The Brian Lehrer Show: New York State of Mind

The Brian Lehrer Show

New York State of Mind

Thursday, July 29, 2004

Hillary Clinton sits with Brian Lehrer during an interview at the RNC in New York ((Ilya Marritz/WNYC))

Hillary Clinton made a media splash in the weeks leading up to the Democratic Convention due to the Party excluding her from the speakers line up. After supporters called a foul the Junior Senator from the Empire State was quickly placed in the line up- introducing her husband. Today on The Brian Lehrer Show Hillary discusses the convention and her own reelection plans. Also, Eliot Spitzer.

Edwards' Words

John Harwood political editor of the Wall Street Journal on Edwards' convention speech

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Galluping Along

Frank Newport Editor and chief of the Gallup Poll and Author, Polling Matters: Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People (Warner Books, 2004)

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Queen of the Hill

Hillary Clinton United States Senator (D-NY) Living History (Simon & Schuster, 2003) on her speech and other convention events

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Just Another Brick in the Wall Street

Eliot Spitzer New York State Attorney General on the Democratic platform on Corporate Crime

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By George

George McGovern former Democratic Presidential Candidate, author Essential America (Simon & Schuster, July, 2004) comments on the Presidential Campaign

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Red State of Mind

Dick Zimmer President of the Republican Leadership Council and former Congressman (R-NJ-12th District)on the Republican response to the convention

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Reich to the Occasion

Robert Reich Former Secretary of Labor, Social Policy Professor at Brandeis University, visiting professor at UC Berkely, founder of The American Prospect, and author of, most recently, Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America (Knopf 2004) on John Kerry's economy policy

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The Blogger Becomes the Blogged!

Deutsche Welle's website has included the Brian Lehrer Show Blog in a feature on convention bloggers (in German).

It's always Brian Lehrer Show time on the web

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It's Getting Hot in Here

It's 5:26 pm and for the first time, this blogger has enocuntered a line of more than two minutes to enter the Fleet Center. Apparently one of the two main entrances has been closed, and demonstrators and police are gathering at the perimeter.

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John! Hillary! Robert (Reich)!

John Kerry did a dry run today on the main podium this morning at about 11:45...

Hillary did her first 'in studio' with us today

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The Final Push

[unity, unity, unity]
Coming up this morning: Hillary Clinton and Elliott Spitzer. Listen for any chink in their message of unity. As one reporter remarked to us yesterday, all this talk of getting together behind one candidate is making things awfully boring for us! We know, everyone wants to put the bruising '01 mayoral and '02 gubernatorial primaries behind them--not to mention unseat Bush--but you gotta give us some red meat!

[political buttons]

Taking poetic license with Teresa's words

[Stakeout: Louisbourg Square]

The Kerry-Heinz-Kerry (?) residence is somewhere near the far corner, according to a secret service agent

Also convening in Boston this week: followers of Falun Gong

This is what we see every day on the way to and from the Fleet Center

Kerry-Edwards not working for you? Try this.

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