2008 February
February 5th, 2008
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Sports fans had their Superbowl on Sunday night, but political junkies have their big day today. On the eve of voters in more than 20 states going the polls, last night on The Agenda with Joe Solmonese we brought you a Super Tuesday Spectacular covering the big day from every angle.
But before we got into the electoral conversation, we took a few minutes to give an update from the states. I came in studio with a news round-up from Oregon, New Mexico, Florida and New York.
Back to Super Tuesday, we started out looking at the big picture with Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. This political reporter writes the must-read blog “The Fix” and sorted out the horserace, the big ad buys and the strategies. Listen in parts one and two.
Two delegate-rich states will hold their primaries today so we focused in on California and New York. Starting in the Golden State, Joe Garofoli of the San Francisco Chronicle was our guest. He covers politics and media and has examined the role of blogs and new media in campaigns, the rise of young voters and the state’s political left. Then we turned to the east coast with New York Sun City Editor David Lombino. He helped answer how Senator Clinton is doing in her home state and the differences between upstate and downstate politics.
One of the most adept political reporters on the GLBT beat is Kerry Eleveld of The Advocate. She’s talked to everyone from gay voters in Iowa and New Hampshire to the candidates themselves and she shared her insights on how the GLBT factors into the primary process. Listen in.
So far one lens through which we haven’t looked at this race is directly from the campaigns themselves. So for this special edition we brought in representatives from both Sen. Obama’s campaign as well as Sen. Clinton’s. Returning Agenda guest and New York City Council President Christine Quinn represented Hillary Clinton. We also welcomed Tobias Wolff representing Barack Obama. He’s the chief advisor to the campaign on LGBT policy issues as well as a tenured professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Listen in.
