Suppressing the Youth Vote?

Suppressing the Youth Vote?

Young people are registering in record numbers. Can they make it to the polls? Plus, Robert Fisk on Obama and Israel

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Can young voters stand up to suppression and swing Election 2008? The Nation‘s youth vote correspondent Cora Currier and Rock the Vote Executive Director Heather Smith talk about the massive outpouring of enthusiasm from young voters, and the carefully orchestrated pushback underway to keep those voters from getting to the polls. Also this week, Mark Ames and Ari Berman report on John McCain’s Russia scandal, and we check in with Andrew Gumbel about shady doings at the Department of Justice. All that plus Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, discussing the candidates and their support for Israel. Click here to listen to this broadcast.

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