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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

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JOHNSTON, IOWA — Just got off the air with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer who is in New York. Team Why Tuesday? is getting ready for the Republican Debate, to take place at the studios of Iowa Public TV here. Over at WNYC there’s a fantastic thread going on about whether or not we should have an Election Day holiday.

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One Response to “Welcome, Brian Lehrer Listeners!”

  1. George Buchanan Says:
    December 12th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    I strongly support voter reform. We need a uniform way to assure the largest voter turnout possible, and while that is presently a State controlled issue, I think it’s nuts, and too important to leave to the states. I’d support a constitutional amendment at least as a way to assure equal voting rights across the USA.

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