Analysis Politics Republicans Benefit From Influx Of Campaign Funds October 19, 2010 • As midterm elections near, it is Republican candidates that are benefiting from an influx of campaign contributions. A Supreme Court decision earlier this year on campaign finance has led to new ways of collecting and spending money. Republicans Benefit From Influx Of Campaign Funds Listen · 4:32 4:32 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/130665397/130665309" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis The Tea Party In America The Tea Party Picks Up Steam, Donations September 28, 2010 • The Tea Party began life as an apparently spontaneous expression of populist resistance to the Obama administration and Democrats in power. But this year its favored candidates have increasing benefited from big-time supporters, including top funders and even the Republican Party itself. The Tea Party Picks Up Steam, Donations Listen · 4:28 4:28 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/130180624/130180956" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Election 2010 Democrats Have Financial Advantage Over GOP August 25, 2010 • Republican Sen. John McCain easily defeated his more conservative GOP challenger in Arizona's primary. In Alaska, Democrat Sen. Lisa Murkowski is fighting for her political life -- that primary is too close to call. The battle for money is a big a deal as the fight for votes. The Republican National Committee has only $5.3 million dollars left in its campaign coffers. Its Democratic counterpart has more than twice as much. Democrats Have Financial Advantage Over GOP Listen · 4:19 4:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/129418020/129418038" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Democrats Have Financial Advantage Over GOP Listen · 4:19 4:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/129418020/129418038" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Analysis Are Current House Ethics Cases All About Race? August 12, 2010 • Rep. Charles Rangel regaled his colleagues in the House this week with his version of his ethics case. But Rangel's defense sidestepped many of the facts in the case, which in combination with another against Rep. Maxine Waters, is causing Democrats major headaches in this election season. Are Current House Ethics Cases All About Race? Listen · 4:57 4:57 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/129146381/129146392" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Rangel Ethics Trial To Start July 29, 2010 • A special House panel will start Thursday hearing ethics charges against 40-year veteran Charles Rangel of New York. Rangel stepped down as chairman of the tax-writing committee to fight the charges and continues to deny wrongdoing. Rangel Ethics Trial To Start Listen · 3:52 3:52 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128839229/128839391" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Senate Panel To Vote On Kagan Nomination July 20, 2010 • The Senate Judiciary Committee votes Tuesday on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Seven Republicans say they will oppose Kagan's nomination. Senate Panel To Vote On Kagan Nomination Listen · 4:33 4:33 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128636873/128636860" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Senate Panel To Vote On Kagan Nomination Listen · 4:33 4:33 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128636873/128636860" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Analysis Is Deficit Spending Worth It To Create Jobs? July 7, 2010 • President Obama wants to create jobs by spending more borrowed money on unemployment benefits and state aid. This is a tough sell for Democrats whose constituents are worried about the skyrocketing deficit. It's a conundrum the candidates are facing this week as they campaign in their districts during the Fourth of July break. Is Deficit Spending Worth It To Create Jobs? Listen · 4:35 4:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128352467/128352453" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Election 2010 Democrats Scratch Their Heads Over Alvin Greene June 17, 2010 • The Democratic party establishment in South Carolina wants to know how Alvin Greene get nearly 60 percent of the primary vote for a U.S. Senate seat. It seem not very many people had heard of him. Greene, a political unknown, defeated former state lawmaker Vic Rawl in the June 8 primary. Democrats Scratch Their Heads Over Alvin Greene Listen · 3:56 3:56 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127897673/127897688" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Police Chiefs Address Arizona's New Immigration Law May 27, 2010 • Attorney General Eric Holder met Wednesday with police chiefs from more than a dozen cities across the country to talk about Arizona's new immigration law. The measure empowers police to question and arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally. The chiefs say it will cause distrust between immigrant communities and their officers and perhaps hamper police work. Police Chiefs Address Arizona's New Immigration Law Listen · 3:43 3:43 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127206231/127206212" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Police Chiefs Address Arizona's New Immigration Law Listen · 3:43 3:43 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127206231/127206212" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Economy Long-Term Unemployment Hard To Dig Out From May 5, 2010 • The pain of current unemployment rates has been keenly felt by the white working class, where men in particular have seen long-term jobs turn into long-term joblessness. It's a trend that hit black working-class men 30 years ago with the decline of the industrial economy, and the effects it had on families and neighborhoods then are happening again. Long-Term Unemployment Hard To Dig Out From Listen · 4:29 4:29 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/126522960/126522968" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Hooks Dead At 85 April 16, 2010 • Hooks was a longtime executive director of the NAACP. In 1965, he was appointed to a newly created seat on the Tennessee Criminal Court, making him the first black judge since Reconstruction. He died Thursday. Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Hooks Dead At 85 Listen · 3:58 3:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/126039970/126039986" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Hooks Dead At 85 Listen · 3:58 3:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/126039970/126039986" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Analysis RNC Raises A Lot Of Cash And Criticisms April 1, 2010 • The Republican National Committee has been raising record amounts of money, but it also is spending record amounts. One item in particular is causing problems: A bar tab from a topless nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif. Besides that, there have been criticisms against chairman Michael Steele, who has had his own issues with expenses. RNC Raises A Lot Of Cash And Criticisms Listen · 3:50 3:50 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/125441553/125441543" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis N.Y. Democrats Suffer Through Bad Political News March 4, 2010 • Congressman Charles Rangel of New York was, until Wednesday, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Cases pending against him in the House Ethics Committee have led him to step down, at least temporarily. New York Governor David Paterson is being urged to step down because of his intervention in the domestic violence case involving a key aide. N.Y. Democrats Suffer Through Bad Political News Listen · 3:58 3:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/124303328/124303406" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
