Episode Information

Obama supporter and official elector Nicholas Paindiris and Douglas Schwartz, Quinnipiac University Poll Director
OTR: On the Record
Aired:
01/23/2009

In this episode:

Obama's CT Connection & Rating Expectations

 

Host:
Steve Kotchko
Guest(s):
Contributor(s):
Paul Pfeffer

This week our newsmaker segment will focus on the Obama inauguration and the new administration. We will have Glastonbury attorney Nicholas Paindiris, a key figure in the Obama CT campaign, an official Obama elector, and an Obama supporter who went to Washington for the inauguration. Also, Douglas Schwartz, Quinnipiac University Poll Director, who can discuss the pros and cons of being a very popular elected official...you have clout because of that support, but you also face perhaps unreasonable high expectations from the electorate.

In our "Notes from the Capitol" segment, we will focus on the hiring and ultimate cancellation of a new high-paying legislative job for former State House Speaker James Amann due to political pressure and editorial criticism. The reporters will be: Ken Dixon of the Connecticut Post and Paul Hughes of the Waterbury Republican-American.
 

CPBN Resources: 

Attorney Paindiris was in Washington for the inaguration. See and listen to how the day was marked throughout Connecticut in a series of WNPR reports:Inauguration day in Connecticut
 
In case you missed it, watch our Newshour special broadcast of the inauguration online now

To help you get ready for the segment about former Speaker James Amann, listen to WNPR's Anna Sales's reports:

 
As always, if you have questions or comments, email us at otr@cptv.org
 

Program notes:

OTR aired Friday at 8:30 p.m., Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. and Monday evening at 11:30 p.m.


 
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