Slate: The Why Is David Hiding Under the Table Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2011

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain, the Supreme Court and eyewitness testimony, and President Obama and his Jewish supporters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, the 4th of November 2011.
0:11.7	We are one year out from the presidential election.
0:14.1	Are we exactly one year out, John?
0:15.3	Do you know what day it is?
0:16.2	Maybe it's the eighth in 2012.
0:18.5	It's close.
0:18.9	We're close to one year out. We're 52 weeks out from the presidential election, which means that
0:24.8	John Dickerson has sprouted wings because he has to spend the next year on the road. I'm here
0:29.3	with John Slate's chief political correspondent in Washington, D.C. Emily Bazelon joins us
0:34.2	telephonically from New Haven, Connecticut. Hello, Emily.
0:38.1	Hello.
0:39.3	And we are going to talk about three subjects this week.
0:43.6	Subject number one will be Herman Kane and the fury surrounding the sexual harassment allegations against him.
0:52.3	Topic two will be a Supreme Court case about eyewitness testimony.
0:57.8	Ooh, I got bumped to topic two.
0:59.2	I didn't know that.
0:59.9	Yay.
1:00.7	Yeah.
1:01.4	You know it, baby.
1:03.3	Topic three, that's what plots will do for you.
1:05.8	Plots can get you moved from topic three to topic two.
1:08.5	If you're really nice, if you're really nice, we could have made that topic one.
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