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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, October 30, 2006
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  • Bob Menendez
    Bob Menendez

    Every Morning Politics

    Each week, we usually spend time talking Monday Morning Politics bringing context to the issues consuming Washington. As we enter the homestretch of the mid-term elections, Every Morning Politics will bring analysis and candidate interviews every day. First up: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, (D-NJ), who is in a tight reelection battle, which may determine control of the Senate. Also, 30 Issues in 30 Days #26: Reforming Albany.

Garden State Run

Robert Menendez, Senator , Democrat from New Jersey
- talks about his run for Senate for the state of New Jersey

Jersey Political Daze

Herb Jackson, Washington correspondent for The Record of Bergen County
- discusses the race between Tom Kean Jr. and Robert Menendez

Pacing Politics

Chris Paige director of the Pace Poll
- analyzes his poll's findings for the 2006 election cycle

Download PDF file of selected Pace Poll questions

30 Issues in 30 Days: Reforming Albany

Seymour P. Lachman, former New York State Senator, professor at Adelphi University and author, with Robert Pollner, Three Men in a Room: The Inside Story of Power and Betrayal in an American Statehouse (The New Press, 2006)
and
Suzanne Novak, deputy director of the Democracy Project at the Brennan Center of Justice
- everything you want to know about the way New York State is run

The Brennan Center’s Unfinished Business: New York State Legislative Reform 2006 Update

Three Men in a Room is available for purchase at Amazon.com

A Green Governor?

Malachy McCourt, Irish writer and candidate for governor for the Green Party
- on his run as a third party candidate for Governor of New York

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Rocky Road Ahead

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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.

Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.

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Tweet If You Use Twitter

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

Don't Say That, Literally

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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")

What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!

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From Denmark with Love

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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.

Judge Sotomayor

Squatting, Then and Now

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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.