2006 Election Preview Show - Show 2 - 10.21.2006
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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