2006 Election Preview Show 2 – 10.21.2006
Total Running Time:
Part 1 – 45:33
Part 2 – 49:52
With the election less than three weeks away, this 2-hour specials includes:
–Overview of House and Senate seats up for reelection, gubernatorial elections, as well as updated projections for each of the three based on the most recent polls and analysis.
–Deval Patrick, Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, discusses his campaign and the upcoming election, and we follow up with him at a recent debate in Springfield, Massachusetts.
–Medea Benjamin, of Code Pink and Global Exchange, joins David Pakman to talk about whether or not her public protests and the arrests that they lead to are the best way to get people voting for the anti-war candidates, as well as many other related issues.
–Congressman Harold Ford Jr. recently showed up at his Republican opponent’s press conference to attempt to debate him on Iraq, and we listen to local media coverage of the debate, and the actual exchange they had in the parking lot near the press conference.
–Karlyn Bowman of the American Enterprise Institute discussed a study on public opinion regarding the war in Iraq, and how important the Iraq war is to the upcoming election.
–Amanda Terkel of the Center for American Progress explains how 9/11 as well as the ideas of terror and security have been used and politicized relating to elections.
–Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Research Center tells us about all of the recent polls, how polls can be skewed, and what we can expect on voting day.
–We look at likely Democratic gains in the Governors races, as well as notable Senate races and how they are shaping up.
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Hour 1: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/2006election/2006electionpreview2-1-low.mp3
Hour 2: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/2006election/2006electionpreview2-2-low.mp3
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