September 14 - GOP Change the Electoral College to Win in 2012; What Democratic Campaign Narrative?; Agreement in the Eurozone?

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Part 1	We begin with an audacious GOP plan underway to win the 2012 presidential election by changing the election rules in key states like Pennsylvania. Instead of Pennsylvania’s current winner-take-all Electoral College victory, each congressional district will get its own electoral vote, meaning that if Obama wins the state but as expected loses in the heavily gerrymandered GOP districts, he would end up with only 8 Electoral College votes to the Republican’s 12. Akhil Reed Amar, professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University joins us to explain this brazen power grab.
Part 2	Then we get an assessment of the upset GOP victory in the heavily Democratic New York district where they won the once safe seat held by the crotch-flashing Congressman Anthony Weiner. Democratic strategist Karl Agne joins us to discuss whether this is a harbinger for the 2012 elections where, in spite of the Republican’s apparent determination to make sure the economy gets worse so their election chances get better, their cynicism might be rewarded at the polls by a frustrated and angry electorate.
Part 3	Finally, we look into the Eurozone crisis with economist Stephany Griffith Jones to get a sense of whether the 17 member states can find the political will to get ahead of the curve and issues Eurobonds to calm the markets as French banks get downgraded because of Greek debt as Greece teeters on default, while Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy get pounded by the bond markets.