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Bloomberg on Ballot in Va.

August 19, 2008

Despite Mayor Bloomberg’s public declaration last Spring that he was not running for President, die-hard boosters have gotten his name on the November ballot in Virginia.
Bloomberg’s Name on Ballot in Virginia

This week, follow Takeaway Political Director Andrea Bernstein and Web Producer Adam Hirsch as they drive to the Democratic National Convention and talk with voters along the way about what matters to them. Today, they’re in Appalachia.
Road Trip Day Two: “No one minds a bill they can afford to pay”

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The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein gets the story straight from voters' mouth as she and Web Producer Adam Hirsch take a roadtrip to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Check out their latest dispatch.

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When Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) was a young woman, her grandmother’s career advice for her was to get married. Now Rep. Maloney says that gender inequality is still a big problem in the U.S.

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Bloomberg Praises Both McCain and Obama

Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the independent streaks of the Democratic and Republican candidates for president at a gathering in Minneapolis hosted by the state's Independent Party.

Jim Hightower on the Presidential Campaign

The Brian Lehrer Show

June 26, 2008
Author, radio host and itinerant muckraker Jim Hightower shares his thoughts on the presidential campaign, the role of grassroots organizing, and all things politics.

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Grand New Party

The Brian Lehrer Show

Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam join us to talk about their new book Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream in which they argue that it's time for Republicans to finally get over Reagan.