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Siegel: Triumph of culture over politics - Part 2 listen

09/18/08 Mitch E. Perry
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New polls released in the past few days indicate that John McCain’s bounce from the Republican National Convention and his selection of Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin has subsided.

The election remains neck and neck, 47 days before Americans go to the polls. But there is no doubt that the selection of only the second woman on a presidential ticket has added a new dimension to the race.

Some analysts have said that the insertion of the pro-life, pro NRA Palin has brought the culture wars back...

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Addison Harden on women in politics

08/23/08 Mary Glenney
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Tags: Women's issues, politics

Addison Harden talked about the difficulties for women in entering and being involved in politics.

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Author discusses politics, new book listen

07/28/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Calvin MacKenzie, Robert Weisbrot, politics

Calvin MacKenzie is the co-author of the new book, The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s.

In the book, McKenzie and co-author Robert Weisbrot argue that Washington, D.C., was not simply a target of reform, but was actually the era’s most effective engine of change.

WMNF spoke with MacKenzie today.

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Sarasota holds mock election listen

07/11/08 Virginia Hoffman
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Tags: Politics, touch screen voting, optical scan voting, Democratic Party

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent held a mock election was held this week. County Commissioners want to be sure their new $2.6-million optical scan voting system is working correctly. They asked Dent to test the new machines and software.

The County purchased this system to replace touch screen machines when a referendum calling for a “paper trail” passed in 2006. This is the same election where a controversial 18,000 undervotes occurred between two candidates vying for t...

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S.C. governor: Energy conservation should begin at home

07/10/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, 2008 Election, John McCain, Barack Obama

With the respective party conventions more than six weeks away, speculation about vice presidential nominees for John McCain and Barack Obama will no doubt continue into August.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s announcement that he will marry Carole Rome early next is considered a boost for his VP chances by some political analysts.

Others being mentioned as possible running mates for McCain include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jendhal and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanfo...

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Clinton, Obama supporters still at odds listen

07/09/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

After Hillary Clinton joined Barack Obama at a campaign event in Unity, New Hampshire, late last month, some Democrats worried that the bitter race for the nomination would leave the party split. Today, there are indications that tension still exists between supporters of the two candidates.

The New York Times reported today that several donors to Obama are balking at helping pay off Clinton’s campaign debt, said to be more than $20 million.

The Times reports that so far Obama donor...

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Key Clinton supporter backs McCain listen

06/26/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama, \s

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are meeting right now at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C., along with some of Clinton’s biggest fundraisers.

It’s part of the reunifying of the Democratic Party – and in particular – the Obama and Clinton camps.

The St. Petersburg Times reported today that among those Clinton fundraisers that will meet with Obama tonight include Tampa’s Ana Cruz, one of the Clinton campaign’s biggest advocates in the region.

Cruz told the Times she is inter...

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Vic DiMaio on Obama's chances in Florida listen

06/20/08 Mitch E. Perry

Tags: Democrats, Politics, Barack Obama

Earlier this year, DiMaio sued the Democratic National Committee for stripping the state of its delegates to its National Convention.

Although he insisted he was neutral in the Democratic Primary, it was mainly Hillary Clinton supporters who seized on the delegate problem, and insisted that that the DNC recognize all of Florida’s delegates.

Last month, the DNC’s Rules and By-Laws Committee settled for a compromise, restoring all of the delegates, but giving them only half a vote, which ...

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Reaction to Obama's rejection of public financing listen

06/20/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, election, campaign finance, Barack Obama, John McCain

Barack Obama was attacked in many of the nation’s newspapers today for his apparent flip-flop on the issue of receiving public funding for his general election campaign.

Yesterday Obama announced that he will become the first presidential nominee not to accept public financing for the general election – which is expected to cost around $84 million beginning the day he receives the nomination, Aug. 28.

As the Obama campaign today hit back at John McCain for his alleged flip-flopping, Cam...

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Poll shows Obama up in Florida

06/18/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama, Polls

New polling numbers indicate that Barack Obama has received a "bounce" from his ascendency to becoming the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party for president.

Three new polls conducted by Quinnipiac University show Obama leading for the first time in the three key battleground states, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.

Quinnipiac shows Obama leading McCain 47 to 43 percent.

The Ohio poll shows Obama leading McCain 48 to 42 percent, and in Pennyslvania, another state considered...

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