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Unite America executive director Nick Troiano discussed his recent piece in The Atlantic, “Party Primaries Must Go.” This program is part of a “Washington Journal” series highlighting…

Elaine Kamarck talked about her book, Primary Politics: Everything You Need to Know about How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates, about the the primary nominating process and how…

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Mary Rose Oakar spoke about her positions as the Democratic National Committee Rules Co-Chair and the rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The committee held its final meeting prior the…

The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee considered two separate challenges concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the national convention in…

Roger Simon was interviewed by telephone about the Democratic National Committee’s decision to change the 2008 primary calendar. He talked about the history of the change, the consequences to the…

Participants talked about the method of selecting presidential nominees. They talked about the progression of the primary systems from the initial structure to the status quo. They spoke of the…

Governor Crist urged the Democratic Party to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic convention and answered the questions of reporters.

Call in show that allowed viewers to speak on the 2008 primaries immediately after a rally speech by Senator John McCain. Callers talked about the coming caucuses in Nevada and primary in…

Jacqueline Calmes talked about the Democratic Nomination. She said that Sen. Obama had received the support of Sen. John Kerry and that Gov. Richardson had left the race. She talked about…

Candidates and party officials were interviewed the day before the New Hampshire Primary. They talked about the issues that were important to voters and the legal mechanisms behind both…

Eleanor Glynn Kjellman was the chair of the New Hampshire Military Families for Hillary. She explained why they supported Sen. Clinton for the presidency. Kjellman answered questions from…

Fred Parady called in to the Washington Journal and talked about the Wyoming caucus. He talked about the process, the appearances of the candidates, and made predictions as to the outcome.

Telephone lines were opened for comments on the January 3 Iowa caucuses.

People in Des Moines, Iowa were interviewed. They talked about the role of the caucuses on New Years celebrations.

A portion of the 8:00 a.m. CT newscast of KCCI Channel 8 was shown. The Directors for Communication for both the Democrats and the Republicans were interviewed. They talked about the…

Gov. Chester Culver talked about the processes of the Iowa caucuses and explained the factors that impacted the date of them. He talked about the effect of South Carolina, Nevada, and New…

A simulcast of a radio talk show being broadcast was shown. Joe Mathiue was the host of the “1600” program on the XM Satellite Radio P.O.T.U.S. '08 Channel 130. Topics included the Iowa caucuses to be…

Bob Beneson reported by telephone on the history of U.S. presidential primaries.

Des Moines Register editor and debate moderator Carolyn Washburn talked about the presidential campaigns in Iowa. She explained why the Register endorsed Senators Clinton and McCain and talked…