Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.24.2007
This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 54:35
This Week’s Topics:
–Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Research Center, joins us to discuss overnight polling on the State of the Union address, opinion on the proposed increase in troops in Iraq, and other topics.
–The State of the Union address, including analysis and discussion of attendees and the speech itself.
–Bush’s bizarre “broken egg” discussion with Jim Lehrer.
–Republican Senator John Warner’s opposition to the proposed Iraq troop increase.
–Republican Senators John McCain and Chuck Hagel’s differing opinions on Iraq.
–Senator Hillary Clinton is in for the 2008 presidential campaign, while Senator John Kerry is out.
–Some think that having a Muslim father and/or smoking cigarettes will present a problem for Barack Obama.
–Senator Pat Leahy’s agitated questioning of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez on the topic of torture.
–Yet another reference to the supposed “homosexual mafia.”
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