Category Archives: Goings on in DC

The Current Political Climate

About a month ago, I interviewed NYU Politics professor Jonathan Nagler about the current political climate in the United States. It was originally going to air at the end of January but due to some technical difficulties on my part (my audio recorder broke) it didn’t. I’m posting it up here because I thought it was an interesting interview, even more interesting listening to it a month later. The interview took place just less than a week after Obama’s State of the Union address and two weeks after Scott Brown was elected to the Senate in Massachusetts. Check it out:

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Over Exposed President?

An Iowan woman is selling her TVs because she is sick of seeing President Obama on every channel. Is he over exposed? Probably. Is it worth selling your TVs over? Debatable.

Neb. Senator Nelson on the 60-member majority in Senate

Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson was on NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday discussing what the 60-member Democratic majority means for the Senate. As one of the Senate’s most conservative Democrats, he is not expected to vote along party lines as often as many Democrats would like. Check out the interview.