Category: 2000

December 22, 2000

Download Audio INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO BUSH FOREIGN POLICY President-elect George W. Bush this week took major steps towards forming his foreign policy team, nominating General Colin Powell to be Secretary of State and naming...

December 15, 2000

Download Audio PRESIDENT BUSH — AGAIN Five weeks after the polls closed across the country, the U.S. has a President-elect. On Wednesday night, Vice President Al Gore told the country that, although he strongly...

December 8, 2000

Download Audio FLORIDA POLITICS AND THE ELECTORAL ENDGAME On Thursday morning, the Florida Supreme Court was once again the focus of the nation’s attention as it considered the Gore-Lieberman campaign’s appeal of state judge...

December 1, 2000

Download Audio Supreme Court Hears Florida Case The fight on the ground for the presidency continues as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in George W. Bush’s appeal of a Florida High Court ruling...

November 24, 2000

Download Audio FLORIDA ELECTION UPDATE A dizzying array of decisions – in court and on local Canvassing Boards – dominated the third Week of the Post-Election situation in Florida. As the world waits on...

November 17, 2000

Download Audio DISCRIMINATION AND THE FLORIDA VOTE The Presidential Election may – or may not – be officially over this weekend. For the past 10 days, the nation’s focus has been on Florida, and...

November 3, 2000

Download Audio AS ELECTION NEARS, CANDIDATES TARGET WISCONSIN With only two percent of the nation’s electoral college, the state of Wisconsin is hardly the place one would expect to find presidential candidates in the...

October 27, 2000

Download Audio CIVIL UNIONS DIVIDE VOTE IN VERMONT Vermont is experiencing one of the most contentious election seasons in its history. The state is deeply divided over the issue of civil unions. A law...