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January 13, 2008
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Interview with Obama foreign policy adviser Susan Rice:
Aijaz Ahmad on Bush's plans for the Mideast:
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at January 13, 2008 06:54 PMAdvice to the Real News People.
Backdrops for interviews that are not in a fixed setting like this.
A couple back drops could easily carve out a visual space for the interview so that we don't get so to see all the random stuff going on behind the interviewer and interviewee.
As for Obama's Foreign Policy person.
Eh. We all know that you have to have a much more nuanced approach than what Bush/Cheney has done.
It's unlikely any Dem candidate other than Kucinich are going to alternate the traditional non-openly aggresive tone of Dem presidents.
Posted by: patience at January 13, 2008 10:50 PMRice? What is this -- a dynasty? Although to be fair, she looks more articulate and gapless.
Another member of CFR and the Aspen Strategy Group -- change cometh.
Posted by: Ted at January 13, 2008 10:54 PMthe stuff in the background doesn't bother me. It's contextualized, man!
Posted by: Jonathan Versen at January 14, 2008 09:19 AMDid anyone watch "Bush in the Middle East: historic or photo op?" to find out how they answered the question?
Posted by: SteveB at January 14, 2008 01:13 PM