The Results Are In and the Races Are On

Making News

Asian, European Stocks Drop over Worry of US Economy ()

The US stock markets are closed for the holiday, but there's a lot of financial action in Europe and Asia. What does it suggest about what might happen tomorrow? Philip Coggan is capital-markets editor for the Economist magazine.

Guests:

• Philip Coggan: Capital Markets Editor, Economist

Main Topic

Updating the Presidential Campaigns after Nevada, South Carolina ()

After South Carolina, the New York Times says John McCain is the Republican front-runner, whether he likes it or not. On the Democratic side, after Nevada, Barack Obama is running against two Clintons, rather than just one. Is former "maverick" John McCain now the Republican front-runner? Can Rudy Giuliani finally get underway in Florida? After Nevada, is Bill doing Hillary more harm than good? Is Obama right to challenge both Clintons at the same time? Will John Edwards turn out to be the king—or queen—maker at the Democratic National Convention? Last weekend's results produced new challenges for the candidates of both political parties.  We hear what's next on the campaign trails.

Guests:

• John Mercurio: Senior Editor, The Hotline
• James Antle: Associate Editor, American Spectator, @jimantle
• Joe Conason: Columnist, New York Observer and Salon
• Earl Black: Professor of Political Science, Rice University
• Tom Schaller: Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland

Links:

• Election 2008
• Obama takes on Bill Clinton on ABC's 'Good Morning America'
• Mercurio's article on Giuliani, GOP race
• Antle's article on McCain's win in South Carolina
• Conason's article on revival of McCain's candidacy
• Black's 'Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics'
• Conason's 'It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush'
• Schaller's 'Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win without the South'

Reporter's Notebook

Race and Party Politics ()

On this holiday dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., race is still a major factor in American life and politics. Since 1964, black Americans have voted consistently Democratic, but historically it was the Republicans who opposed slavery, Jim Crow and school segregation. A new book called Wrong on Race argues that contemporary Republicans are getting a bad rap and offers a recommendation. Bruce Bartlett, an aide to then-Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, is the author.

Guests:

• Bruce Bartlett: nationally syndicated columnist