presidential election

Congressional Corner with Sean Patrick Maloney

Alan Chartock — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:00 +0000

Will she or won’t she?

In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that he hopes Hillary Clinton will seek the presidency once again.

"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse" by Calvin Trillin

Joe Donahue — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse is a narrative poem interrupted regularly by other poems and occasionally by what Calvin Trillin calls a pause for prose With the same barbed wit he displayed in the bestsellers Deciding the Next Decider, Obliviously On He Sails, and A Heckuva Job, America’s deadline poet trains his sights on the Tea Party and the slapstick field of contenders for the Republican nomination.

Question of the Day - Who Will Win?

Joe Donahue — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:58:48 +0000

Since all the public opinion polls and experts are predicting a close race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney Tuesday, we though our question of the day would put you on the spot and ask – Who do you predict is going to win the Presidential Election?

We are not asking who should, or who you want – just who you think is going to win.

Blair Horner: Every vote counts

Blair Horner — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:36:52 +0000

As much as medical care, public policy decisions have a tremendous impact on Americans’ health care. And there is no decision more important than next week’s Presidential choice.

Americans who watched the 2000 Presidential election – including Al Gore – know that it’s not the nation’s total popular vote that chooses the President. In fact, there have been a total of three Presidents elected while losing the national popular vote.