N.Y. Democrats Suffer Through Bad Political News Listen · 3:58 3:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/124303328/124303406" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Health Care Obama Hopes Summit Propels Health Care Overhaul February 24, 2010 • President Obama meets with Republican and Democats in Congress Thursday for a televised summit on overhauling health care. Lawmakers from both parties have suggested the meeting will amount to little more than political theater. The House and Senate each passed their own versions of health care overhaul but there's no final bill. Obama Hopes Summit Propels Health Care Overhaul Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/124031026/124031015" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Obama Hopes Summit Propels Health Care Overhaul Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/124031026/124031015" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Election 2010 Reid Tripped Up By Deteriorating Political Landscape February 17, 2010 • Democrats in the U.S. Senate have been dealing with a deteriorating political landscape for several months now, and the challenges keep increasing. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who's responsible for reviving the president's agenda in the Senate, is worried about holding his majority together in this fall's elections. On top of that, he's got his own re-election to think about in November. Reid Tripped Up By Deteriorating Political Landscape Listen · 4:11 4:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/123800249/123800238" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Politics Tea Party Convention Kicks Off In Nashville February 4, 2010 • What's being billed as the first national Tea Party convention begins Thursday in Nashville. It's an attempt to bring together various groups that have protested the federal stimulus package and the attempt to overhaul health care. The organization hosting the event is "for-profit," and that has turned off some Tea Party supporters. Tea Party Convention Kicks Off In Nashville Listen · 3:38 3:38 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/123363181/123363143" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Tea Party Convention Kicks Off In Nashville Listen · 3:38 3:38 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/123363181/123363143" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Race Poll: Blacks Optimistic About Their Future January 13, 2010 • A new poll by the Pew Research Center finds that despite high unemployment and other economic woes afflicting the African-American community, blacks are more optimistic about their prospects than they were just two years ago. The poll also found that more blacks and whites than before believe they share common values. Poll: Blacks Optimistic About Their Future Listen · 5:13 5:13 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/122516602/122516543" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Poll: Blacks Optimistic About Their Future Listen · 5:13 5:13 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/122516602/122516543" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Politics Retirement Changes Players In Mid-Term Elections January 7, 2010 • With the announcements that Democratic Senators Chris Dodd and Byron Dorgan will retire, the number of retirements in the Senate is close to even between the parties. Democrats now hold an effective 60-40 majority in the Senate. That's enough to break Republican filibusters — if Democrats and the two independents stick together. There are worries that the mid-term elections could change that number to the GOP's advantage. Retirement Changes Players In Mid-Term Elections Listen · 4:18 4:18 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/122304707/122304733" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics State Races Reveal GOP Power Struggle December 15, 2009 • There's a battle going on within the Republican Party over pure conservatism. Party rivals in some races are rushing to tout their conservative accolades. However the party's push to the right could turn off independents. State Races Reveal GOP Power Struggle Listen · 4:05 4:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/121452540/121452801" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
State Races Reveal GOP Power Struggle Listen · 4:05 4:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/121452540/121452801" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
StoryCorps' National Day Of Listening National Day Of Listening: Father-Daughter Talk November 27, 2009 • Friday is the National Day of Listening — it is a chance to sit down with a loved one, turn on a tape recorder; and ask that person about their life. It's the kind of conversation that's been heard in the StoryCorps project. Juan Williams sat down and had a conversation with his daughter, Regan Williams Herald, who is expecting his first grandchild. National Day Of Listening: Father-Daughter Talk Listen · 5:05 5:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120883855/120883812" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Economy Plays Major Role Governors' Races November 4, 2009 • Republican candidates won governorships in New Jersey and Virginia. Voters said the economy was the main reason they turned out and voted for the GOP candidates. Exit polls indicate that President Obama and his legislative agenda were not a factor in these contests. Economy Plays Major Role Governors' Races Listen · 4:34 4:34 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120080855/120080806" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Economy Plays Major Role Governors' Races Listen · 4:34 4:34 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120080855/120080806" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Analysis White House Plays Role In Off-Year Elections October 23, 2009 • For Democratic candidates in this fall's elections, President Obama's presence is key. He has been campaigning for candidates who face tough battles. If the president can make a difference in terms of fundraising, it would be a big boost to their campaigns. White House Plays Role In Off-Year Elections Listen · 3:36 3:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114068725/114068697" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis 2010 Elections A Factor As Lawmakers Deliberate October 16, 2009 • The political maneuvering over the health care overhaul and other issues might affect next year's midterm Congressional elections. Democrats are especially concerned, because the president's party usually takes a beating in midterm elections — especially in difficult times. 2010 Elections A Factor As Lawmakers Deliberate Listen · 5:09 5:09 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/113856744/113856758" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
2010 Elections A Factor As Lawmakers Deliberate Listen · 5:09 5:09 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/113856744/113856758" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Obama's Peace Nobel Comes Early In Presidency October 9, 2009 • President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the prize committee said. It's not unheard of for a sitting American president to win the prize: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson won while in office — but not in their first year. Obama's Peace Nobel Comes Early In Presidency Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/113650184/113650163" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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