As Barack Obama announces former Sen. Tom Daschle as his choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, what kind of health care reform do they intend to pursue? Are you ready for a Federal Reserve-type institution to be created to run health care policy? And what kind of pricetag are taxpayers looking at to provide additional coverage? We ask Amy Menefee, Director of Communications for the Galen Institute.
How close is the White House to a deal with Congressional leaders? What are the details? Where will the money come from? Is this a one-time deal or will the automakers be back for more? And how will the White House try to convince skeptical Republicans to vote its way? We ask Deputy White House Press Secretary Tony Fratto.
On Wednesday we learned that Barack Obama plans to name Nobel winner Steven Chu as secretary of energy, Lisa Jackson as head of the Environmental Protection Agency and Carol Browner as energy czar. What the track records of these people? What do their nominations suggest about the policy track being pursued by Obama? What proposals in the early days of the administration should give us pause? We ask Dan Kish of the Institute for Energy Research.
How does media coverage of a scandal differ depending on which party is at the center of a scandal? How are we seeing that play out as a Democratic governor finds himself charged with corruption? What should the media be doing? And what are they actually doing? How is it different when a Republican politician is in the crosshairs? We ask Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center.
How does media coverage of a scandal differ depending on which party is at the center of a scandal? How are we seeing that play out as a Democratic governor finds himself charged with corruption? What should the media be doing? And what are they actually doing? How is it different when a Republican politician is in the crosshairs? We ask Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center.
What should we make of the plan to give emergency taxpayer aid to General Motors and Chrysler? Why is Ford so confident some eventual credit from the government is all it will need to return to profitability? How does it compete with the foreign automakers which have much lower labor and legacy costs? And what should be expected in this congressional debate? We ask Joe Hinrichs, Group Vice President for Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs at the Ford Motor Company.
We have Tuesday’s top news! What are the accusations against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich? What is the evidence he tried to “sell” the open senate seat in his state? What is Barack Obama’s reaction? What is the state of an auto industry bailout plan in Congress? What were the arguments for and against changing the definition of marriage in Iowa? What happened on Wall Street today? We answer all of these questions as we bring you the biggest stories for Tuesday, December 9, 2008.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is being charged with nultiple counts of corruption, including solicitation of bribery and extortion. Prosecutors say he was orchestrating a pay-to-play scheme to get a massive payback for his selection of the next U.S. senator and withheld state aid from the Chicago Tribune until critical writers were fired. So what is the reaction to all of this on Capitol Hill? How does this change the prospects for congressmen like Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson, Jr. of landing the seat vacated by Barack Obama? And how will the next senator now be chosen? We ask George Cahlink, managing editor of Congress Now, a publication of Roll Call.
How serious are the corruption charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich? Are prosecutors looking at a slam dunk case with all the phone conversations they have recorded? Can the governor mount a strong defense or should he be looking to cut a deal? We ask Prof. Robert Pugsley from the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.
How serious are the corruption charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich? Are prosecutors looking at a slam dunk case with all the phone conversations they have recorded? Can the governor mount a strong defense or should he be looking to cut a deal? We ask Prof. Robert Pugsley from the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.
