Beyond the Beltway - With Bruce DuMont






			- August 26, 2007 AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access IL State Senator Bill Brady - Thompson supporter, IL State Representative Jim Durkin - McCain supporter, Mayor Kevin Richardson of Lake Barrington - Romney supporter, and David Valkema - President, Log Cabin Republicans of Chicago.
			- August 19, 2007 AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Dave Fako - Democratic political pollster, Richard Boykin (D) - Clinton supporter, Rick Perlstein - liberal Edwards supporter, and Rick Levin - Independent.
			- August 12, 2007 WHAT DO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STAND FOR? LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRIMARIES. HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Donald Turner (D) - former president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Kent Griffiths (R), and Arthur Cyr - AW Clausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College.
			- August 5, 2007 HOW DO THE CANDIDATES MEASURE UP IN THE VARIOUS PUBLIC DEBATES AND FORUMS? A LOOK A T THE YearlyKos Convention's DEMOCRATIC FORUM HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Judy Baar Topinka (R), Wayne Steger - Assoc. Professor at De Paul University, Georgia Logothetis - Contributing Editor for DailyKos.com, and liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger
			- July 29, 2007 THE DEMOCRATS AND THE YOU TUBE DEBATES: REAL OR CONTRIVED? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Joe Morris, a lawyer at Morris & De La Rosa; liberal urban affairs writer e�&@t color="#FFFFFF">John McCarron; and Phillip Beverly, an associate professor at Chicago State University. Also....Carl Bernstein talks to us by phone about his book on Hillary Clinton, "A Woman in Charge"
			- July 22, 2007 IRAQ & THE U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE WAR ON TERROR.... AND, A FOCUS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Guest Host John Dempsey from WLS is joined by: Liberal Andrew Patner, Conservative Marty Geraghty (R), liberal - University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, and Mary Laney - columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Also joining the discussion on the phone is Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times.
			- July 15, 2007 UPDATES ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES....AND MORE ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access With guest host, Chicago broadcaster Tom Shaer. Pete Giangreco (D) of the Strategy Group, Dan Proft - conservative, and Barbara Iverson - Professor of Journalism at Columbia College. Also, Ed Clements - talk show host on KLBJ-AM in Austin, TX on the death of Lady Bird Johnson.
			- July 8, 2007 HOW WOULD THE GENDER, RACE OR ETHNICITY OF OUR NEXT PRESIDENT AFFECT HIS OR HER EFFECTIVENESS IN LEADING THE COUNTRY? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Lee Newcom (R) - Conservative, Vanessa Lal-Steinkamp (I) - AP American Government teacher, Perry Buckley (D) - President, Cook County College Teachers Union, and Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor.
			- July 1, 2007 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: HIS IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY, THE POLITICAL PROCESS, AND HIS OUTSTANDING USE OF THE RADIO AS A POLITICAL TOOL. ALSO...SOME SPECULATION ON HOW FDR WOULD HANDLE THE POLITICAL SITUATIONS OF TODAY. HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Jonathan Alter - Newsweek magazine, Curt Smith - NY Public Radio and TV host, Michael Barone - U.S. News & World Report, and Arthur Cyr - AW Clausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College.
			- June 24, 2007 THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.... ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG'S CHANGE TO INDEPENDENT STATUS....A FEW WORDS ABOUT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Edwin Eisendrath (D), Tom Roeser (R), and Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn.
			- June 17, 2007 PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: WHERE DOES CALIFORNIA STAND ON CANDIDATES AND POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION REFORM? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Tim Steed (D), Carol Platt Liebau, and Allan Hoffenblum - Publisher of the California Target Book.
			- June 10, 2007 PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEBATES AND THEIR RESULTS....AND, AN INTERVIEW WITH FORMER GOVERNOR JAMES GILMORE, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY HOPEFUL HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Kristopher Anderson (D) of the Young Democrats of America, Thomas Pence (R) and Rose Economou - Professor of Journalism at Columbia College.
			- June 3, 2007 THE INTERNET & ITS ROLE IN THE POLITICAL DIALOGUE... WILL IT REPLACE TRADITIONAL JOURNALISM? AND....CURRENT STATS ABOUT THE PRIMARY CANDIDATES. HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Christine Dudley (R), - political consultant, Aviva Patt - Liberal - of the IVI-IPO, and Barbara Iverson - Professor of Journalism at Columbia College in Chicago.
			- May 27, 2007 THE INTERNET & ITS ROLE IN THE POLITICAL DIALOGUE... WILL IT REPLACE TRADITIONAL JOURNALISM? AND....CURRENT STATS ABOUT THE PRIMARY CANDIDATES. HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Kathy Posner - Retired Public Relations Executive, University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, and Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor.
			- May 20, 2007 WILL THE AMNESTY PROPOSAL BE EQUITABLE TO ALL.... AND, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JOHN COX IN STUDIO HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Rosanna Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois, John Cox (R) - presidential primary candidate and liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger
			- May 13, 2007 RACE AND POLITICS, THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WILL VOTE FOR THEM HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Marty Geraghty (R), Ralph Conner (R) of the Heartland Institute, and Salim Muwakkil - Columnist.
