Midweek Politics 01.09.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

January 9, 2008

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

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This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

--Bill Scher of LiberalOasis.com and the Campaign for America's Future and Mike Hannahan, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts join us live in-studio.

--The Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, including discussion of the results and why voters voted the way they did.

--How much do voters know about what's going on politically?

--Why was labeling John Kerry a flip-flopper in 2004 so successful? Could there be a similar attack, possibly just as successful, this election?

--Accussations that Hillary Clinton "is not above using race" to beat Barack Obama.

--Political ads and their effect on voters and elections.

--Do too many voters make voting decisions based on false understandings of candidates' positions?

--The New Hampshire debates, including highlights and a discussion of how much voters really learn from these debates.

--The "Iron My Shirt" Hillary Clinton incident.

--The run-in between Bill O'Reilly and Barack Obama in New Hampshire.

--Senator John McCain's recent Iraq comments.

--Much more.

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