| After the Election |
 Nov. 11:
Webster Brooks, founder of
Low-Country and Chesapeake Society, discusses how African Americans
voted in the 2004 election and why they now feel excluded from the
political process.
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 Nov.
10: At the White House, President Bush
nominates Alberto Gonzalez to replace John
Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General. In this clip, President Bush
highlights Mr. Gonzalez’s background and career in public
service.
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 Nov.
9: Thomas Frank, author of "What's the
Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America,"
discusses his book and topical issues. Mr. Frank talks about the
tendency voters have to vote based on cultural values over
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 Nov.
8: Harold Ickes and Simon
Rosenberg discuss the impact of the 2004 election on
the future of the Democratic Party.
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 Nov. 4: Newsweek photographer, Charles Ommanney, discusses his behind-the-scenes perspective of both candidates after covering them on the campaign trail.
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 Nov.
4: President George W. Bush discusses his
agenda for a second term. In this clip, he answers this
question: "[Do] you feel more free to do any one thing in a second
term that perhaps you were politically constrained from doing in a
first?" Teach with this
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 Nov.
3: Excerpts from Republican George W.
Bush's victory speech and Democrat John
Kerry's concession speech in the 2004 presidential
election.
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| Battleground States
|
 Nov. 1: Alexander Lamis, Associate Political Science Professor at Case Western Reserve University, discusses Ohio politics including voter turnout, legal challenges, Ohio’s voting system
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 Oct. 6: Charlie Brennan, host of "The Charlie Brennan Show" on KMOX Radio discusses the upcoming presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri.
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 Oct. 27: John Sanchez, Southwest Regional Chairman for the Bush-Cheney Campaign, and John Wertheim, Chairman of the New Mexico Democratic Party, discuss the role of Hispanic and Latino voters in the 2004 general election in New Mexico
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 Sept 28: Adam Smith, Political Editor for the St. Petersburg Times discusses why Florida is a battleground
state.
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Campaign Trail
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 Oct.31: With only two days to go until the election, both Senator Kerry and President Bush are hitting many battleground states as they campaign.
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 Oct. 25: Former President Bill Clinton joined Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry at a campaign stop in Philadelphia, PA.
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 Oct. 15: Republican candidate Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Candidates'
Background
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 Oct. 26: A C-SPAN special on George W. Bush's presidency, with a focus on the events, issues and politics which shaped it.
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 Sept. 16: Speaking at a book party
at the National Press Club, author Kitty
Kelley discusses her new book, The Family:
The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty.
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|
Debates
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 Oct. 13: In the last of
three presidential debates, Sen. John
Kerry and President Bushdebate the issue of raising the minimum wage.
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 Oct. 10: Presidential
candidates from the Libertarian, Constitution, Green
and Socialist Parties meet in a 90-minute
debate at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
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Oct. 8: In the 2nd presidential
debate, Democratic Candidate Sen. John
Kerry and Republican Candidate
President George W. Bush discuss the
war in Iraq.
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 Oct. 5: Vice Pres. Richard
Cheney debates Sen. John Edwards
(D-NC) during the first-and only-vice
presidential debate for the 2004 general election at
the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
OH.
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 Oct. 3: Tim Funk of The Charlotte Observer and Jonathan Last of The Weekly Standard discuss the debating styles of Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards.
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 Sept. 26: Journalists,
including Ann Compton of ABC News,
Brit Hume of Fox News, and
John Mashek of The Boston
Globe, discuss their experiences as panelists and
questioners in past presidential debates.
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Domestic
Issues
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Nov. 3:
Excerpts from Republican George W. Bush's victory speech and Democrat John Kerry's
concession speech in the 2004 presidential election.
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 Oct. 24: Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democratic vice presidential
nominee Sen. John Edwards, participates in a town hall
meeting with voters in Harrisburg, PA. In this clip, Mrs. Edwards lays out the differences
between Sen. John Kerry’s plan for health care
versus that of Pres. George W. Bush.
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 Oct. 14: Alice
Rivlin and James Miller,
former budget directors under Presidents Clinton and
Reagan, respectively, discuss the national deficit
and pay-as-you-go rules.
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 Oct. 12: Sarah
Bianchi, domestic policy advisor for
Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry discusses
his position on stem cell research
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 Oct. 4: Michael
Cromartie, Vice President of the Ethics and
Public Policy Center, and Shaun Casey,
Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley
Theological Seminary, discuss religion in the American
political process.
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 Sept. 29: Walter
Dellinger, Former Acting Solicitor
General (1996-1997) and Theodore
Olson, Former Solicitor General (2001-2004),
discuss the potential impact of the 2004 election on
the makeup of the Supreme Court.
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 Sept.
27: Former U.S. Representative Robert
Walker (R-PA), 1977-1997, discusses the GOP
"Contract with America" during its 10th
anniversary.
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 Sept. 22: Representative
George Miller (D-CA) discusses the House
Democrats' New Partnership for America's Future
document.
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 Sept. 13: Chris
Cox, Chief Lobbyist for the National Rifle
Association, discusses the 2004 Vote and the Second
Amendment.
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Economy
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 Sept. 15: Democratic presidential
nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
delivers a speech on his proposed economic policy.
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| Election Laws & Practices
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 Oct. 21: Ray
Martinez and Paul DeGregorio,
Commissioners for the U.S. Election Assistance Program,
discuss the implementation of the new federal election
reform law known as the "Help America Vote Act" (HAVA)
and voter preparedness for the election.
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 Oct. 20: Jim
Norman, Polling Editor for USA Today,
discusses polling, politics, and the 2004 vote. In this
clip, Mr. Norman talks about the reliability of
pre-election polling as well as the impact it has on
voters.
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 Oct. 19: Curtis Gans of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate and Rebecca
Vigil-Giron of the National Association of
Secretaries of State debate the impact absentee ballot
voting in various states has on the results of national
elections.
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 Oct. 7: The Congressional
Black Caucus holds a preparedness hearing to
look at whether adequate preparations have been made in
order to guard against polling problems on Election Day.
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Foreign
Policy
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 Oct. 18: Former Vice President Al Gore delivers a major policy speech in which he critiques Pres. Bush's record.
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Sept. 30: Republican nominee Pres. George
W. Bush debates Democratic nominee
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at the
University of Miami.
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 Sept. 23: Iyad
Allawi, the Prime Minister of Iraq, addresses
a Joint Meeting of Congress.
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 Sept.
21: President George W. Bush
speaks to the United Nations on international security
and the war in Iraq.
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 Sept. 20: Sen. John Kerry
(D-MA) Iraq & Foreign Policy Address.
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National
Security
|
 Sept. 14: Senate Confirmation
Hearing for Porter Goss to be CIA
Director
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 Sept. 10: Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld Speech on War on
Terrorism from the National Press
Club in Washington, DC, explaining the Bush
Administrations approach in the context of the 3rd
anniversary of September 11th.
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Third
Parties
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 Oct. 28: At a news conference in Washington, DC, Independent Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader talks about the 2004 presidential election and answers questions from the press.
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 Sept. 17: Florida Supreme
Court Oral Argument on Ralph Nader Ballot
Access.
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