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WPRB’s Complete Election ’08 Coverage

Here’s the full October 23 and October 30 Election Coverage line-up The McCain Camp Sophie Jin reports on the McCain campaign on and off campus in the Princeton, NJ area: Sebastian Jones talks with Peter Feldman, Regional Communications Director for NY, NJ and PA for the McCain campaign: The Obama Camp Folasade John reports on [...]

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The Dispatch: Peter Feldman of the McCain Campaign

Here’s WPRB’s exclusive interview with Peter Feldman, Regional Communications Director for the McCain campaign in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It’s set to air this Thursday at 5pm as part of The Dispatch‘s continuing campaign coverage. In the interview, Feldman addresses the McCain campaign’s efforts to win Pennsylvania, their GOTV efforts, how they see [...]

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Foreign Policy 101

Should WPRB be the first radio station worldwide to air this single? You betcha dog on it: Update: Reader Allie writes with some tragic news: Boris and Vlad are, in fact, from New York City. “Boris” can be seen in this photograph from an article in The New York Times Sunday Magazine back in September. [...]

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Campaign Volunteer Pulls a Francisco Nava

By Sebastian Jones- WPRB News If you’ve tuned into cable news in the past few days, you’ve no doubt heard about how a young woman named Ashley Todd from Texas, who had been in Pittsburgh, PA working for the McCain campaign, claimed she had been assaulted by a “6’4″ black male”, who upon seeing her [...]

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The Dispatch: Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Melissa Harris-Lacewell joins WPRB’s Leif Johnson for a discussion of Election 2008, particularly what it means for African American voters. In addition to these excerpts of the interview, we’ll be posting a web-exclusive second part in the coming days.

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The Dispatch: Meet the Voters of Princeton, New Jersey

Brandon Joseph and Yihe Dong join host Sebastian Jones after meeting with local voters in Princeton, NJ to gauge their take on the election.

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The Dispatch: The Obama Campaign in New Jersey

WPRB’s Folasade John reports on the Obama campaign’s efforts to win the Garden State.

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The Dispatch: Meet the Voters of Johnstown, Pennsylvania

We aired this just prior to the Frank Rich interview.

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The Dispatch: Robocalls Hit Pennsylvania

WPRB News Director Sebastian Jones reports on how the robocall wave has hit Pennsylvania.  For more check out this post on Off The Air, Sebastian’s reported blog for WPRB News.

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The Dispatch: Frank Rich

Frank Rich joins us to discuss the tone of the campaign– particularly in light of several angry crowds at McCain/Palin rallies. Intro: Interview:

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The Dispatch: Peter H. Stone

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 [...]

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The Dispatch: Cuban American Voters

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.

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