RNC Coverage: Hour 2

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Amity Shlaes, senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, talks why the Republicans shouldn't focus so much on character--and should start thinking about economic growth.

Then
Danny Diaz, communications director for the Republican National Convention, talks about how the Republicans are using the convention to get their message out.

Then
WNYC Meet the Delegates Series:Dora Kingsley from The Bay Area, CA.


Then
Fred Melo, public safety reporter with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, talks about yesterday's protests.

Then
WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein previews the upcoming events at the convention.

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