Patt Morrison Fri, 11/7

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, November 7, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:30

The President-Elect Steps Up to the Mike

The presidential press conference is a time-honored tradition.  Woodrow Wilson was the first president to hold regular and formal press conferences; FDR held some historic gatherings with the press, including on D-Day.  Bill Clinton seemed to relish his press conferences, while every time George W. Bush approached a microphone it was an adventure.  Now the mantle passes to Barack Obama as he holds his first press conference since Tuesday’s election, and there is no shortage of issues to address.  Expected to announce some key cabinet assignments and talk about the multiple complications for this particular transition, from a recession to two wars, President-elect Obama takes the mike.

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

1:30 – 1:40

OPEN

 

 

 

1:40 – 2:00

NOT CONFIRMED

So You've Gotten Yourself Elected President - Now What?
Help is here in the form of an imaginary memo from your former professor, who refers to Aristotle, Plato, Machiavelli, and contemporary scholarship to address the strengths, limitations, and possibilities of leadership. Scholar Michael Genovese tackles presidential character and personality, political institutions and opportunities, power versus leadership, and sources of and limits to presidential power. Is an effective presidency possible without undermining the essence of a democratic republic?

 

Guests:

Michael Genovese, Professor of political science and Director of the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Author, "Memo to a New President: The Art and Science of Presidential Leadership"

IN STUDIO

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 3:00

OPEN