Peter H. Stone of the National Journal and author of Heist: Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, His Republican Allies, and the Buying of Washington joins Sebastian Jones to discuss McCain’s lobbyists-turned-advisers.
Peter Stone broke the story of how Christian Ferry, McCain’s deputy chief of staff, worked for a pro-Russian faction in Ukraine’s 2006 election. The full article can be found here.
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Naomi Nix reports on the Cuban American vote in Miami as the all-important battleground state of Florida gears up to vote, in a special report for The Dispatch on WPRB News.
One of the companies with apparent ties to Senator McCain's Pennsylvania robocall blitz
By Sebastian Jones- WPRB News
You might have heard one of John McCain’s robocalls recently but probably not much about the people behind them. Until now. Continue reading
The Dispatch, WPRB’s weekly news magazine, premieres this Thursday at 5:00pm with coverage of Election 2008. The Dispatch will feature reports on the McCain and Obama campaigns and their efforts in New Jersey, local voters on the candidates and the issues, an exclusive look at robocalls in Pennsylvania and interviews with Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell of Princeton University, Peter H. Stone of The National Journal and New York Times columnist Frank Rich.
The program will be rebroadcast on Sunday from 12:00pm to 1:00pm.