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2008

Dec. 28, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Liberal
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

Dan Miller
Conservative
Executive Vice President and Publisher, The Heartland Institute
Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

 

Dec. 21, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

 Phil Kadner
Columnist, Southtown Star
 Tim Wright
Director of Domestic Policy for Bill Clinton's '92 presidential campaign
Chairman of the Sub-Saharan African Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
Chicago attorney

 

Dec. 14, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 Gila J. Bronner
President & CEO, Bronner Group, LLC
Government business practices consultant
CPA

 

Dec. 7, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Kevin Kozlowski
Libertarian
Project Manager, Construction Company
 Michael Golden
Democrat
Co-Founder, Illinois Education Foundation
Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

 

Nov. 30, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Dan Swinney
Executive Director, Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council and Center for Labor and Community Research
John Challenger
CEO at Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
President's Circle steering committee, Council on Foreign Relations

 Ralph Conner
Local legislation manager, Heartland Institute
Virg Bernero
Mayor of Lansing, Michigan

 

Nov. 23, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

David Cerda
Liberal
Attorney
 Fran Eaton
Conservative
Editor, Illinois Review
 Mary Mitchell
Chicago Sun-Times columnist

 

Nov. 16, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

Samuel Skinner
Former Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush

 

Nov. 9, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Patrick Cotter
Democrat
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General

Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Curt Smith
University of Rochester Professor
Former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush

Jim Bohannon
Talk show host on Westwood One radio network
Joe Mathews
Irvine Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

 

Nov. 4, 2008 - Election Night Special

Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party

 Clifford Kelley
Democrat
Host, 'The Cliff Kelley Show'
WVON radio

John McCarron
Democrat
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

 

Nov. 2, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Bertram deSousa
Political Columnist - The Vindicator
Dan Rivers
Talk Show Host, Dan Daily
WKBN Radio

David Johnson
Republican Chairman, Columbiana County, Ohio
 Ron Verb
WKBN talk show host
With WKBN radio hosts Rob Mangino and Ron Verb handling questions from the live audience in Youngstown.

 

Oct. 26, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Erich Mancow Muller
Libertarian
Host, Mancow's Morning Madhouse
Weekday morning host, WLS 890 AM Chicago

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 Marty Geraghty
Republican
Real estate executive
Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com

 

Oct. 19, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Ron Gibbs
Liberal
Vietnam War veteran
Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 

Oct. 12, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Jeremy Telman
Independent
Associate Professor of Law
Valparaiso University School of Law

Brian Wesbury
Conservative
Chief Economist at First Trust
Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

Maj. Gen. John Borling
USAF - Retired

 

Oct. 5, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party

Stephanie Hitt
Republican
Illinois 9th District Delegate for John McCain, 2008
Patrick Cotter
Democrat
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General

Sandy Allen
Democrat
Columbia College marketing instructor

 

Sep. 28, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Stephanie Hitt
Conservative
Illinois 9th District Delegate for John McCain, 2008
Eric Zorn
Liberal
Chicago Tribune columnist
JoEllen Lind
Liberal
Law Professor, Valparaiso University
Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

 

Sep. 21, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Greg Abbott
Conservative
Attorney, Fmr. IL Assist. Attorney General
Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Jeff Riley
Liberal
Lobbyist
Brian Wesbury
Conservative
Chief Economist at First Trust

 

Sep. 14, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder
Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 Thomas Frank
Author, The Wrecking Crew

 

Sep. 7, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

JoEllen Lind
Liberal
Law Professor, Valparaiso University
Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com

 

Aug. 31, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
 Eric Adelstein
Democrat
Political communications and strategy consultant
Dan Miller
Republican
Executive Vice President and Publisher, The Heartland Institute

 

Aug. 24, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
 Jim Wall
Democrat
Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 R. Craig Sautter
Author of 'Inside the Wigwam: Chicago Presidential Conventions 1860-1996'

 

Aug. 17, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Charlie Watts
Republican
Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee

 Mary Hartigan
Democrat
 Peter Giangreco
Democrat
Partner in the Chicago office of The Strategy Group

 

Aug. 10, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

John McGovern
Conservative
Attorney and Republican consultant
Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

 Barbara Iverson
Professor of Journalism and New Media, Columbia College
Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio

 

Aug. 3, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Mark Brewer
Democrat
Chairman, Michigan Democratic Party
 Rick Albin
Political Reporter
WOOD, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Taped live in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the studio of Newsradio WOOD 1300 AM.

