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Headlines
- Fixing the MTA Budget Deficit
- Swap this!
- Saigon Grill Owners Arrested
- $5 Toll Proposed for Brooklyn Bridge
- Inside NY State's Judge Selection Process
- More
- Test-Driving A Hummer H3, In Baghdad
- GM CEO Outlines Company's Plans
- UAW Workers Ponder Their Fate
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- Democrats: Obama needs hands-on economic approach
- India names Pakistani masterminds, date plot to 07
- Carmakers' bailout pleas hit Senate skepticism
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Vote 2008
Covering the issues that affect our region most
There is money to follow and voters to talk to ahead of the new -- and early -- primary date of February 5th, not mention the November election.
Demographics
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 07, 2008
John B. Judis, a senior editor of New Republic, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the author of The Emerging Democratic Majority and The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson (Scribner, 2004) looks at what this election means for party dominance.
Dems Take Control of NY State Senate
November 05, 2008
New York’s last bastion of Republican control -- the State Senate -- has become a Democratic power base, along with the Assembly and Governorship. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. Two long-serving R....
Legislative Changes
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 05, 2008
Irene Liu, political writer and blogger for the Albany Times Union, and Liz Benjamin, New York Daily News columnist and blogger, look at what the voters changed in the state legislature.
Changes on the Hill
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 05, 2008
David Hawkings, managing editor of CQ Weekly, looks at what's new for the U.S. Congress.
The Morning After
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 05, 2008
Sheryll Cashin, professor of law at Georgetown University and the author of The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family (PublicAffairs, 2008) and Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and the author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Random House, 2008) take the long view on yesterday’s voting results.
Event
Walter Isaacson will interview Jon Meacham about his book at the 92nd St. Y on Sunday, November 23rd at 7:30. Ticket information here.
Post-Election Coverage
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 05, 2008
WNYC’s political director Andrea Bernstein goes through the election returns with Jonathan Capehart, editorial writer for the Washington Post and then Mark Blumenthal, editor and publisher of Pollster.com.
- Chambliss Wins Ga. Run-off, Democrats Fall Short of 60 Senate Seats
- Military Recruitment Called into Question Over Promises, Methods
- Stevens' Defeat Ends Long Political Career, Brings Democrats Closer to 60 Seats
- Freshman Lawmakers Offer Take On Auto Bailout
- Automakers Get Second Chance To Pitch For Bailout
- 100-Year-Old Gears Up For Obama's Inauguration
