Election 2008
Archived Audio
2008-01-03 Iowa Caucus Voter Forum
Iowa Public Radio teamed up with Minnesota Public Radio to present a conversation with Iowans. Guests included Iowa Public Radio political reporter Jeneane Beck and Drake University political science professor Dennis Goldford. The discussion took place at the State of Iowa Historical Building and its Caucus Iowa historical exhibit on Wednesday, January 2 at 5:30 PM. 
2007-12-21 Tancredo drops out
Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo has dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and is endorsing former rival Mitt Romney.
2007-12-20 Iowa Public Radio interviews Mitt Romney
Jeneane Beck of Iowa Public Radio and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican discuss the one-year anniversary of the Swift raids and the latest developments in the 2008 presidential campaign.
2007-12-20 Battle tested
Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks at an AFSCME rally in Des Moines.
2007-12-20 Iowa Public Radio interviews Hillary Clinton
Democrat Hillary Clinton hit the presidential campaign trail Monday with her best friend from childhood. Previous polls have shown Clinton has strong support among blue collar women but weaker backing from her college educated peers. This fall, that gap began to narrow. During an interview with Iowa Public Radio's Jeneane beck, Clinton said she saw the the same trend when she ran for the U-S senate in New York.
2007-12-17 Edwards Unveils Middle Class Agenda
John Edwards unveiled his plan for boosting the middle class during a campaign stop at Ames High School.
2007-12-14 The Environment The Exchange
Dante Scala
- Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New
Hampshire in Durham. He's the author of "Stormy Weather: The New
Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics" and posts regularly on his
political blog
GraniteProf.
2007-11-28 Social Issues The Exchange
James Lynch - Political reporter for the
Cedar Rapids Gazette since spring 2000. He covers legislative, state
and presidential campaigns, especially the caucus campaigns, for the
60,000 daily circulation newspaper serving Cedar Rapids, Iowa City
and much of Eastern Iowa. He has been a guest on "The Exchange," "On
Point," "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and C-SPAN’s "Washington
Journal."
Dean Spiliotes
- New Hampshire-based political
analyst, formerly with the NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm
College in Manchester, NH. He does full-time political blogging,
commentary and analysis at
NHPoliticalCapital.com.
2007-11-14 Economic Issues The Exchange
George Neumann -
Professor of Economics at the
Henry B. Tippie
College of Business at the University of Iowa.
Jennifer Donahue
– Senior Advisor for Political Affairs at the
New Hampshire Institute of Politics
at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.