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53 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Fri, Jan 1, 2010 27 mins
The attempted terror attack on a Christmas Day transatlantic flight to Detroit; the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea; President Obama's first year in office; pending Supreme Court cases.
Episode 2
Fri, Jan 8, 2010 27 mins
The failed Christmas Day bombing aboard a Detroit-bound airliner; the Inauguration Day terror threat; the Obama administration's plans to improve national-security protocols; the suicide attack in Afghanistan in which seven CIA agents died; the decisions of Sens. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Dorgan (D-N.D.) to retire; negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate health-care bills.
Episode 3
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 27 mins
The earthquake in Haiti and recovery efforts; why Haiti is among the Caribbean's most blighted countries; the Obama administration's proposal to tax large financial institutions; the special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy's seat.
Episode 4
Fri, Jan 22, 2010 27 mins
The Supreme Court's ruling on political spending by corporations and unions; how the Massachusetts Senate election outcome may impact President Obama's agenda and the 2010 midterm elections; the recovery effort in Haiti.
Episode 5
Fri, Jan 29, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's State of the Union speech is analyzed. Panelists include Peter Baker (New York Times), Dan Balz (Washington Post), Gloria Borger (CNN) and John Harris (Politico).
Episode 6
Fri, Feb 5, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's proposed budget; the growing partisan divide in Washington, D.C.; gays in the military; the alleged Christmas day terrorist's cooperation with investigators.
Episode 7
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 27 mins
Topics include a poll on Americans' feelings about the federal government; GOP skepticism about President Obama; economic recovery; Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Episode 8
Fri, Feb 19, 2010 27 mins
The retirement of Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and how it's recasting the fight for control of Congress; the debate over the effectiveness of the 2009 stimulus bill.
Episode 9
Fri, Feb 26, 2010 27 mins
The presidential health-care summit; the $15 billion jobs bill; the recall of Toyota vehicles.
Episode 10
Fri, Mar 5, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's push to get Congress to pass health-care reform; ethics violations and charges of corruption and misconduct levied against lawmakers; the status of the financial regulation legislation and jobs bill.
Episode 11
Fri, Mar 12, 2010 27 mins
The Obama administration's health-care push; Blue Dog Democrats and health-care reform; former congressman Eric Massa's resignation; White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's role in the administration.
Episode 12
Fri, Mar 19, 2010 27 mins
Health-care reform is discussed, including whether Democrats have enough votes to pass it and how the battle over it may reverberate in the November elections.
Episode 13
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 27 mins
The fallout from the health-care bill, including threats against Democratic lawmakers and the GOP strategy to "repeal and replace"; Israel's construction of Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem; the U.S.-Russia agreement to reduce their nuclear arsenals.
Episode 14
Fri, Apr 2, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's decision to expand offshore drilling; the cost of health care; Obama's trip to Afghanistan and the Iraqi elections; the anti-government militia group Hutaree.
Episode 15
Fri, Apr 9, 2010 27 mins
The anti-Western comments made by Afghan president Hamid Karzai; President Obama's nuclear policy; whether Iraq's security forces are prepared to take over from the U.S. military; the mainstream-vs.-hard-right division within the Republican Party.
Episode 16
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's vision of foreign policy; financial-regulation reform; the upcoming Supreme Court nomination; the Tea Party movement and Sarah Palin.
Episode 17
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's push for financial regulatory reform; the efforts of Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to reach consensus on an energy-reform bill; the auto industry.
Episode 18
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 27 mins
Arizona's new immigration law; the Senate investigation of Goldman Sachs; Florida governor Charlie Crist's decision to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent; the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Episode 19
Fri, May 7, 2010 27 mins
The failed Times Square bombing plot; the Gulf of Mexico oil spill; the British election.
Episode 20
Fri, May 14, 2010 27 mins
The Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan; the Gulf of Mexico oil leak; the Afghanistan War and Afghan president Karzai's White House meetings; recent polls on immigration reform, Congress and President Obama.
Episode 21
Fri, May 21, 2010 27 mins
The emerging anti-establishment trend in primary elections (and what it may mean for the November elections) is discussed with Dan Balz (Washington Post), John Dickerson (Slate), Susan Milligan (Boston Globe) and Jeff Zeleny (New York Times).
Episode 22
Fri, May 28, 2010 27 mins
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill; the push to repeal the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy; the increasing tensions between North Korea and South Korea.
Episode 23
Fri, Jun 4, 2010 27 mins
Topics include the BP oil spill and its impact on the White House dealing with other domestic and foreign-policy issues. Guests: Peter Baker (New York Times); Michael Duffy (Time); Doyle McManus (Los Angeles Times).
Episode 24
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 27 mins
The political fallout from the BP oil spill; the week's primary election results; whether congressional Democrats are distancing themselves from President Obama.
Episode 25
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 27 mins
The Gulf oil spill, including its estimated size, the meeting of BP officials with President Obama and the creation of a $20 billion escrow account for victims; the Afghanistan War; the Supreme Court's ruling on privacy and text messages on the job.
Episode 26
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 27 mins
The dismissal of Gen. McChrystal and decision to replace him with Gen. Petraeus; a federal judge's decision to lift a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling; the week's primary and runoff elections in North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Mississippi.
Episode 27
Fri, Jul 2, 2010 27 mins
Financial-reform legislation; fears that the economic recovery is stalling; the Supreme Court's end-of-term decisions; the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan; President Obama's effort to return the political narrative to his economic efforts.
