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Edwards Surrogate Hopes Obama Endorses new New Deal
Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell   
Thursday, 19 June 2008 08:00

June 19 - Much of the discussion on the campaign trail this week has been on economics. One of Barack Obama's high profile supporter says Obama needs to implement a new 'New Deal'.

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David Bonior, former Democratic Whip in the House of Representatives and former National Campaign Manager for John Edwards who is now an Obama surrogate. He talks about the need for a major economic stimulus in the country.

 

Barack Obama

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PART 2: Howard Zinn Interview

As we talk about the chances of a new "New Deal" if Obama were elected President, Election Unspun looks back to the original New Deal. Historian Howard Zinn has written about the Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal of the 1930s and the popular movement that brought it to the fore. Nathan Moore spoke with Professor Zinn.

 

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