January 11 - The Obama Romney Has Invented; Romney's 2012 Campaign Theme; The Chavez/Ahmadinejad Sideshow

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Part 1	We begin with Dan Kennedy a professor of journalism at Northeastern University who we spoke with some months ago when he wrote an article warning progressives to be careful what they wish for in wanting one of the less electable republicans to get the nomination instead of the more competent Romney. Now that Romney seems likely to be the nominee, we examine the candidate and how he might handle the challenges ahead.
Part 2	Then we look further at the Republican front-runner with Glen Johnson, who is the Politics Editor at the Boston Globe’s online component Boston.com and the lead blogger for the site’s blog “Political Intelligence. He covered Romney’s 2008 campaign and is covering the current one and we discuss the candidate and his likely campaign themes that were outlined in his victory speech in New Hampshire.
Part 3	Then finally we go to Caracas, Venezuela and speak with Virginia Lopez who covers Latin America and Venezuela for the UK’s Guardian newspaper. We get an update on the health of Hugo Chavez and a local perspective on the visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad who also joined Hugo Chavez for the presidential inauguration of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua.
	MUSIC: Kurt Vile - Puppet to the Man; Fionn Regan - Campaign Button; Janelle Monae - Cold War; Los Amigos Invisibles - Diablo