Patt Morrison Thurs, 11/6

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 6, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:40

OPEN

 

 

 

 

1:40 – 2:00

What Makes the Black Voter Tick?

In California, black voters came out in droves to vote for Barack Obama, but they didn't always follow traditionally Democratic avenues on the rest of their ballot. What social and cultural elements can influence this voter's decision-making as he or she chooses a candidate and weighs in on the issues? How will Barack Obama, our first African-American president-elect, meet the expectations of this highly-motivated voter?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 2:40

Obama’s Inheritance: Recession, Debt and Huge Expectations

It used to be conventional wisdom that the most important part of the presidential portfolio to be handed over during the transition process was national security and the daily intelligence briefings.  With Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran these remain important issues, but the front-and-center issue for the incoming Obama Administration is the economy.  President-elect Obama is inheriting an economy in recession, annual budget deficits nearing $1 trillion and an insanely complex government bailout of the credit markets that is still largely a blank canvass.  How will President Obama manage the economy, and the huge expectations of America’s middle class that goes along with his victory?

 

Guests:

NOT CONFIRMED

Austan Goolsbee: Senior Economic Advisor, Barack Obama Campaign

 

Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; National Bureau of Economic Research

 

Alan Blinder, professor of economics at Princeton; former member of the Clinton Council of Economic Advisors and Federal Reserve System

 

 

 

 

2:40 – 3:00

Rahm Emanuel:  Kicking Butt & Taking Names Since 1991

Congressman Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat from Chicago who cut his teeth as a political adviser in the Clinton Administration, isn’t interested in being likable.  He’s interested in results, and his highly-motivated, effective and demanding style as chair of the Democratic Congressional Committee has helped the Democratic Party reestablish itself on the national stage.  These are also the qualities that make for an excellent White House Chief of Staff, which is exactly the job for which he’s being considered in the new Barack Obama Administration.  We get to know the foul-mouthed, unapologetic Emanuel who might soon be directing Obama’s change policy from Pennsylvania Avenue.

 

Guests:

Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health; a practicing oncologist; and Rahm Emanuel’s older brother

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Leon Panetta: Former Chief of Staff, President Bill Clinton

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