August 28 - Republicans Reach Out to Women; Will Hatred of Obama be Enough to Win?; Conventions Used to Debate Party Policy and Direction

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Part 1	We begin and go live to Tampa, Florida and speak with Jo Freeman, a feminist, political scientist, writer and activist to get an update on today’s activities on the first full day of the Republican convention. We discuss how Ann Romney might humanize her husband in a speech tonight, and what the Republicans can do to reach out to women, given the recent remarks by Congressman Todd Akin and a Republican platform that opposes all abortions without exceptions.
Part 2	Then we speak with Ed Kilgore, the principal writer for the Washington Monthly’s Political Animal blog. We discuss the dominance of the current Republican Party by white male evangelicals and whether appealing to their hatred and demonization of President Obama will be sufficient to get Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan elected.
Part 3	Then finally we examine how conventions have changed following the turmoil of the sixties when real politics and passions were on display, into the bland orchestrated coronations of candidates that they have become today. Elizabeth Sanders, a professor of Government at Cornell University joins us. She has an article in The Cornell International Affairs Review Journal “The War Lovers (Again): What the Foreign Policy Advisers of Presidential Candidates May Tell us About Future U.S. Foreign Policy”.
	MUSIC: Whitney Houston - Every Woman; Ben Harper - Mister; Jose Gonzalez - Mister