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Brazile and Molinari on the homestretch to midterm elections
Excitement building one week until the midterm elections. How are democrats and republicans reacting to the last minute rallies, ads and debates?
Kiran Chetry finds out this morning on American Morning.
Donna Brazile, CNN Political Contributor and Democratic Strategist, and Susan Molinari, former Republican U.S. Representative, share their outlooks on the final week leading up the the midterms.
Tim Kaine on midterms: 'It’s going to be close'
Polls and predictions painting an ugly picture for democrats one week out until the midterms elections, but Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine not ready to concede just yet.
This morning, the former Virginia governor tells American Morning’s John Roberts, "We've got work to do," but explains why he remains optimistic.
Also, watch for his take on Frank Caprio telling President Obama to take his endorsement and “shove it.”
O'Donnell's prayer comments 'much about nothing,’ interviewer says
Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell told The Brody File that "God is the reason" she is running, and she believes that "prayer plays a direct role in this campaign." That interview will run today on Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club.
Find out what the CBN journalist David Brody thinks before it airs.
American Morning's Kiran Chetry spoke with Brody about his exclusive sitdown interview with O'Donnell, and why he's not so shocked about her comments.
The Teaser for Tuesday, October 26, 2010
"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.
6:24AM Harrison Ford, Actor and Conservationist, on his other passion besides acting, conservation. Ford is at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) going on right now in Nagoya, Japan. What steps do world leaders need to take to preserve our natural resources, species and ecosystems?
6:40AM David Brody, White House Correspondent, Christian Broadcasting Network, on his interview with Delaware Senate Candidate Christine O’Donnell. She told Brody "God is the reason" she is running and believes that, "prayer plays a direct role in this campaign." Tune in to find out what else she said about the media.
7:10AM Tim Kaine, DNC Chairman and Former Governor of Virginia, on the Democrats strategy with just one week to go before the election. We’ll also get his reaction to Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio telling a local radio station that the president can “take his endorsement and really shove it.”
8:10AM Donna Brazile , CNN Political Contributor and Democratic Strategist and Susan Molinari, Former U.S. Representative, on the latest on the midterm election and reaction to the Kentucky Senate and Florida Gubernatorial debates.
8:40AM Maria Shriver, First Lady of California and Nicholas Kristof, Columnist with the New York Times and author of “Half the Sky”, on the Women’s Conference, an event Shriver has spearheaded since 2004. What needs to happen to empower women politically at higher levels in the US?
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Does Your Vote Count?
After Florida's hanging chad fiasco in the 2000 Presidential Election, you think we would have gotten it right by now. Think again. Although "The Help America Vote Act of 2002" was passed to correct voting problems and help the disabled vote, it took New York State until 2010 to switch from manual levers to electronic voting machines. Albany was even sued by the Justice Department in 2006 for lack of compliance with the new law. New York's first electronic voting run, during the Sept. 14 primary, was far from perfect. Voters were put off by something that had never seen before. They complained ballots were confusing or tough to read; they saw broken down machines or none at all.
A review by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says there were problems in all five New York City boroughs, with more than 700 sites experiencing voting machine malfunctions, numerous reports of poll sites opening late, and improperly trained poll workers. "That was a royal screw up," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said of the primary. The New York Board of Elections is now re-training 36-thousand poll workers to better serve voters on November 2nd, says BOE Commissioner J.C. Polansco. It's also offering voters a pre-election day demonstration. Keep in mind - other states are electronically-challenged too. In Illinois, Gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney's name was spelled "Rich Whitey" on some machines - and poll workers are working feverishly to correct the mistake before November 2nd.
Ohio, Florida and California have had persistent problems, too, with things like improperly filled out ballots and machine malfunctions. Lawrence Norden, from the NYU Brennan Center, who studies elections, says New York may have avoided some problems if it had conducted a trial run with the new machines. Norden claims many voting problems could be avoided if states actually shared information. "There's no central place where voting problems are reported and somebody can screen them and then report to election officials, 'here's a common problem with your machine, be aware of it.' "
The Teaser for Monday, October 25, 2010
"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.
6:24AM Jason Erb, Deputy Country Director for Haiti, International Medical Corps, on the recent cholera outbreak in Haiti. Five cases have been confirmed in Port-au-Prince and public health officials are working to keep the country's outbreak from spreading to the Haitian capital, where tens of thousands of people are still living in sprawling tent cities after January's devastating earthquake. What is his organization doing to help contain the outbreak?
6:40AM Amy Gardner, Staff writer at the Washington Post, on The Washington Post’s revealing results of a months-long canvas of the Tea Party. What are the most surprising findings? What role will the Tea party play in the 2010 midterms and beyond?
7:40AM Hilary Rosen, CNN Political Contributor and Ed Rollins, CNN Senior Political Analyst and Republican Strategist, on the midterm elections. President Obama wrapped up a campaign swing through the West over the weekend, now he's headed to New England. Will his efforts help the Democrats? Plus, a look at the latest analysis on who will end up controlling the House & Senate.
8:40AM Jack Dorsey, Co-founder of Square and the Inventor and Chairman of Twitter, on his new invention Square. It is a tiny plug-in that turns digital devices into a credit card reader.
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