 

Jul. 27, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Conservative
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
 Julie Brady
Conservative
Deputy co-Chair, Illinois McCain for President, 2008
Rick Garcia
Liberal
Political Director, Equality Illinois
 Tom Shaer
Liberal
Public relations consultant

 

Jul. 20, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
 Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Republican candidate for Illinois comptroller
Former Illinois State Treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

JoEllen Lind
Democrat
Law Professor, Valparaiso University

 

Jul. 13, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee

 Phil Kadner
Columnist, Southtown Star
Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio

 

Jul. 6, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Conservative
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
 Clifford Kelley
Liberal
Host, 'The Cliff Kelley Show'
WVON radio

Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

 Tom Roeser
Conservative

 

Jun. 29, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Jan Schakowsky
Democrat
United States Representative from Illinois, 9th District
Chief Deputy Whip

 Marty Geraghty
Republican
Real estate executive

 

Jun. 22, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

Jun. 15, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Peter Giangreco
Democrat
Partner in the Chicago office of The Strategy Group
Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 

Jun. 8, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 Ralph Conner
Local legislation manager, Heartland Institute
Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio

 

Jun. 1, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 Brian Boyer
Television Documentarian
 Richard Boykin
Former Chief of Staff, Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Partner, Barnes and Thornburg

 

May. 18, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Barbara Iverson
Professor of Journalism and New Media, Columbia College
Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

Rick Perlstein
Author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

 

May. 11, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Republican candidate for Illinois comptroller
Former Illinois State Treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate

 Eric Adelstein
Democrat
Political communications and strategy consultant
Jack Franks
Democrat
Illinois State Representative, 63rd District
Illinois Co-Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign

Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com

 

May. 4, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Clifford Kelley
Liberal
Host, 'The Cliff Kelley Show'
WVON radio

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

 Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
 Richard Boykin
Former Chief of Staff, Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Partner, Barnes and Thornburg

 

Apr. 27, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 Delmarie Cobb
Political media strategist
 Tom Shaer
Guest host

 

Apr. 20, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 John Cullerton
Democrat
Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 

Apr. 13, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Christine Dudley
Republican
Political consultant
 Kathy Posner
Republican
 Mary Hartigan
Democrat
Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio

 

Apr. 6, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Jack Franks
Democrat
Illinois State Representative, 63rd District
Illinois Co-Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign

 Robert Creamer
Democrat
Political organizer, strategist
President, Strategic Consulting Group

Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder

 

Mar. 30, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Jacky Grimshaw
Democrat
Chicago Democratic activist
Former Political Advisor to Harold Washington

John McGovern
Republican
Attorney and Republican consultant
John Dempsey
Beyond the Beltway guest host
WLS-AM 890 managing editor and morning news anchor

Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science

 

Mar. 23, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 Richard Boykin
Former Chief of Staff, Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Partner, Barnes and Thornburg

 

Mar. 16, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Clifford Kelley
Liberal
Host, 'The Cliff Kelley Show'
WVON radio

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

 Cassandra West
Director of Communications, Chicago Foundation for Women
 Molly Andolina
Professor of Political Science, DePaul University

 

Mar. 9, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Republican candidate for Illinois comptroller
Former Illinois State Treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate

Jack Franks
Democrat
Illinois State Representative, 63rd District
Illinois Co-Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign

 Brian Boyer
Television Documentarian
Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

Feb. 17, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Robert Creamer
Democrat
Political organizer, strategist
President, Strategic Consulting Group

Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder
Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com

 

Feb. 10, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
 Michael Golden
Democrat
Co-Founder, Illinois Education Foundation
Paul Lisnek
Political Analyst for WGN-TV
Anchor, Newsmakers, as seen on CNN Headline News Channel via Comcast Network
Host, Political Update with Paul Lisnek

 

Feb. 3, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

 Hastings Wyman
Southern Political Report
Jonathan Alter
Senior Editor and Columnist, Newsweek magazine
 Steve Kraske
Kansas City Star political correspondent

 

Jan. 27, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

William Delgado
Democrat
Illinois State Senator (Chicago)
 Delmarie Cobb
Political media strategist
Maj. Gen. John Borling
USAF - Retired
 Patti Bellock
 Susan McManus
Professor of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida

 

Jan. 20, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

 Tom Pence
Conservative
 Clifford Kelley
Liberal
Host, 'The Cliff Kelley Show'
WVON radio

 Tim Wright
Liberal
Lee Newcom
Conservative
McLean County (IL) Recorder

 

Jan. 13, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Democrat
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

 Eric Adelstein
Democrat
Political communications and strategy consultant
Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

 David Woodard
Political Science Professor, Clemson University
 Rick Albin
Political Reporter
WOOD, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

Jan. 6, 2008 - Campaign 2008 Kickoff

Peter King
Conservative
Congressman (R-NY)
 Arnie Arneson
Liberal
Talk show host
 Dean Spiliotes
Writer, NHPoliticalCapital.com
 Juan Williams
Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio's Morning Edition
Michael Barone
FOX News Political Contributor
U.S. News and World Report Senior Writer

Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com
Beyond the Beltway heads to New Hampshire for a LIVE radio remote broadcast during the lead-up to the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary on Jan. 8.

 

Jan. 6, 2008 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Liberal
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

This is the web and video version of Beyond the Beltway for this week. The radio show was a live broadcast from New Hampshire.