Tom Brokaw Moderates Jerry-Meg Debate

05 August 2010 |permalink | email article

The two gubernatorial rivals have been jousting ever since they won their respective primaries in June over the thorny issue of debates. Brown has been pressing for ten, while Whitman, until very recently, agreed to just one before the Nov. 2 election.

But what looked like just a series of slapdash exchanges has suddenly taken on serious relevance with the disclosure veteran NBC broadcast journalist and award winner Tom Brokaw will moderate and be the sole questioner at the Oct. 12 debate at Dominican University in San Rafael just 19 days before voters decide.

Brokaw, 70, who covered Brown’s first run for office 41 years ago as a young reporter at KNBC in Los Angeles, and now lives in Montana, told the San Francisco Chronicle he has not seen any commercials yet but has been following the race “from afar.” 

The hourlong debate will be broadcast live at 6:30 p.m. on NBC affiliates throughout California, and given the number of stations that will carry it,could have a far more substantial impact on the outcome of the election than those now scheduled.

Brokaw said, “The large issue for California is, ’Are the golden years over?’ Or, is there a new era for California? And if there is, how do we get to it and bring everyone on board?’

Jobs Politic

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced late Wednesday that she will call the chamber back into session next week to finish work on a $26 billion plan to prevent the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers in addition to helping seniors and children. Her statement came hours after the measure cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, giving President Obama a long-sought victory on his election-year jobs agenda. The bill advanced by a vote of 61 to 38, breaking a GOP filibuster and setting the stage for final Senate approval later this week. A united Democratic caucus joined with Maine Republican senators Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe in supporting the measure.

Read ‘em and Weep

“And all these programs that you mentioned – that Obama has going with Reid and Pelosi pushing them forward – are all entitlement programs build to make government our God. And that’s really what’s happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry.” – Sharron Angle, in an April 21 interview with TruNews Christian Radio from an audio obtained by the Las Vegas Sun.
 

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