American Afternoon Blog

Ron Reagan is back for yet another day as guest host on Air America’s American Afternoon.  John Edwards has thrown his hat into the Obama ring with his endorsement yesterday.  Richard Wolffe, who is a senior White House correspondent for Newsweek Magazine and a contributor on MSNBC will join Ron in HOUR ONE to talk about what this means to the Obama camp.  Wolffe has also been following the Obama campaign every step of the way during his campaign and will shed some light on whether Obama is thinking about taking Hillary Clinton on as his VP running mate.

In HOUR TWO, Ron will be joined by Ted Nordhaus. Ted is an author, researcher, and political strategist. He is co-author of Break Through and "The Death of Environmentalism." Over the last twenty years, Ted has run major campaigns and initiatives for a large assortment of environmental and progressive political causes including the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, and Clean Water Action. He also served as the Campaign Director for Share the Water, a coalition of environmentalists, fishermen, farmers, and urban water agencies advocating reform of federal water policies in California, Executive Director of the Headwaters Sanctuary Project, and as a partner and political strategist with Next Generation and Evans/McDonough strategy and research firms serving political campaigns and environmental organizations. Ted holds a B.A. in history from the University of California.

Plus your calls throughout the show today on American Afternoon with Ron Reagan.

Ron Reagan is back for his 2nd day in the guest host chair.  Today is another big day for the Dems as the West Virginia primary is happening.  Ron will open up the phones today for your comments on the primary as well as asking a couple guests what they think.

Air America Radio welcomes Ron Reagan as our guest host all week.  Ron, as you know, is the son of former President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan.  He is currently a political commentator for MSNBC. 

Ron welcomes Scott Horton in HOUR ONE today.  Horton is a contributor to Harper's Magazine and writes No Comment for this website. A New York attorney known for his work in emerging markets and international law, especially human rights law and the law of armed conflict, Horton lectures at Columbia Law School. A life-long human rights advocate, Scott served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other activists in the former Soviet Union. He is a co-founder of the American University in Central Asia, and has been involved in some of the most significant foreign investment projects in the Central Eurasian region. Scott recently led a number of studies of abuse issues associated with the conduct of the war on terror for the New York City Bar Association, where he has chaired several committees, including, most recently, the Committee on International Law.  Horton will be on today’s show talking torture and abuse of power with Ron Reagan.

We want to thank Marc for filling out the guest host seat this week and doing an awesome job.  Marc will end this great week with a few guests today.  Joining him in HOUR ONE will be journalists Mike Boettcher & Ken Robinson .  Mike Boettcher is an award winning journalist and a war correspondent who has appeared on NBC’s Nightly News, Hardball with Chris Matthews and CNN’s “Newsstand”.  Ken Robinson is Creator, Writer, and Co-Executive Producer of a Jerry Bruckheimer Warner Brothers Television, and NBC series entitled E-Ring, based on his experiences in Special Operations and the Global War on Terrorism. Additionally, he is Executive Producing and Writing a feature film with Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney. He served a twenty-year career in a variety of tactical, operational, and strategic assignments including Ranger, Special Forces, and clandestine special operations units. His experience includes service with the National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency

Air America Radio welcomes back Marc Maron for his 2nd day this week in the guest host chair.  Lots to talk about today from this week’s primaries and the question of when or if should Hillary Clinton drop out and back Barack Obama to high gas prices and how we are all dealing with it.  Maron will be taking your calls in HOUR ONE on all the above topics.

Maron’s guest in HOUR TWO will be Matt Taibbi.  Taibbi is a journalist and political writer. He currently works at Rolling Stone where he authors a column called "Road Rage" for the print version, and an additional weekly online-only column called "The Low Post". He is best known for his coverage of the 2004 US presidential election, and for his former editorial positions at newspapers the eXile, the New York Press, and the Beast. Recently, Taibbi has been a regular contributor to Real Time with Bill Maher.