Olbermann Set to Host ‘Biggest Job Interview in History’ Tuesday night

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/08/06/olbermann-set-to-host-biggest-job-interview-in-history/

Olbermann Set to Host ‘Biggest Job Interview in History’

by Mike Hall, Aug 6, 2007

In a little more than 24 hours, seven Democratic hopefuls will make their case before the largest audience of this early campaign season—the 15,000 union family members expected at the AFL-CIO Presidential Candidates Forum at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

Moderated by MSNBC’s ”Countdown” host Keith Olbermann, the forum will feature questions to the candidates from among 2,200 questions submitted by union members at the AFL-CIO’s Working Families Vote 2008 website. The questions from union members touch on health care, trade and jobs, freedom to form unions, the war in Iraq, retirement security and other key working family concerns. (Click here to see the 10 finalist questions selected by the visitors to the website.)

The 90-minute forum will be carried live on MSNBC television and XM Radio channel 130 beginning at 7 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. CDT). “Countdown” will continue broadcasting from the forum until 8 p.m. EDT. If you miss it, XM channel 130 will rebroadcast the debate for 24 hours following its conclusion.

The forum comes as the AFL-CIO Executive Council is meeting in Chicago. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told hundreds of union activists at Sunday’s Battleground States 2007 conference the candidate event is “the biggest job interview in history.”

On Wednesday, the Executive Council will discuss the presidential endorsement process, but the AFL-CIO will not issue an endorsement until affiliated unions reach consensus on a candidate. The Federation’s General Board makes the actual endorsement. The General Board is made up of members of the council, the principal officers of each affiliated union, trade and industrial departments plus representatives from constituency groups, retiree organizations and local central and state bodies. An endorsement by the General Board will require a two-thirds per capita membership vote.

The forum is part of an unprecedented outreach to union families to give them an opportunity to hear the candidates and make their voices and opinions heard. Earlier this year, the AFL-CIO spearheaded a series of town hall forums where the candidates met local union members and leaders. In addition, our Working Families Vote 2008 website provides current news on the election, issue guides, candidate profiles, a forum for union members to speak out about their concerns and links to other political blogs and sites.

[Greeby]

1. Last I checked there were 8 candidates

Whos missing?

[mikelgb]

3. looks like Gravel unfortunately

I enjoy his contributions to the debates

[Omaha Steve]

5. Mike Gravel

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/498617,CST-NWS-sweet06.article

High threshold for endorsement
Republicans were invited to participate, but none filled out the required AFL-CIO questionnaire -- nor did the eighth Democratic candidate, former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, a long shot.

[ProudDad]

2. I'll watch this

I've seceded but I'll watch this to see Olberman...

[mikelgb]

4. no primary for you?

[ProudDad]

6. No, I'll be voting in the primary

for my guy -- the only one for Peace, Justice and the (old) American Way...

I've just seceded from the 2 year primary "race"...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3430716#3430864

[sandnsea]

7. So you know

Every single time you complain about anything that a different Democratic Party philosophy could change - I'm going to personally remind you that you seceded.

[ProudDad]

8. You really have trouble

reading the English language, don't you?

I said I'm seceding from the horse race that's disguised as a "primary race" until a week before it actually means something -- sometime in early January...

Go stalk someone who gives a shit...

[sandnsea]

9. You can't win an election in a week

So when you whine about how nobody is paying attention to Kucinich or your favorite policy peeve of the week - I'll remind you that you seceded which is why there are no volunteers out there carrying your message. So I guess we'll see whether you give a shit about what you say you do or not.

[Clintonista2]

10. You said a bad word, sandnsea will now proceed to add you to her ignore list

Rarely do I see a sandnsea post without the words "Welcome to my ignore list" within. I was added to her list for calling her "hun"

[ProudDad]

11. Oh, PLEASE, Please, Please

What's the word?????

Her posts are sooooooooooo tiresome....


Oh, 'hun' is the word...


Ok, I'll try it...



"hun"?




Did it work?



I hope so.



sandnsea's stalking of me is getting quite tedious...