Primary Election, Presidential Speech Writing, Getting Young People Involved in Politics

Through the first two days of early voting in the February primary, more than 2,400 people had cast ballots. Knox County Election Coordinator Greg Mackay predicts a record turnout on February 5. He believes at least 70,000 citizens will vote - and about 50 percent of them will vote early.

In the first segment of this week's program, 6 News political analyst George Korda joins Gene Patterson to talk about what's driving voters to turn out at the polls.

Then, Gene talks to Dr. James Humes, a former speech writer for five president and the author of a number of books, including "The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan." He was in town recently to speak at the East Tennessee Historical Society.

At the young age of 19 Trent Sanders started his own company to focus on getting young people involved in politics. He is Gene's final guest of this week's program.