Better than Monday night football: U of Chicago v. Princeton, Berkowitz with RCP's Tom Bevan on Obama and McCain, Cable and Streaming
Jeff Berkowitz: So, why couldn’t Obama go? What was the point?
Tom Bevan [Executive Editor and Co-Founder, RealClearPolitics.com] I don’t know. I think it was a missed opportunity for him and I think his people were sort of—
Jeff Berkowitz: Maybe it was unintentional? Maybe he just prefers hoops to politics for a day?
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Tonight's edition of Public Affairs airs in its regular Monday night slots: Through-out the City of Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 and in the City of Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10 [Go here] for a partial transcript of the show, more airing schedule details, show topics and information about our guest, Tom Bevan. Go here for another partial transcript of tonight's show.
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Posted on our Youtube page (at top left hand corner] is tonight's Chicago and Aurora edition of "Public Affairs," featuring Tom Bevan, Executive Editor and co-founder of RealClearPolitics.com. [Watch show with Bevan here].
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Yet another partial transcript of tonight's show is included directly, below.
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Obama courts the Hillary voters
Tom Bevan: …and, this is the big question, right? These Hillary Clinton voters. These sort of white, working class Democrats.
Jeff Berkowitz: Where do they go?
RealClearPolitics' Tom Bevan: Well, Obama’s support drops among those folks from sort of the generic pool of Democrats in the poll [at] roughly 80%. When you talk to a Hillary Clinton voter, it drops to about 65% (the percentage who will commit to Obama, as of now).
Jeff Berkowitz: And, is it just sour grapes (felt by the Hillary supporters) and that will change, as the bitterness of the primary campaign heals, or is it something else?
Tom Bevan: …there will probably be some of those folks who come home, but some of them won’t and some will be in the middle or waiting for Obama to make that connection with them: make that effort, make that outreach, show them some respect. He certainly missed an opportunity by not going to the DLC, which was here in Chicago.
Obama disses DLC voters
Jeff Berkowitz: That was the Democratic Leadership Council, sort of conservative, centrist…for the Democratic Party
Tom Bevan: Right.
Jeff Berkowitz: It was held in Chicago, we’re taping this on July 6th, 2008-- it was held on June 28-30, 2008 in downtown Chicago.
Tom Bevan: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: Obama was in town, at home—
Tom Bevan: Got his haircut, played hoops
Jeff Berkowitz: He just didn’t go over there [to the DLC]. Was that an intentional slap at those guys, so that DailyKos wouldn’t get annoyed?
Tom Bevan: Well, actually, Marcos Moulitsas, who runs DailyKos, was there and spoke on a panel, and I think Harold Ford is—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, why couldn’t Obama go? What was the point?
Tom Bevan: I don’t know. I think it was a missed opportunity for him and I think his people were sort of—
Jeff Berkowitz: Maybe it was unintentional? Maybe he just prefers hoops to politics for a day?
Tom Bevan: I don’t think the Obama folks are that—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, there was some reason he didn’t want to be a part of that?
Tom Bevan: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Be a little too centrist? Wouldn’t help him much?
Tom Bevan: Apparently. I mean people were saying well, look, it is an organization that has been historically closely tied to the Clintons, but I don’t even necessarily buy that.
Obama runs to the Center like any other pol?
Jeff Berkowitz: …Let’s flip it over to Obama. What does he have and what do you pick up on the polling that are Barack Obama’s ideological problems, as we talk in the first week of July, people are saying Barack seems to be doing some flip-flops. He seems to be moving toward the center. Some speculate he figures he’s got the left. He’s got the DailyKos. They’ll give him some leeway. They know what he has to do to get elected, as long as he comes back [to them] in January, 2009. Am I being too cynical?
Tom Bevan: [Laughter]- it’s not possible to be too cynical.
Jeff Berkowitz: …my saying is: I try and try to be as cynical as these folks [the pols], but I just can’t keep up. Right?
Tom Bevan: …that is, I think, Obama’s big problem. [His] big challenge is that he has to—he’s not seen as sort of your typical politician. I mean, people view him as- not through the cynical lens—
Jeff Berkowitz: not just another pol.
Tom Bevan: And he risks that by some of these moves.
Jeff Berkowitz: Like what?
Tom Bevan: Well, I think the Left will give him a pass in certain areas. But, I think they have sat up and taken notice of his move to the right on the FISA bill…
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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 Obama, McCain, Giuliani and Cox, this past week's suburban edition of Public Affairs with RealClearPolitics.com's Tom Bevan, this coming week's suburban edition of Public Affairs with State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.), our prior shows with State Rep. Mark Beaubien (R-Wauconda), Ald. Sandi Jackson(Chicago, 7th Ward)...and shows with many other pols at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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Now included on the Public Affairs YouTube page is last Monday night's show in the cities of Chicago and Aurora withAld. Sandi Jackson. Additional very recently posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include tonight's Chicago and Aurora edition of "Public Affairs," featuring Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan , this week's suburban edition of "Public Affairs," featuring State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.) and our recent show featuring State Rep. Mark Beaubien (R-Wauconda). Other recently posted shows include our shows featuring 13th CD Demoratic Nominee Scott Harper, Sen. Kwame Raoul(D-Chicago), Senator John Cullerton (D-Chicago)- ; State Rep. candidate Joan Solms (R-Aurora), Comm. Forrest Claypool (D-Chicago) on the Obama Presidential campaign and shows with many other pols
Tom Bevan [Executive Editor and Co-Founder, RealClearPolitics.com] I don’t know. I think it was a missed opportunity for him and I think his people were sort of—
Jeff Berkowitz: Maybe it was unintentional? Maybe he just prefers hoops to politics for a day?
