Politics in California and Washington and Europe’s Economy
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California’s next statewide election is less than a month away—the first without an incumbent Governor on the ballot since 1998. We’ll hear how you can vote in the Democratic or Republican primary—even if you’re registered as Decline to State. Also tonight, stocks soared worldwide over Europe’s trillion-dollar commitment to shore up its economy. Is a major crisis being only kicked down the road? And…President Obama’s latest nominee to the US Supreme Court. Can Elena Kagan be confirmed by the Senate?
Banner Image: A woman observes a TV screen displaying information on Greece, Portugal and Spain's government bonds in a street of Paris, on May 10, 2010. Fears that a possible debt default by Greece could hit the world's financial system in the same way the collapse of US investment banking giant Lehman Brothers did two years ago had sent shares and the euro plunging. AFP PHOTO THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
Making News
Round-up of Statewide Elections as Voting Season Begins ()
In California, sample ballots already are in the mail for the4 next statewide election, which will make its own kind of history. Election day is June 8, but many people will want to vote early, and there’s a new way to do that. Kim Alexander is President of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, and she already has her ballot.
Guests:
- Kim Alexander: President, California Voter Foundation
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Part 1: Obama Picks Elena Kagan for Supreme Court ()
President Obama has nominated Elena Kagan to replace John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme court. She’s been a law clerk, Dean of Harvard Law, Advisor to President Clinton and she’s the current Solicitor General, representing the Obama Administration before the court.
Guests:
- Jeff Zeleny: White House Correspondent, New York Times, @jeffzeleny
- Dahlia Lithwick: Legal Correspondent, Slate, @Dahlialithwick
- Jeffrey Rosen: Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Part 2: Stocks Rally on Greek Bailout Package ()
Stock markets around the world are breathing a sign of relief, but has Europe’s financial crisis now been resolved or only postponed? In Brussels yesterday, a 2-hour meeting of Europe’s finance ministers turned into an 11-hour marathon. The result was a one-trillion dollar agreement, arrived at in time for this morning’s opening of stock markets in Asia.
Guests:
- Charles Forelle: Reporter, Wall Street Journal Brussels, @charlesforelle
- Paul Murphy: Alphaville Editor & Associate Editor, Financial Times
- Desmond Lachman: former Deputy Director of the Policy and Review, International Monetary Fund
- James Galbraith: Professor of Government and Economics, University of Texas at Austin
Underwriters
Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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