Election 2008

Texas & Ohio Primary Coverage

Analysis of the Texas & Ohio Election Results

March 5, 2008

From Radio Times:
We'll first hear from WAYNE SLATER the Senior Political Writer for The Dallas Morning News based in Austin. He's also author of Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential. Then we'll hear from JASON JOHNSON an Assistant Professor of Communications and Political Science at Hiram College in Ohio on his state's results, and finally we'll talk with JANIS EDWARDS, an Associate Professor of Communications at the University of Alabama on whether Hillary Clinton has been treated differently by the press because she's a woman. Listen to this show via Real Audio | mp3

Delegate Math

March 5, 2008

From Radio Times:
Election 2008 coverage continued. In this second hour we'll turn our focus to "delegate math." In America's complicated system of voters electing delegates, it's the delegate count that matters most for the candidates. We'll hear from CHADWICK MATLIN the political blogger for Slate Magazine, who has been doing his homework and tells us where the delegate count stands, then we'll look at the media coverage of this election. Was the media tougher on Hillary Clinton as she contends? Our guest will be a media critic who has been following the political coverage. Listen to this show via Real Audio | mp3

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March 5, 2008

The results of yesterday's nominating contests have made one thing very clear - the candidates are going to court Pennsylvania's Democratic voters. With the April 22nd Primary still a ways off, the candidates are rounding volunteers and staffers from near and far, and settling in for a 6 and a half week battle for the Keystone State. In an early campaign stop, Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to stump for Senator Hillary Clinton at the University of Pennsylvania today. Senator Barack Obama's also setting his sites. WHYY's Elizabeth Fiedler stopped in for a tour of Obama's Pennsylvania headquarters at 15th and Sansom streets. Listen to the mp3 »

March 5, 2008

Plenty of Pennsylvania residents were glued to their TVs and radios last night... Waiting to find out just how much their votes will matter. Dozens of Philadelphia professionals, many of them lawyers, met up on the second floor of McGillin's Old Ale House - a Center City Bar/Restaurant - to follow the tallies and cheer for senator Barack Obama. WHYY's Elizabeth Fiedler reports. Listen to the mp3 »

March 3, 2008

Some Pennsylvania Democrats are busy making their mark in Ohio this afternoon. With more than a month to go until the Keystone State's Primary, supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama made the trek to Ohio to make phone calls and go door-to-door.... In advance of tomorrow's nominating contest. WHYY's Elizabeth Fiedler reports. Listen to the mp3 »

February 14, 2008

A Quininipiac poll out today focuses on the opinions of almost 1,500 Pennsylvania voters from February 6th through 12th. The early numbers give Senator Hillary Clinton a sizeable lead in the Primary, but show the candidates in a dead heat for the general election. The poll has a + or - 2.6% margin of error for the general election... and a + or - 4.1% margin of error with polled Democrats. WHYY's Elizabeth Fiedler reports. Listen to the mp3 »

February 13, 2008

With the Presidential Primaries chugging along, Governor Ed Rendell has come under fire for remarks he made about Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The latest from WHYY's Elizabeth Fiedler. Listen to the mp3 »