THIS MONTH, GRITtv with Laura Flanders goes interactive!!! If you've ever fancied posing a question directly to Laura's guests -- you'll be able to do it! Tomorrow Wednesday August 13 our panel will discuss the working class vote with Eric Foner, professor of History at Columbia University, Bill Henning, Vice President of the Communications Workers of America, and Esther Kaplan of the Nation Institute.
We want to hear from you. Will U.S. workers vote Democratic in November and do the Dems deserve their vote? Email your questions to laura@grittv.org now or call 866-466-2961 tomorrow at noon. We'll also be checking the comments section.
Thank you Laura!
By egregious on August 12th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Every poll I’ve seen shows Barack Obama doing better now than John Kerry or Al Gore did among working class people, and working class whites. Why does the media continue to claim that Barack Obama has a “problem” with working class voters, just as they claim he has a problem with women, Latinos, and Jews?
Aren’t there any groups John McCain has a problem with — like all those named above? And shouldn’t the media write and chatter about McCain’s problems with women, working class, Latino/a, and Jewish voters?
Looking forward to tomorrow’s ‘cast!
By Teddy Partridge on August 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
”Will U.S. workers vote Democrat and do …”
I truly mean this sincerely – not wise-ass, but if Democrats don’t call their party the Democratic Party – how can we call out Republican operatives that continually say ”Democ-Rat”
Equally important – very happy about the broadcast.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
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By Binx101 on August 13th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Great questions so far folks — and I received another from a TUC leader in Yorkshire. This should be fun. Keep ‘em coming and I’ll keep asking…
Mi tv show is tu TV show….
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By Laura Flanders on August 13th, 2008 at 7:49 am
FDR wasn’t seen as a sure thing until right before the election.
By drlimerick on August 13th, 2008 at 9:10 am
What about McCain’s white working class problem? Obama leads McCain among low-income whites by nearly 10 points according to a new poll in the Washington Post.
By GRITtv on August 13th, 2008 at 11:50 am