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Political Gabfest

Slate: The Why Is David Hiding Under the Table Gabfest

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.58.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2011

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

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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