			- May 6, 2007 AMERICAN CIVICS EDUCATION IN THE FOREFRONT....WHERE DO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE STAND ON POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Andrew Coneen, Dan Larsen and Vanessa Lal-Steinkamp - AP American Government teachers from Adlai E. Stevenson High School (AESHS). Also, students Megha Shankar, Michael Levine from AESHS.
			- April 29, 2007 THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE & REACTIONS....PLUS MORE ON THE CANDIDATES AND WOMEN IN POLITICS HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Christine Svenson (R) - attorney, Representative Linda Chapa LaVia (D-IL Dist 83) and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.
			- April 22, 2007 THE VIRGINIA TECH MASS MURDER SITUATION: WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES DO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE TO IDENTIFY, REPORT AND TREAT POTENTIAL THREATS? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Larry Horist - international trade consultant, U. S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and U. S. Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) joins us on the phone. Also on the phone, Dr. Dan McAdams - Professor of Education (NWU).
			- April 15, 2007 DON IMUS: WAS HE JUDGED AND SENTENCED IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION? WHERE ARE WE TODAY WITH RACIAL EQUALITY? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access With guest host, Chicago broadcaster Tom Shaer. Ralph Conner (R) of the Heartland Institute, columnist Mary Mitchell - Chicago Sun Times, Rick Perlstein - liberal, and Chris Robling (R) - political consultant.
			- April 8, 2007 PELOSI'S TRIP TO SYRIA: APPROPRIATE OR NOT? MORE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH REPUBLICAN HOPEFUL REP. TOM TANCREDO HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access James Pethokoukis, U.S. News & World Report, Kathy Posner - Retired Public Relations Executive, and Rick Levin - Independent. Also, a phone report from Jordan Levy of WTAG, Worcester, Mass.
			- April 1, 2007 DID THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DO WRONG? THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE CONTINUES: WOULD FRED THOMPSON GIVE THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVES A BOOST? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Dan Proft - political consultant, liberal - University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, and liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger Also, Mike Pride reports from New Hampshire and Mike Morrow from Tennessee.
			- March 25, 2007 HOW DO THE HEALTH CONDITIONS OF CANDIDATES AND THEIR SPOUSES AFFECT THEIR CAMPAIGNS? MORE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE OF 2008 HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Donald Turner (D) - former president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Christine Dudley (R), - political consultant, and Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor.
			- March 18, 2007 WASHINGTON FEEDING FRENZY ABOUT ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES: IS JUSTICE BLIND? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Richard K. Means, Independent - attorney and founder of Project Leap, Mary Hartigan (D) - attorney, and John McGovern (R).
			- March 11, 2007 CAN SEN. FRED THOMPSON FILL THE VOID FOR THE REPUBLICANS AS A VIABLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Ray Hanania - columnist, comedian and author, Associate History Professor Guity Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution, and Arthur Cyr - AW Clausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College.
			- March 4, 2007 CLINTON & OBAMA IN SELMA: WHO GETS THE SUPPORT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Rick Garcia - liberal, Chris Robling (R) - political consultant, and Rick Levin - Independent.
			- February 25, 2007 CAMPAIGN 2008: WHAT ABOUT THE PREMISE THAT CLINTON, GORE, GUILIANI, McCAIN OR OBAMA WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Dan Proft, liberal - University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, and Achy Obejas - Sor Juana Visiting Writer at DePaul University.
			- February 18, 2007 WHO WERE THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS, AND WHY? FDR TO BE SPECIALLY HONORED IN JULY. HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Marty Geraghty (R), liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger and Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor. Also, Curt Smith, presidential speechwriter.
			- February 11, 2007 BARACK OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT: A FRESH NEW FACE IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS? ALSO...HOW DOES THE REST OF THE FIELD LOOK TO BE SHAPING UP? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Eric Adelstein (D) - Democratic strategist, Cliff Kelley - WVON-Chicago Talk Show Host, and IL State Rep. Jim Durkin (R - Western Springs, IL)
			- February 4, 2007 THE PRESIDENT'S IRAQ STRATEGY AND THE 2008 ELECTION CANDIDATES - ALSO, THE PRISON SYSTEM IN THE U.S. HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Marty Geraghty (R), James Wall (D) - Senior Contributing Editor, Christian Century Magazine, and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian. Richard Boykin (D), Lee Newcom (R) - Conservative, and Chip Wilkins - Liberal on crime and the prisons of the U.S.
			- January 28, 2007 THE PRESIDENT, IRAQ STRATEGY AND THE 2008 ELECTION HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Marty Geraghty (R), James Wall (D) - Senior Contributing Editor, Christian Century Magazine, and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.
			- January 21, 2007 IRAQ AND THE WAR....THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE EMERGING CANDIDATES HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Donald Turner (D) - former president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, conservative Ryan McLaughlin (R) - Public Relations Executive/political operative, and Arthur Cyr - AW Clausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College.
			- January 14, 2007 THE PRESIDENT'S NEW IRAQ STRATEGY AND WHAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE DOING IN RESPONSE HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Chris Varones, liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger and Ralph Conner (R) of the Heartland Institute.
			January 7, 2007 ARE AMERICA'S CHILDREN RECEIVING A GOOD EDUCATION? IS THERE EQUITY IN FUNDING FOR EDUCATION? HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access Conservative Dan Proft, liberal University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, and Michael Golden of the Illinois Education Foundation.


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