Episode 28
Fri, Jul 9, 2010 27 mins
Topics include the U.S.-Russia spy swap; the Justice Department's legal challenge of Arizona's immigration law; U.S.-Israeli ties; President Obama's efforts to restore the economy and help Democratic candidates in the midterm elections; the GOP's midterm strategy and gaffe-prone RNC chairman Michael Steele.
Episode 29
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's poll numbers and the midterm elections; the recession's non-economic and psychological consequences; the financial reform legislation; the Afghanistan War.
Episode 30
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 27 mins
Topics include the extension of unemployment benefits; the economy's current state; the resignation of government worker Shirley Sherrod; and the increase in the complexity of national security since 9/11.
Episode 31
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 27 mins
The next step in the fight over Arizona's immigration law; the leaked Afghanistan War-related documents; the political battles over campaign-finance reform, war funding, tax cuts and the ethics probe of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.).
Episode 32
Fri, Aug 6, 2010 27 mins
The economy; the federal judge's overturning of California's gay-marriage ban; the confirmation of Elena Kagan as the 112th Supreme Court justice.
Episode 33
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 27 mins
The results of the week's primary elections and what they may mean for the midterm elections; the reasons for the Pentagon's budget-cutting; the massacre of aid workers in Afghanistan; what led to the "broken" Washington and whether it can be repaired.
Episode 34
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 27 mins
The controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero; President Obama's role as campaigner-in-chief; GOP fund-raising, including News Corp.'s donation to the Republican Governors Association; the exit of U.S. combat troops from Iraq.
Episode 35
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 27 mins
Analysis of Tuesday's primary elections; the sparring between House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Vice President Biden over the Obama administration's economic policies; the federal judge's ruling to halt federally funded stem-cell research.
Episode 36
Fri, Sep 3, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's address to the nation and messages on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; the White House's proposals to jump-start the recovery; the Obama administration's Middle East peace initiative; the midterm elections.
Episode 37
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 27 mins
The Democratic and Republican plans to bolster the economy; the possibility of a double-dip recession; incumbent Democratic senators who may lose their seats; the Florida preacher's plan to burn Korans.
Episode 38
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 27 mins
The midterm elections, and whether the intraparty battle between Tea Party activists and establishment Republicans will help or hinder the Democrats.
Episode 39
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 27 mins
Topics include the economy, the midterm elections, the Senate's failure to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and President Obama's and Iranian President Ahmadinejad's UN addresses.
Episode 40
Fri, Oct 1, 2010 27 mins
Topics include the midterm elections; President Obama's efforts to shore up support for Democrats; and the likely impending departure of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
Episode 41
Fri, Oct 8, 2010 27 mins
The September unemployment report and economic recovery; President Obama's efforts to rally the Democratic base and woo independent voters to support Democratic candidates in the 2010 elections; what's motivating voters; the Supreme Court's new term.
Episode 42
Fri, Oct 15, 2010 27 mins
The Nevada Senate race; the Democratic effort to nab vulnerable Republican House seats; the campaign fund-raising and spending on the midterm elections; the judge's order suspending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Episode 43
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 27 mins
The California gubernatorial and senatorial races; the tight Senate race in Pennsylvania; President Obama's campaign blitz to help Democratic candidates; the influx of big money into the 2010 elections; the Tea Party movement.
Episode 44
Fri, Oct 29, 2010 27 mins
The midterm elections are discussed. Included: key races; campaign spending; how the political landscape may change after the election.
Episode 45
Fri, Nov 5, 2010 27 mins
The post-election political environment is discussed.
Episode 46
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 27 mins
The bipartisan federal deficit commission's recommendations; divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties over leadership; the G-20 economic summit; former president George W. Bush's memoir, "Decision Points."
Episode 47
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's desire for the Senate to to ratify the new START treaty in its lame-duck session; the verdict in the trial for the Guantanamo detainee charged in the attacks on U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya; the Republican moratorium on earmarks; the key priorities for the lame-duck session of Congress; the public's perception of the results of the midterm elections; the House leadership.
Episode 48
Fri, Nov 26, 2010 27 mins
President Obama's leadership and foreign policy; Sarah Palin's book, her Tea Party involvement and the possibility that she may run for president in 2012; upcoming Supreme Court cases that involved veterans' war benefits, violent video games and the rights of illegal immigrants.
Episode 49
Fri, Dec 3, 2010 27 mins
Partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill; the WikiLeaks document dump; the legal battles that may follow if "don't ask, don't tell" is repealed.
Episode 50
Fri, Dec 10, 2010 27 mins
The tax deal struck by President Obama and congressional Republicans; the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the cyber attacks of his supporters.
Episode 51
Fri, Dec 17, 2010 27 mins
The lame-duck Congress; the federal court decision on President Obama's health-care reform; the Obama administration's assessment of the surge strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the diplomatic career of Richard C. Holbrooke (1941-2010).
Episode 52
Fri, Dec 24, 2010 27 mins
Topics include the lame-duck session of Congress, including the passage of the START treaty, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the tax-cut compromise.
Episode 53
Fri, Dec 31, 2010 27 mins
A review of 2010 and a discussion of possible trends and stories to watch in 2011. Included: President Obama's health-care reform; the Gulf oil spill; and economic recession.