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Marc interviews Tom Schaller and Bob Moser
Marc interviews Tom Schaller and Bob Moser in Denver during the DNC. Tom Schaller writes for Salon and is the author of Whistling Past Dixie. Bob Moser is a contributing writer to The Nation and the author of Blue Dixie: Awakening the South’s Democratic Majority. They discuss different views on De
Ted Venetoulis and Tommy D'Alessandro at the DNC
Marc interviews Ted Venetoulis, former Baltimore County Executive, and Tommy D'Alessandro, the former Mayor of Baltimore, in Denver during the DNC.
Gay Republican Trading Cards
Marc interviews the creators of a deck of Gay Republican trading cards during the DNC. Check out the cards at www.gayrepublicancards.com.
Maryland Dem Leaders at the DNC
Click below to hear Marc Steiner interviewing Mike Cryor, the Chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, and Quincey Gamble, the MD Dems' Executive Director. It was recorded on the convention floor during the DNC. Running time is 3:53.
Elijah Cummings at the DNC
Marc sat down with Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings during the DNC and recorded this interview. Hear what Cummings has to say about Obama, and more. Running time is 16 minutes. Click the podcast player below to listen, or use the mp3 link below to download.
How did Dr. Mary Washington sleep last night?
My nephew, Logan, was born in March of 2007, just about a month after Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination. I desperately want to use his 17 months on the planet as a metaphor for this 2008 primary season. But I won’t. Instead, I will simply say that after hearing Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, I slept like Logan.
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Lea - LIVE FROM INVESCO FIELD!
8:22PM - Well here we are! There are thousands upon thousands upon thousands here to mark, celebrate and take in this historical moment.Â
I am in the stands that are filled to the rafters. My fellow stand sitters are staring at me like I am nuts sitting here with a lap top ;-)
Marc Steiner on this historic moment, and the power of big business
A Historic Moment
On August 28th, 1963, I was among the hundreds of thousands on the mall in Washington marching for "Jobs and Freedom Now!" I will never forget the exhilaration of that day. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech brought all of us to our knees.
We have parsed his speech from that day down to four words: “I have a dream.” His speech was so much more than that. That day was the culmination of a hundred years of struggle. It was a moment built on the back of three years of sit-ins, freedom rides, community organizing and voter registration. It came after thousands had been jailed, beaten, killed and injured in the struggle to end segregation in our country. It was the most amazing moment of my young life as a teen-age civil rights activist.
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