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- Pulling out of Georgia; Pulling out of Iraq; How many houses?
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Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)Is Russia honoring its deadline to pull out of Georgia? A very substantive and fascinating discussion of how to deal with Russia ensues with Tony insisting that Russia be punished and temporarily banned from the G8, and that the country must be dealt with firmly but reasonably and Bob disagreeing quite vehemently, wondering about the double standard in effect between Russia’s Georgia venture and the US venture in Iraq...
- Russia, Georgia; DemoCon-Hill, Bill; Dems and Oil; SwiftBoat2 (0mb)
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)Russia continues to occupy Georgia and doesn't appear to be backing down. Is this Georgia's fault? Instead of windsurfing in Hawaii, should Obama have been making daily press statements, in a suit, with flags waving behind him? Also, the big debate about the Clintons at the Convention. (Bob Scheer and Matt Miller are away. Marc Cooper moderates.)
- Campaign Energy Wars; Are Dems Doomed? China?s CloseUp (0mb)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)The fight over US energy policy has been the dominant message on the Presidential campaign trail this week: who’s got it right, who’s pandering and who’s been a demagogue? Tony’s for any plan that doesn’t involve tax subsidies, and prefers the multi-pronged approach. Bob and Arianna think Obama’s trying to...
- Anthrax; The Race Card; Trade Talks; Globalization & US (0mb)
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)The presumed suicide of the biochemical researcher whom the FBI was set to indict has set off alarm bells: after all the money spent going after terrorists overseas, is the enemy really within - and will we ever know at this point? This week’s Presidential campaign raised the issue of the race card: is Obama to blame by saying he doesn’t look like the other presidents on the dollar bills? Or is Rick Davis, of McCain’s campaign exploiting this, saying Obama dealt the race card from the bottom of the deck? Are we in a...
- Obama Overseas, McCain, The Poll Truth, Mortgage Bill (0mb)
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)Obama’s obvious overseas success may be a triumph of visuals over substance; will it come back to haunt him? The panelists agree that this campaign should be a walk for a Democratic candidate, so why are the polls on McCain and Obama so close? McCain’s week has been as bad as Obama’s has been good – by anyone’s standards...
- Iraq Troops; Is Al Gore Serious? VPstakes; Blog question (0mb)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)The White House announced it’s agreed on a “general time horizon” for possible troop reductions in Iraq. Tony says we’ve succeeded; Arianna says we’ve failed; and Bob says we never should’ve gone in the first place. An interesting conversation about Left-Right divisions ensues, wherein Tony tells the left what it thinks and Bob corrects him; Arianna defies these obsolete political labels, including the “archaic name of our show!”...
- Oil?s Up, Market?s Down; Iran?s Missiles; Iraq?s Timetable (0mb)
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:11:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)Today’s show raised the issue of the Presidential candidates’ response to the extreme dive in the Dow Jones and the announcement that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are in freefall. Plus, Iran shot some missiles and shot their credibility in the foot by doctoring photos. But that doesn’t mean the threat of Israel versus Iran isn’t scary and dangerous. Plus, Iraq appears to be calling for a timetable for a US departure. Is that serious?
- Patriotism; Obama Shifting Right? McCain Campaign Shake Up (0mb)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)A substantive discussion amongst the panelists about what patriotism means. Bob expounds on George Washington’s farewell speech; Tony talks about how the theme plays out politically; Matt shares thoughts by Peter Beinart of The New Republic that the right says “America’s great,” the left says, “Here’s what would make America great;” and Arianna mentions the USA Today poll that says 2/3 of Americans think that protesting is patriotic. Are Obama’s moves toward swing voters going to win him votes or just the animosity of his base? And will John McCain’s campaign recover its footing with new guy, Steve Schmidt, at the helm.
- SCOTUS on Guns/N. Korea/Oil/Dem Unity/Obamacons (0mb)
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:30:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)The decision on gun control will raise many issues at the level of local regulation. Now that W has taken North Korea off the “black list” (against the will of Cheney and Bolton), what will this lead to, will it become the new Vietnam, the new South Korea? The oil market is skyrocketing, the stock market has the jitters: what’s to become of the American economy? So now that Obama and Hillary have kissed and made up, will Bill’s legacy get scrubbed up? And a unique phenomenon worth exploring: conservatives for Obama.
- Obama/Public Finance; Offshore Drilling; China Economy (0mb)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EDT Author: podmaster@kcrw.org (Arianna Huffington)Obama announces he won’t take public funding--is campaign finance reform dead? Is it good news or bad news when more Americans add their dollars to elections? Would offering every voter a voucher to apply to whatever they support make Goldman Sachs’ money less influential? Should we start offshore drilling to offset the increase in oil prices? Or is that just more backward thinking, promoting further environmental ruin for not much of a difference in supply or demand? And finally, does China’s Communist-party controlled economic growth prove that America’s liberal capitalism is no longer a role model for the world’s developing powers? Tony’s just back from a trip there and shares his observations.
