Monday, September 03, 2007

Durbin, Dodd, Kucinich, Obama's Gibbs and more on Cable/Streaming

Jeff Berkowitz:...Hillary was talking about al Anbar Province as an example of what the U. S. troops can do, Barack didn’t quite match her on that point, is she focusing on the general election, and is he focusing on the Primary?

Robert Gibbs (Obama for America Communications Director): ... Had we listened to the judgment of Barack Obama four and a half or five years ago, we wouldn’t have...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson (President of Rainbow Push Coalition): I have not been asked to and I—

Jeff Berkowitz: You haven’t been asked by Barack Obama to give him your support?
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Jeff Berkowitz: You’re not going to tell me your numbers are up there with Hillary, Barack and John Edwards, are you?

Cong. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH): I'm telling you that...
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Tonight's City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs (8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21, CANTV) features an initial statement from Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] and follow-up Q&A with the Senator, as well as Q&A with Presidential candidates Senator Dodd [D-CT] and Cong. Kucinich [D-OH], Rev. and former Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, Obama for America Communications Director Robert Gibbs and Int’l Ass’n of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger [whose union endorsed Senator Dodd for President last week] and a cameo appearance walk by Elizabeth Harper Kucinich to add a little sizzle to the last portion of the Q&A with her husband.

For more about the show, including the circumstances, time, location, etc. of the press conference and Q&A, partial transcripts of the show, links to additional partial transcripts of the show and partial transcripts of shows with Senator Durbin's potential opponents in the 2008 general election, go here.

Virtually all of the questioning on the show is from Jeff Berkowitz, Host and Producer of “Public Affairs,” but Mary Frances Bragiel [WBBM 780 AM Radio, first question asked] and an unidentfied reporter have cameo appearances in the Q&A with Senator Durbin.
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The show with Senator Durbin, et al also airs on Thursday, Sep. 6, 2007 at 7:30 pm on Aurora Community Television, on Comcast Cable Ch. 10 in Aurora and some surrounding areas. The Aurora station reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery. The change to Thursday night instead of Monday night this week in Aurora and surrounding areas, for the airing of "Public Affairs," is due to special programming requirements on Labor Day.
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You may also now watch the show with Senators Durbin and Dodd, Cong. Kucinich, et al streaming on your computer at PublicAffairsTV.com. In addition to the recently posted Durbin, et al show, other recently posted shows on the Public Affairs podcast page feature Democratic Presidential Candidates Senator Barack Obama and Governor Richardson; possible Republican opponents to Senator Durbin next fall: Dr. Steve Sauerberg and Jim Nalepa; and 14 TH Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary Candidates Jotham Stein and John Laesch. Additional previously posted shows feature Presidential candidates Giuliani, McCain and Cox, and many other pols and opinion makers. All of those shows are available by clicking on the archives button at the Public Affairs podcast page. These and other Public Affairs shows are also available at www.itunes.com.
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Jeff Berkowitz: On the war…, on a question asked about Al Qaeda…if we leave, Al Qaeda becomes prominent [in Iraq], what does the United States do then? Hillary Clinton was pretty strong—in fact, she was talking about al Anbar Province as an example of what the U. S. troops can do, Barack didn’t quite match her on that point, is she focusing on the general election, and is he focusing on the Primary?

Robert Gibbs(Obama for America Communications Director): You would have to ask Hillary Clinton about that. Let’s understand that there wasn’t Al Qaeda in Iraq until a group of people that sat on that [Democratic Presidential Candidate debate] stage cast misguided votes to invade a country that had nothing to do with September 11th. Had we listened to the judgment of Barack Obama four and a half or five years ago, we wouldn’t have gone to Iraq and Al Qaeda wouldn’t be there either.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson (President of Rainbow Push Coalition): I have not been asked to and I—

Jeff Berkowitz: You haven’t been asked by Barack Obama to give him your support?

Rev. Jackson: No, to campaign.

Jeff Berkowitz: If he does, would you do it?

Rev. Jesse Jackson: Well, that’s hypothetical. Right now, my focus is on…
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Jeff Berkowitz: You’re not going to tell me your numbers are up there with Hillary, Barack and John Edwards, are you?

Cong. Dennis Kucinich: I’m telling you that the race is in January.

Jeff Berkowitz: So, you think, seriously, by then, you can be ahead of those folks?
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Interviews with "Public Affairs" guests, as the interviews are airing tonight in Chicago [8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21] and this coming Thursday night (Sep.6) in Aurora and surrounding areas [9:30 pm on ACTV, Comcast Cable Ch. 10], and as they are now streaming on your computer at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Richardson, Obama, McCain, Giuliani and Cox and many other pols at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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