Are You The One? It’s our series leading up to the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut primaries – and about 20 others on “Super Duper Tuesday”, February 5th. It’s peer-to-peer democracy, as we all help each other figure out who to vote for in the Democratic and Republican votes.
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm discusses her endorsement of Hillary Clinton, and her state's decision to move their primary up in the calendar.
Former New Jersey Senator and Presidential candidate Bill Bradley discusses why he has chosen to support Barack Obama.
Hear selections from last night's Obama-Clinton debate, and NPR's Adam Davidson compares their plans to combat foreclosures.
After the Florida primary, Senator McCain is the clear Republican frontrunner. We’ll take a closer look at his Senate voting record-- and how people in his home state view him. Also: closeup on the current chaos in Kenya; debunking ten common myths about exercise; and how is eating meat like driving an S.U.V.?
David Hawkings, managing editor of Congressional Quarterly Weekly, and Doug MacEachern, editorial writer at the Arizona Republic, talk about Senator John McCain's voting record-- and how he is viewed in his home state.
Ben Smith , writer for Politico.com talks about the primary results in Florida and what they mean for super duper Tuesday next week. Also, why did Edwards drop out now?
New York Times Columnist David Kirkpatrick and Jerry Seib, the Assistant Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal, look at Mitt Romney's dual records as a businessman and politician.
We open the phones for the under thirty crowd to call in on Barack Obama. Is he the JFK of the younger generation?
Jonah Goldberg, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, contributing editor to National Review and the author of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (Doubleday, 2008), and Collin Levy, Wall Street Journal senior editorial page writer based in Washington, D.C. and former speechwriter to President Bush, offer analysis of the Republican candidates debate in Florida.
Liberal Fascism is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
New Yorker staff writer George Packer has turned his 2007 article about the abandonment of Iraqi interpreters into a play Betrayed that starts performances this week. He talks about the play, how the war in Iraq figures into the primary elections, and his most recent New Yorker article about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, “The Choice.”
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