More talk on the Democratic presidential primary with JASON JOHNSON, Assistant Professor of Communications and Political Science at Hiram College in Ohio and SCOTT HUFFMON, Associate Professor of Political Science and founder and director of the Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory at Winthrop University in Rock Hill South Carolina. Click here to listen to WHYY Radio Times podcast.
WCPN: Politics and Apologies
Professor Jason Johnson joined a panel discussion on Ohio politics on “The Sound of Ideas” on WCPN. Listen to the segment “Politics and Apologies.”
Tension is growing in Columbus: The Governor and Ohio’s leading Democrats are asking for Attorney General Marc Dann to resign. And now…there appears to be a standoff. Barely a month has passed since sexual harrassment allegations became the only news coming out of the AG’s office. The story raises important questions about ethics in politics and when and why a scandal can take down an elected official.
WOIO: Reverend Jeremiah Wright Controversy
Jason Johnson talks to 19 Action News about the most recent comments from Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the 2008 election campaigns.
WOIO: Pennsylvania Presidential primary
Professor Jason Johnson talks to 19 Action News following the results of the Pennsylvania primary.
WHYY: Pennsylvania Presidential Primary Update
Listen to Professor Jason Johnson discuss the Pennsylvania Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on WHYY Radio Times.
In our weekly discussion of national politics we catch up on Election 2008. It was a busy week with the candidates weighing in on the five-year Iraq war anniversary, also John McCain is emphasizing his foreign policy credentials with trips to Iraq & Afghanistan, Barack Obama was in damage control mode over his controversial pastor, and Hillary Clinton’s daily calendar as First Lady was just released. To talk about all this we’ll hear from JON DELANO the Money and Politics editor for KDKA television in Pittsburgh, and with JASON JOHNSON, an Assistant Professor of Communications and Political Science at Hiram College in Ohio.