Patt Morrison Wed 10/22/08

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

 

1:00 – 1:30

OPEN

  

1:30 – 2:00

Proposition 2 - Standing, Stretching, Turning Around

Does your protein have enough leg room?  Proposition 2 will make sure it does.  The November ballot measure would prohibit ranchers from keeping chickens, veal calves and breeding pigs in pens or cages that are too small for them to move.  Opponents of the measure say that current requirements already provide safe and humane housing and that Prop 2 would wipe out California's egg industry and increase the risk of bird flu and salmonella contamination, resulting in higher prices for a household commodity. In these difficult economic times, will voters be willing to risk higher food costs to ensure humane treatment of animals?

 

Guests:

YES ON PROP 2

Wayne Pacelle (puh-CELL-ee), President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States

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NO ON PROP 2

Julie Buckner, Campaign spokeswoman, No on Prop 2

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2:00 – 2:30

605 Million Reasons That Publicly Financed Campaigns are Dead

It was an astonishing month of fundraising for Barack Obama, even by his already lofty standards:  the Illinois Senator raised $150 million in September, far eclipsing the $84 million in public money that Sen. John McCain accepted for the entire campaign.  Sen. McCain’s reaction to Obama’s record haul was to warn about future scandals and corruption in presidential campaigns.  No matter which candidate you support, it’s safe to say that the torrid fundraising by both Democrats and Republicans has severely damaged the model of publicly financed campaigns.  Sen. Obama raised $605 million since he began his campaign last year—if you were in his place, would you sacrifice that sum for public finances?

 

Guests:

Thomas Mann, director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution; executive director of the American Political Science Association

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Lawrence Norton, regulatory attorney at Womble Carlyle law firm in Washington D.C.; former general counsel of the Federal Election Commission

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2:30 – 3:00

Madeleine Albright: Memo to the President

The first female U.S. Secretary of State has some advice for the president-to-be and she’s sharing it with the rest of us.  In her latest book, “Memo to the President: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership,” Madeleine Albright addresses the challenges our new president will have to face.  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the dangers of terrorism and the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran are just a few of the issues Albright tackles in her book, drawing on her experience as adviser to two presidents and key figure in four presidential transitions.  She joins Patt to talk about the problems awaiting the new Commander-in-Chief and what he can do to restore America’s credibility and leadership.

 

PATT:

Ms. Albright will be speaking and signing books tonight at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles. The event starts at 7:30pm and is free and open to the public. 

 

Guests:

Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

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