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THEY'RE IN. AND THEY'RE OFF AND RUNNING
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Every Sunday CUIP’s political coordinator Jacqueline Salit and strategist and philosopher Fred Newman watch the political talk shows and discuss them. Here are excerpts from their dialogue on Sunday, January 21, 2007 after watching "The Chris Matthews Show,” "The McLaughlin Group”, "Meet the Press.” Below is an excerpt from Talk Talk. To read it in its entirety, go to: www.independentvoting.org, or click on the link below.

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Salit: If I had to come up with some kind of “vest pocket” description of the shows today, I would say it is this: There are so many possibilities for the presidency, and so few possibilities for Iraq. That seems to be what the discussions were about.
Newman: Yes.
Salit: So let’s talk about both. And maybe there’s a relationship between them.
Newman: I would assume so.
Salit: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both announced that they’re “in it” last week. Now you have the “top three” – Clinton, Obama and John Edwards. The Democratic Party has decided they’re running an anti-war campaign for the presidency.
Newman: For sure. How could they not? Unless they run Joe Lieberman. It’s their interpretation of the November vote. It might be nuanced in endless kinds of ways, but it’s got to be anti-war....