With Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” still playing to sold-out houses and the recent waves of Clinton and Reagan nostalgia, Forum asks if these phenomena are indicative of people turning away from campaign politics, or if they serve to reengage the electorate in the political process?
Guests:
Dan Schnur, political consultant and media strategist, founding principal for CommandFocus, director of communications for John McCain's presidential campaign, chief media spokesperson for California Governor Pete Wilson, visiting instructor at the Institute for Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley and the Annenberg School of Communications at USC
Barbara O'Connor, professor of communications and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Media at Cal State Sacramento
Susan Pinkus, polling director for the Los Angeles Times
Nelson Polsby, Heller Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, co-author, with Aaron Wildavsky, of "Presidential Elections," now in its 11th edition
Larry Tramutola, president of Tramutolla LLC, worked with Barbara Boxer, John Burton and the Clinton/Gore campaign, specializes in grassroots mobilization, author of "Sidewalk Strategies: Seven Winning steps for Candidates, Causes & Communities"
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