************************************************************
Tonight's edition of Public Affairs airs in its regular Monday night slots: Through-out the City of Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 and in the City of Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10 [Go here] for a partial transcript of the show, more airing schedule details, show topics and information about our guest, Tom Bevan. Go here for another partial transcript of tonight's show.
****************************************************
Posted on our Youtube page (at top left hand corner] is tonight's Chicago and Aurora edition of "Public Affairs," featuring Tom Bevan, Executive Editor and co-founder of RealClearPolitics.com. [Watch show with Bevan here].
**************************************************
Yet another partial transcript of tonight's show is included directly, below.
***********************************************************
Obama courts the Hillary voters
Tom Bevan: …and, this is the big question, right? These Hillary Clinton voters. These sort of white, working class Democrats.
Jeff Berkowitz: Where do they go?
RealClearPolitics' Tom Bevan: Well, Obama’s support drops among those folks from sort of the generic pool of Democrats in the poll [at] roughly 80%. When you talk to a Hillary Clinton voter, it drops to about 65% (the percentage who will commit to Obama, as of now).
Jeff Berkowitz: And, is it just sour grapes (felt by the Hillary supporters) and that will change, as the bitterness of the primary campaign heals, or is it something else?
Tom Bevan: …there will probably be some of those folks who come home, but some of them won’t and some will be in the middle or waiting for Obama to make that connection with them: make that effort, make that outreach, show them some respect. He certainly missed an opportunity by not going to the DLC, which was here in Chicago.
Obama disses DLC voters
Jeff Berkowitz: That was the Democratic Leadership Council, sort of conservative, centrist…for the Democratic Party
Tom Bevan: Right.
Jeff Berkowitz: It was held in Chicago, we’re taping this on July 6th, 2008-- it was held on June 28-30, 2008 in downtown Chicago.
Tom Bevan: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: Obama was in town, at home—
Tom Bevan: Got his haircut, played hoops
Jeff Berkowitz: He just didn’t go over there [to the DLC]. Was that an intentional slap at those guys, so that DailyKos wouldn’t get annoyed?
Tom Bevan: Well, actually, Marcos Moulitsas, who runs DailyKos, was there and spoke on a panel, and I think Harold Ford is—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, why couldn’t Obama go? What was the point?
Tom Bevan: I don’t know. I think it was a missed opportunity for him and I think his people were sort of—
Jeff Berkowitz: Maybe it was unintentional? Maybe he just prefers hoops to politics for a day?
Tom Bevan: I don’t think the Obama folks are that—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, there was some reason he didn’t want to be a part of that?
Tom Bevan: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Be a little too centrist? Wouldn’t help him much?
Tom Bevan: Apparently. I mean people were saying well, look, it is an organization that has been historically closely tied to the Clintons, but I don’t even necessarily buy that.
Obama runs to the Center like any other pol?
Jeff Berkowitz: …Let’s flip it over to Obama. What does he have and what do you pick up on the polling that are Barack Obama’s ideological problems, as we talk in the first week of July, people are saying Barack seems to be doing some flip-flops. He seems to be moving toward the center. Some speculate he figures he’s got the left. He’s got the DailyKos. They’ll give him some leeway. They know what he has to do to get elected, as long as he comes back [to them] in January, 2009. Am I being too cynical?
Tom Bevan: [Laughter]- it’s not possible to be too cynical.
Jeff Berkowitz: …my saying is: I try and try to be as cynical as these folks [the pols], but I just can’t keep up. Right?
Tom Bevan: …that is, I think, Obama’s big problem. [His] big challenge is that he has to—he’s not seen as sort of your typical politician. I mean, people view him as- not through the cynical lens—
Jeff Berkowitz: not just another pol.
Tom Bevan: And he risks that by some of these moves.
Jeff Berkowitz: Like what?
Tom Bevan: Well, I think the Left will give him a pass in certain areas. But, I think they have sat up and taken notice of his move to the right on the FISA bill…
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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 Obama, McCain, Giuliani and Cox, this past week's suburban edition of Public Affairs with RealClearPolitics.com's Tom Bevan, this coming week's suburban edition of Public Affairs with State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.), our prior shows with State Rep. Mark Beaubien (R-Wauconda), Ald. Sandi Jackson(Chicago, 7th Ward)...and shows with many other pols at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
*************************************************************
Now included on the Public Affairs YouTube page is last Monday night's show in the cities of Chicago and Aurora withAld. Sandi Jackson. Additional very recently posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include tonight's Chicago and Aurora edition of "Public Affairs," featuring Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan , this week's suburban edition of "Public Affairs," featuring State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.) and our recent show featuring State Rep. Mark Beaubien (R-Wauconda). Other recently posted shows include our shows featuring 13th CD Demoratic Nominee Scott Harper, Sen. Kwame Raoul(D-Chicago), Senator John Cullerton (D-Chicago)- ; State Rep. candidate Joan Solms (R-Aurora), Comm. Forrest Claypool (D-Chicago) on the Obama Presidential campaign and shows with many other pols
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