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Logan Gibson, the unofficial Washington and Lee University correspondent for WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”, joins Coy Barefoot to talk about her school’s mock presidential convention. The convention, which will be held this weekend, has been quite accurate in predicting the opposition party’s presidential nominee.

“I think our full record is we’ve gotten it correct 18 out of 23 time, but we’ve only missed one prediction since 1948,” Gibson said. That was when the school nominated Teddy Kennedy over George McGovern.

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Dave Wasserman is the U.S. House editor for the Cook Political Report, and he joined Coy Barefoot on the eve of the Michigan primary to discuss the presidential race to date. He just got back from New Hampshire, where he had a pretty wild time.

“I have never been thrown for more of a loop than I was by this election result in New Hampshire,” Wasserman said, absolutely surprised that Hillary Clinton pulled out a victory. “I was so confident that Obama was going to run away with a ten point victory that I hit the slopes on Election Day.”

Listen in as Wasserman explains why he thinks all the pundits ended up with egg on their face, and why the delegate counts will become more important than the polls.

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Panelists James Martin of Raising Kaine, Aimee Fausser and Dan Geroe of Donkey with a Trunk, and Kenton Ngo of 750 Volts join me to talk about the Democratic Party’s potential pickup opportunities in next year’s Congressional elections, as well as Creigh Deeds’ recent announcement of his ‘09 Gubernatorial run.

Former Congresswoman and Democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor, Leslie Byrne calls in to explain why she’s decided to run for her old seat back. She held Virginia’s 11th Congressional District seat for one term before being defeated in 1994 by the current occupant of the seat, Representative Tom Davis.

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Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich came to Central Virginia Friday night for a fund raiser that brought in over ten thousand dollars for his campaign. The Congressman from Cleveland is the third Democratic candidate for the presidency to appear in Charlottesville this fall. Impeachment activist David Swanson formerly worked as press secretary to Representative Kucinich, and called upon his old boss to follow in the footsteps of Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama.

Kucinich is introduced by Swanson, as well as by: Sherry Kraft and John Wertman of the Albemarle County Democratic Party; Charlottesville Mayor Dave Brown; Andrea Miller, state director of the Kucinich campaign; and former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern.

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Bob Gibson, political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, joins Coy Barefoot each Monday afternoon for a discussion of Virginia politics on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. This week, Ron Paul wins the Republican straw poll at their advance this past week. Delegate Chris Saxman decided he won’t seek the Republican nomination for John Warner’s Senate seat, but Delegate Bob Marshall is still considering doing so.

Gibson also talks about his new blog, which features more in-depth articles on events such as Ron Paul’s win.

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On October 29, 2007, more than four thousand people braved the cool night and paid $29 to cram into Charlottesville’s Downtown Pavilion to listen to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Illinois Senator spent about 50 minutes talking to the crowd on issues ranging from health insurance, the Iraq War, and education. He was introduced by Governor Tim Kaine, a fellow graduate of Harvard Law.

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Disclaimer: There are a couple of nasty audio glitches in this recording, and I was not able to record all of Governor Kaine’s introduction. I had a terrible time setting up my equipment. There was a press box, but all I could seem to get was hum. So, I set up a back-up, using my shotgun microphone to capture the sound of being in the auditorium. You can hear a lot more echo at this point. Then there are some nasty buzzes, where I tried to power up my Marantz, because the battery life was on hollow, and I was worried about getting a complete recording. I kept risking the buzz (caused by badly balanced electrical systems) so I could maybe switch out the batteries. Podcasting requires a complete recording. If I was just doing this for WVTF, I could have sacrificed a lot more. All you need for a radio story is a few soundbites, and there are always  plenty of spaces in a recording. A podcast of a public event should be as complete as possible.

In this case, the audio is not totally complete, and this is the notice of that piece of information. This was done for purely technical reasons.

And, really, the buzzes aren’t nice.

While I’m at it, let me state that I do not endorse any political position or any candidate for any level of political office and make this audio and other political recordings available as a service to the community. I’m Program Officer at Charlottesville Tomorrow, a non-profit organization that reports on local growth and development issues. I’m also an occasional reporter for Virginia Public Radio. I created the Charlottesville Podcasting Network in 2005, and hope to continue shepherding its evolution into a trusted community resource, built on the principles of public service journalism.

Also while I’m at it,  I was too busy dealing with sound worries that I did not take any photographs. If anyone who reads this attended the event and would be happy to share a picture, I’d be grateful.

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Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot each Monday to talk about Virginia politics. Former Senator George Allen has joined the presidential campaign of Fred Thompson as co-chair. Bob talks about what that might mean for Allen’s political future. What implications might that have for the Governor’s race in 2009, and what else might happen two years from now? Also, the race for the House of Delegates 59th District is heating up, with Independent incumbent Watkins Abbit Jr. facing a tough race with Democrat Connie Brennan. That and more on this installment of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”

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Karen Kolber is a long-time political strategist, who joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about national and Virginia politics. Coy asks her thoughts on Hillary Clinton’s visit to Central Virginia, the rest of the Republican and Democratic candidates, Mark Warner’s run for the U.S Senate, and the Democrats chances of recapturing one of the two houses of the General Assembly.

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Congressman Tom Davis (R-11) joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about a tour he is taking across Virginia to drum up support for a potential run for the U.S. Senate. Senator John Warner will decide this fall if he is planning on seeking re-election in 2008.

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