Republican National Committee Audio & Video
Here and Now for Friday, April 18, 2008
[description] Nearly one in five veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from psychological disorders like depression and post traumatic stress syndrome. That's 300,000 veterans affected. And nearly as many returning service members are reporting that they experienced a possible traumatic brain injury while on duty. This is according to a study by the Rand Corporation. We'll speak with one of the authors of the study. How dirty can a political campaign get? Author Joseph Cummins has done the research and it's laid out in his new book, "Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots and October Surprises in US Presidential Campaigns." The race in 1800 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was nasty; Jefferson's team used the term 'hermaphroditical character' to refer to Adams; Adams' team called Jefferson the son of a half-breed Indian squaw. And that's just the beginning. The custody hearing continues today for 416 children taken by the state of Texas. The children w
Bay State GOP politician turns to Obama
[description] (NECN) - As Barack Obama campaigns around the country, he shows particular strength among young people, African-Americans, and liberal Democrats. So it's interesting to meet one of Obama's newest Bay State supporters -- he is 69-years-o...
Huckabee says Republican voters want choice
[description] (NECN) (NECN) - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke to supporters from Little Rock, Arkansas Tuesday night. Huckabee said Republican voters want to hear an alternative voice in deciding who should be the party's presidential nom ...
Here and Now for Tuesday, January 29, 2008
[description] It's the largest and most diverse state to vote so far. We'll discuss today's Florida primary with Juan Vasquez, deputy editorial page editor at the Miami Herald. Voters in some Florida counties will be casting their ballots on electronic voting machines that caused problems in a 2006 election. And voters in all or part of 20 states will be using computer touchscreen machines that don't generate a paper record of each vote cast. We speak with elections expert, Doug Chapin of the Pew Center's Electionline.org, about the state of election reform, six years after Congress passed the Help America Vote Act. Holy technology, Batman! Remember rabbit ears and when color television was the state of the art for home viewing? Then came cable television, satellite dishes, and flat screens, plasmas and LCD sets invaded our homes with screens so big that you had to have a separate room just to set them up. Well, now television technology is about to change again with the coming of high defi
12/14/07 Jay Debate the Debate with Jim, pt.3
[description] Jay Severin and Jim Braude Debate the Debate, pt.3, taking calls, 12/17/07.
Will Mass. move up its presidential primary?
[description] (NECN) Momentum is building in Massachusetts to move the state's presidential primary. With the system now heavily front-loaded, Bay State officials don't want their state to be an afterthought. NECN's RD Sahl reports.
Chris Shays 10-15-07
[description] Are you going to vote for him?
Fifth District debate
[description] WBZ political correspondent Jon Keller talked with WBZ producer's Ed Golden about the importance of Tuesday night's final Fifth Congressional District debate on WBZ1030.com
Personal experience
[description] Former Congressman Peter Torkildsen talks with Ed Walsh about his experience in Minneapolis.
NPR News: 07-14-2007 7PM ET
[description] NPR News: 07-14-2007 7PM ET










