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EllisonReport Oct 22: NH Polls; #MidEastMess; Campaign 3.0; Diversity on Bench, in Media; House GOP

Bernie Sanders in Berlin NH, August.
Michael Vadon
Bernie Sanders in Berlin NH, August.

ER discusses recent poll results and key issues for Dems in 2016 (minus Biden). What makes this Middle East hot mess different from the past. Exploring digital techniques and strategies during the electoral cycle. Questions about the lack of diversity on state/local benches. How Paul Ryan is attempting to redefine House Speaker. Insights on diversity in media (the lack thereof). 

ER talks with Suffolk University Political Research Center Director David Paleologos (@davidpaleologos) about recent findings in the SU/Boston Globe New Hampshire poll.  Clinton and Sanders are in a dead heat, but what’s happening when the gun control debate enters the equation? 

In-house ER Geopolitics analyst Webster Brooks debuts in an examination of what’s happening in Syria and how that’s shaking up the political calculus in the Middle East.  It’s always been a hot mess in the Middle East, but what’s different this time around?  Read Brooks’ exclusive analysis on the situation here

Center for American Progress VP of Legal Progress project Michele Jawando (@michelejawando) talks with ER about our bench diversity crisis: the lack of qualified judges of color in the state and local judiciary.  How do judicial elections factor into that?  And, why isn’t the Voter ID debate an economic discussion? 

Epolitics.com’s Colin Delaney (@colindelaney), fresh from Slovakia, shares insights into the Campaign 3.0 (or 4.0 now?) landscape, how presidential campaigns are leveraging digital tools and strategies from social media to data analytics. Are campaigns burning through much more cash because of it? And why aren’t voters bothered by all the intrusive data collection by candidates? 

Brookings’ Governance Studies fellow and FixGov blog Managing Editor John Hudak (@JohnJHudak) joins ER to talk discuss Paul Ryan’s logic behind his “conditions” to redefine the role of House Speaker. Can Ryan realistically rally the GOP? And, how unprecedented is this governance crisis on Capitol Hill. 

ER correspondent, NewsOne and HipHopWired.com contributor D.L. Chandler (@dlchandler123) joins the fray as the segment explores what’s the deal with diversity in media.  Also: what’s Black media doing in 2016? And: #BlackLivesMatter starts to get really political … 

 

10.22.15 Edition ER Team: 

Charles D. Ellison – Host & Executive Producer

Andre Melton – Producer, WEAA 88.9 FM

Webster Brooks – Resident Analyst

D.L. Chandler – Resident Analyst

 

10.22.15 Music credits

Anti-American Graffiti” by J Dilla (opening)

Manifest (instrumental)” by DJ Premier

0-100 Freestyle” by G Yamazawa

Battle Cry” by Nujabes

Bittersweet Symphony (instrumental)” by The Verve

Toes” by Glass Animals

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” by Cannonball Adderley Quintet

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