It was splitsville last night after the Kentucky and Oregon primaries. Hillary Clinton took Kentucky by a wide margin and Barack Obama took Oregon. In doing so, Obama gained the majority of the delegates though he did not surpass the 2026 needed to gain the nomination. Chris Cillizza, from The Washington Post, will join Ron in HOUR ONE to talk about the options. During his four years at the paper, he reported on campaign politics from the presidential to the congressional level. Chris covered governor's races and southern House races at the Cook Political Report and wrote a column on politics for Congress Daily. His freelance work has appeared in a variety of publications including the Atlantic Monthly, Washingtonian and Slate. He has also been a guest on CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. He currently writes “The Fix” in the political section of The Washington Post. Chris will be followed by Iowa Democratic Party Chair Scott Brennan who just came out this week to endorse Barack Obama.
Joining the show in HOUR TWO will be Bob Nash, Hillary Clinton’s Deputy Campaign Manager. Nash will be on talking about what the future holds for Clinton, whether she will drop out or keep on pushing forward. Nash was President Clinton's White House Personnel Director from 1994-2001. As President Clinton's White House Personnel Director, Nash led the administration's efforts to hire a diverse workforce that represented all Americans. A native of Texarkana, Arkansas, Nash worked on Bill Clinton's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns and Hillary's Senate contests, focusing on reaching out to racial, ethnic and minority groups.
Then-Governor Clinton appointed Nash as President of the Arkansas State Development Finance Authority, where he managed a multi-billion dollar public sector finance institution to support Arkansas' housing, small business and public facilities.
Also joining Ron in HOUR TWO will be Eric Lichtblau. Lichtblau received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, for his stories on the NSA's wiretapping program. He has worked in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, covering the Justice Department, since 2002. From 1999 to 2002 he covered the Justice Department for the Los Angeles Times. He will be on today’s show talking about his NYT piece detailing the latest report on military interrogation practices.
Rounding out the show today will be Maria Milito from Q104fm in NYC. She will join Ron to talk about American Idol as she is the “American Idol Princess”.
Plus your calls and much more on American Afternoon with guest host Ron Kuby.
seating the delegates in Michigan and Florida
From what I remember, when Florida and Michigan disobeyed the rules of the DNC and scheduled their primaries too early, Hillary and her reps agreed publicly with the DNC that the states should not be represented at the national convention. However, it was early in the primary campaign, and Hillary had no worry about losing the nomination.
Now Hillary is scrambling for ways to sneak through to victory. Demanding that the states be recognized is one way, she seems to think. It gives her more of the popular vote, and to sway superdelicates to her cause, she's been arguing that she has won the popular vote (if you want to totally ignore the unpublished popular vote from the caucus states, as she wants to do).
Unfortunately, this new position, with regard both to the states of Florida and Michigan, and with regard to the caucus states, reinforces what you said wasn't true: Hillary will twist and bend and contort reality in order to win. It's her dark side. Yes, she's a great competitor, but yes, she'll do anything to win.
I wish you would be able to ask one of her reps why she has suddenly got religion? Why is she supporting Florida and Michigan now when she didn't at first?
And one correction about today's guest. Obama did not campaign in Florida. Hillary did not "campaign" in Florida, but she managed to be in the state a few days before the vote for a fund raising affair. Hmmmm. Now wasn't that clever timing? Sneaky and slick.
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By c robertMay 21, 2008 - 4:38pmIs this kivining what we could look forward to with hillary?
Enough about new numbers and florida and michigan.
Hillary and her tribe know this is dishonest and unfair to prusue.
Her secrecy about her taxes and records in the white house,
along with this kiniving and win-at-all-costs attitude is a hint
as to what we would expect from her as President. After 8 years of the same from Bush and Cheney, I for one have ahd it and don't want to hear naymore about FL and MI. Bow out with some goddamn dignity!
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By taigaz1May 21, 2008 - 4:38pmThere you go again, We on the left? Masochistic voters ...
The left chose to support progressive taxes that prevent boomerang costs from exploding interest rates caused by deficit spending. That's in our financial interest, not against it.
Your view that its masochistic to approve of taxes that balance the budget is a RIGHT WINGNUT perspective that you share. You are NOT on the LEFT for that reason as well as for your sycophantic support for the hyena based on specious arguments that require the suspension of disbelief. One such argument is that she is ANTI WAR, which as you may recall from her run ins with Edwards doesn't fly since she refused to admit that her INVADE IRAQ VOTE was a bad call until it became blatantly clear that the populous majority was aware that she voted to authorize blanket power that took congress out of he loop without reading the bill and ignored all the evidence that disproved the BOGUS WMD CLAIM that numerous dems used as a basis to vote against it.
Another example is her integrity which is crap as illustrated by her and McAncients GAS TAX HOLLIDAY pandering that had ZERO chance of happening.
NEITHER YOU, NOR THE HYENA IS EVEN CLOSE TO THE LEFT.
Edwards was the CENTER until it got moved right and Kucinich was CENTER LEFT in line with the Green Party and the Progressive Caucus. Even Sanders is NOT LEFT but LEFT-CENTER. There is NO FAR LEFT PARTY in the USA to speak of.
Both Alan Colmes and Ed Shultz are more representative of the left than you are. You are on the WRONG STATION!!! Either that or AAR has changed from a progressive disposition to become MIS-INFO-TAINMENT for the STUPID, rather than REALITY BASED programming for the BRIGHT.
Oh the horror, the horror, ....................
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By SingSingMay 21, 2008 - 4:54pmHillary Clinton Will Do Anthing To Win
I do believe that Hillary would almost do anything to win. When she said something to the affect that she '. . .had experience, McCain had experience and Obama had a speech . . .' it was clear to me that she would do or say anything to win. And for me, winning by sacrificing principle, is not appealing.
-- Aaron
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By aaronprojectMay 21, 2008 - 4:49pmKuby is Back
Listening to your new show reminds me that you are a political guy who is an entertainer and the other hosts are just guys with a point of view. I don't agree with anything you say about Hillary, but it is great to have you back and keep it coming-Mike in NY
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By jmccMay 21, 2008 - 5:08pmRon Kuby is AWFUL
He is horrible. He is awful. He is terrible. Just really bad. Please get rid of him after this week. Bring back Sam Seder!!!!!! And where did my earlier post go? You are editing out the pro- Sam & anti-Ron comments?
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By KARENSCALESMay 22, 2008 - 5:45amron kuby
What a pleasure to listen to Kuby again! He is intelligent, well informed, and entertaining on every subject. I don't agree with him about Hillary but that is the only defect that keeps him from being perfect. I hope he stays on the show for good!
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By peteybrownMay 22, 2008 - 2:03pm