January 10 - A White House Shuffle as Romney Rises; "The GOP's Race to the Dark Ages"; Potential Conflict Hot Spots in the Geo-Energy Age.

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We begin with an analysis of what is going on in the White House with the exit of the Chief of Staff as they gear up for a tough re-election campaign. And as results from the New Hampshire primary vote come in, we speak with Mike Lux, the founder and CEO of Progressive Strategies, and discuss what seems to be shaping us as an Obama/Romney race this year. lux

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Then we are joined by Sarah Posner, the Senior Editor of Religion Dispatches and author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values”.  She has an article about Rick Santorum at Religion Dispatches, “The GOP’s Race to the Dark Ages” and we discuss the desperate scramble on the part of religious right powerbrokers to find a suitable anti-Romney candidate. sarah posner

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Then finally we speak with the director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, Michael Klare. As the possibility of a new war breaking out in the Gulf escalates, we discuss his latest article “Danger Waters: The Three Top Hot Spots of Potential Conflict in the Geo-Energy Age”. michael klare
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