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Sanchez named to lead Latino fundraising for Obama listen
03/28/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Election, Politics, Barack Obama
Yesterday the Barack Obama campaign announced that Tampa businessman Frank Sanchez has been named National Chairman of Latino Fundraising for the campaign.
Sanchez has already been active with Obama as adviser on Latin American issues, and as a chief fundraiser here in Florida.
Sanchez previously worked in the Bill Clinton administration as an Assistant Secretary of Transportation where he oversaw international negotiations.
Sanchez ran and lost to Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio in a run-off ...
Be the first to commentNelson urges DNC to compromise on delegates listen
03/27/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Sen. Bill Nelson today announced a new plan to have Florida’s Jan. 29 primary count by copying what the Republican National Committee did.
When Florida’s Legislature voted last year to move the primary date to January, lawmakers were aware that penalties loomed but went ahead anyway, daring the national parties to sanction them.
Both parties did – but while the Democratic National Committee stripped the state of all of its delegates, the GOP cut half of theirs – making the primary extre...
Be the first to commentControversial pastor cancels Tampa appearance listen
03/25/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has canceled what would have been his first public appearance since a furor erupted two weeks ago over inflammatory remarks made in his sermons.
The Rev. Wright was scheduled to deliver a sermon at the Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace tonight as part of 3 days of revival meetings celebrating the church’s 10th anniversary.
The Rev. Earl B. Mason Sr., senior pastor at the Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace, says it...
Be the first to commentFederal lawsuit against DNC dismissed listen
03/21/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
A federal appeals court today dismissed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over the party’s decision to strip Florida of its delegates to the national convention.
But the decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta gives the challengers an opening to revisit the lawsuit and carry on the legal challenge.
Tampa Democratic Party activist Victor DiMaio filed the lawsuit last year accusing the party of disenfranchising Florida’s Democratic voters by b...
Be the first to commentEleanor Clift on Obama speech listen
03/19/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine and a regular panelist on the nationally syndicated show The McLaughlin Group. She’s just published a new book, Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death and Politics.
WMNF spoke with her this morning about her thoughts on Barack Obama’s speech on race and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Be the first to commentFlorida Democrats pitch plan for a mail re-vote listen
03/13/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman today announced plans for a mail-in voting process but acknowledged that it may never come to fruition.
Thurman says she first wants to hear from as many Democrats as possible in the next 24 hours before formally presenting the plan to candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. You can write your response to her by going to fladems.com.
Thurman says she will review those comments over the weekend. If the cand...
Be the first to commentFuture looks bright for Dems, progressive group says listen
03/12/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics
A progressive group says 2008 will be sea change election that should portend well for Democrats.
The Campaign for America’s Future today released a report, days away from its Take Back America annual Convention in Washington. Robert Borosage is co-director of the group. He said in spite of the potential trainwreck that is the intense battle for the Democratic nomination for president, this year is reminscient of 1980, when Ronald Reagan was elected and his ‘Republican Revolution “ changed...
Be the first to commentDemocrats mostly indifferent to re-vote by mail listen
03/11/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Top Florida Democrats are looking into hiring a private accounting firm and a direct mail house to send ballots to four million Democratic voters so they can choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as their presidential nominee, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The campaign is being pushed by Florida’s senior Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson, a superdelegate who supports Hillary Clinton.
But another Clinton superdelegate from Florida, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schul...
Be the first to commentInterview with author of 'The Political Brain'
03/11/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics
Today we interview Drew Westen about his latest book The Political Brain. Here's what his publisher says about the book:
"The Political Brain is a groundbreaking investigation into the role of emotion in determining the political life of the nation. For two decades Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, has explored a theory of the mind that differs substantially from the more 'dispassionate' notions held by most cognitive psychologists, political scient...
Be the first to commentCastor says no to a Florida re-vote
03/10/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Yesterday, Hillsborough area Congresswoman Kathy Castor, a Barack Obama superdelegate, said she was against any type of re-vote in the state. Castor said the leader in pledged delegates in the race (currently Obama), will resolve the dispute over the delegates before the convention, avoiding a convention battle over the nomination. WMNF spoke with Rep. Castor from her office in Washington a short time ago.
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