins
Jerry Cummings is a pastor and Republican mega-volunteer running for ORP Chair in spring 2025. Win or lose, I'm sure we haven't heard the last from Jerry!
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January 28, 2025 47 mins
In 2020, "fake news" was mostly a conservative problem where people would share fictitious articles on facebook, and they would go viral. in 2025 if seems that the roles have been reversed, and the Left are believing any piece of media that confirms their bias. James and Nick discuss.
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December 28, 2024 37 mins
Part 2 of our live panel at Eastern Oregon University. Since this was recorded live, some of the audio is messy but still a great conversation.
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December 8, 2024 48 mins
James and Nick speak take part in a panel discussion at Eastern Oregon University about different topics that impact our political world. Part 1
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November 23, 2024 52 mins
President Elect Trump's cabinet picks have been making headlines and (predictably) those on the left have decried them as the worst picks in the history of the universe. We welcome Jeff Stone to go over some of our favorite winners and losers from the incoming president's cabinet.
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November 11, 2024 47 mins
James and Nick welcome two Young Republican extraordinaires to the podcast, Calvin Bennett and Tanner Elliott, to discuss the 2024 election results.
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October 31, 2024 47 mins
Rep Diehl (pronounced "deal") represents HD17 southeast of Salem.
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October 18, 2024 52 mins
Aimee Reiner is a long-time activist who got started in her political career during the COVID lockdowns, caring for her special-needs son.
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October 3, 2024 44 mins
John Masterman is a small business owner running for the State House in HD 48 which includes Damascus, SE Portland, and parts of Gresham
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September 21, 2024 44 mins
Paul Drechsler (pronounced Drexler) is running for HD50 in east Multnomah County. This is a D+4 district and very winnable, and Paul is the guy to do it.
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September 11, 2024 21 mins
James and Nick welcome Bri Hall, the only registered Independent at a Young Republicans debate watch party, to give a reaction to the September 10th presidential debate.
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September 7, 2024 55 mins
Jake Mead is a small business owner in HIllsboro, running for City Council. I (James) have known Jake for several years and he's the real deal, be sure not to skip this one!
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