Washington DC

Politickin with Ari Berman Wed at 7am

James Moore — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:50:41 -0500

Nation contributing writer Ari Berman discusses:

-the president's liberal use of executive privilege with former White house employees

-John McCain's campaign meltdown

-further GOP defections over the quagmire in Iraq, and

-the optimistic face Mr. Bush is attempting to put on the interim Iraq surge report that says only 8 out of 18 benchmarks have reached "satisfactory" levels. US expenditures for Iraq and Afghanistan have reached $3 billion a week.

Berman is joined by Speaking Freely's Dennis Raimondi and Planet Erstwild's James Moore.

[Click on pic for past archives.]

Politickin with Ari Berman Links to Today's Discussion Points

James Moore — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:46:26 -0500

Ari Berman discusses this past week's Iowa whirlwind appearances of Barack Obama in Fairfield and Hillary and Bill Clinton at the fairgrounds in Des Moines and elsewhere.

A piece in Politico on Obama's visit to Fairfield

The Clintons in Iowa

Also discussed was the growing disenchantment by the GOP with the president's Iraq strategy, especailly for Republicans facing elections in 2008, but others as well.

GOP defections on the Iraq War

Politickin with Ari Berman Mon at 1pm

James Moore — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:22:15 -0500

Today's discussion will cover "Sicko", the new Michael Moore film about healthcare which our Washington DC correspondent and Nation contributing writer Ari Berman saw over the weekend.

Other topics include Dennis Raimondi's upcoming interview with former Congressman David Bonior who is now John Edwards' national campaign manager and Barack Obama's big money take for the 2nd quarter as well as his visit to Fairfield tomorrow.

Facilitating the discussion are Speaking Freely's Dennis Raimondi and Planet Erstwild's James Moore.

To review a BBC article James referred to on Bush modeling his Iraq strategy on Israel's, click here.