NOW Newsletter - 5.2.08 = PLUS Bill Moyers Journal = Elections, Iraq, Expertology

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Election 2008: What to Expect
Few predicted how competitive the race for President would be at this point, and no one knows how it will all turn out, but some insiders have the advantage of their own experience to provide a seasoned perspective. David Brancaccio shares a table with outspoken former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown and former McCain strategist Dan Schnur for an insider's look at what may happen next, and what the candidates each must do to win.

Adventures in Democracy: Voter ID Debate
Are Voter ID laws preventing voter fraud or committing voter suppression? Get answers to these and other burning questions in our Election 2008 spotlight.

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More Voter ID Laws on the Way?
A Supreme Court decision this week upheld an Indiana state law requiring photo ID before voting. Voting experts say the decision is likely to prompt stricter voter ID laws in other states. While Republicans tend to support increased ID requirements as a way to deter voter fraud, Democrats argue that such measures discriminate against poor voters, minorities and the elderly.

Watch NOW programs that add vital insight to this timely story.
» Watch NOW: Block the Vote = http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/235/index.html

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MOYERS: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html

May 2, 2008
KATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON - http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/profile2.html
Our political analyst returns to take stock of the never-ending primary season.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson has been aiding the JOURNAL in making sense of the volatile election season. She's analyzed gender and politics, life after the early primaries, and how the Internet has changed the campaign and politics itself. She was last here to analyze this year's crop of campaign ads.

This week, Jamieson looks at what has and hasn't being discussed in last round of primaries and media-driven controversies.
Jamieson has long been interested in making sure Americans get beneath the veneer of politics and campaigns.

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Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky - http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/profile3.html
NAVASKY AND CERF ON THE PROBLEM WITH EXPERTS
Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf's new book MISSION ACCOMPLISHED looks back at what the experts told us would happen in Iraq.
Since President Bush declared the end to major combat operations on May 2, 2003, Americans have had a chance to revisit the official push for war in documentaries like BUYING THE WAR here on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL and in other reporting. Now Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky have come out with a new book, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: OR HOW WE WON THE WAR IN IRAQ, compiling the innacurate predictions pro-war experts have made before and since the invasion.
The Institute of Expertology
In the introduction to MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf write:

It is, of course, twenty-four years since the Institute of Expertology issued its first findings. .......

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BUYING THE WAR: INTERACTIVE TIMELINE - http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/timeline.html
Explore the media coverage surrounding the case for war in Iraq with our interactive timeline of video, headlines and documents.

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