The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday Morning Politics

Eliot Engel, Congressman (D-17th District NY-Bronx and Westchester), member of the House Committee on International Relations
- on the new Democrat controlled Congress and the race for the majority leader in the House
then
George Cahlink, reporter at The Congressional Quarterly
and
John Stanton, staff writer for Roll Call
- compare and contrast Senators Clinton and McCain as the Armed Services Committee weighs in on Iraq (and 2008 looms)

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Bad Politics

Dame Diggz , rapper
and
Henry Berger, election lawyer for Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- think that votes were thwarted in Yonkers through dirty politics on Nicholas Spano's part
and
Michael Gannon reporter for the Journal News
- talks about the complaints being lodged on the Spano campaign

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Will Science Save Creation?

Edward O. Wilson, scientist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (W. W. Norton, 2006)
and
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
- preview their seminar: "Sustainable Development—Can it Save the Creation?"

Event: E. O. Wilson and Jeffery Sachs will be speaking at Columbia University’s Miller Theater Thursday evening.

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Deal Breakers: The Apartment

Jake Dobkin, publisher of Gothamist.com, a New York City blog
and
Bob Borzotta, runs the website neighborsfromhell.com
- what it takes for people to reach a breaking point in their living situation

Gothamist posting on the breaking point of apartment tolerance
New York Times article on living situation extremes

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