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Please visit and bookmark the new site. You can search show archives here.
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| We will begin with the victory in the Iowa straw poll for Michele Bachmann and the loss of her Minnesota twin, Governor Pawlenty who has now withdrawn from the race. The Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota Lawrence Jacobs joins us to assess the chances of this insurgent candidate who has all but made Sarah Palin irrelevant. |
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| Then we will look into divisions within the ranks of the Libyan opposition that appear to be not only hampering efforts to remove the Qaddaffi dictatorship, but are also raising questions about exactly who NATO is supporting in its protracted effort at regime change through bombing. Wayne White a former Senior Analyst with the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, who has studied Libya extensively, joins us. |
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Then Gloria Steinem joins us. She is the subject of a new documentary on HBO airing on Monday night “Gloria: In Her Own Words”. The founder of Ms Magazine and an active member of Equality Now, Gloria reflects on the status of women in America today and her long struggle to improve it. |
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