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State of the Union Crib Sheet for Sunday July 29
State of the Union Highlights
On today’s show, Candy spoke with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire about foreign policy and GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s overseas trip. In the separate interviews, the senators also sparred over the impending 'fiscal cliff’ and when to deal with the issue in Congress. We also discussed the recent rash of negative campaign ads and their effectiveness with Ken Goldstein, Ron Brownstein and Michael Scherer. We were live in the noon hour with coverage of Mitt Romney’s speech in Jerusalem, and got reaction from the Obama campaign’s foreign policy adviser, Tim Roemer.
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In politics what's old is new
Library of Congress exhibit features campaign relics
Lost in the System: Checking in on our nation's heroes.
An update on our Lost in the System series: Checking in on our nation's heroes.
Nasty campaign ads flood your TV
Ken Goldstein, Ron Brownstein, & Michael Scherer analyze the ads of the 2012 presidential campaign cycle.
The choice: Raise taxes or cut defense spending
Sen. Kelly Ayotte talks to Candy about what lawmakers need to do to reach an agreement on the budget.
Sen. Ayotte on Romney's foreign trip
Sen. Kelly Ayotte weighs in on Mitt Romney's foreign trip to Israel and how it will affect the 2012 race.
Candidates court Israel
Sen. Dick Durbin talks to Candy about President Obama's foreign policies amid Mitt Romney's overseas trip to Israel.
Campaigning with a slumping economy
Sen. Dick Durbin assistant Majority Leader on how the economy will affect the 2012 presidential campaign.
This Sunday...
Sunday on “State of the Union,” Mitt Romney tries to bolster his foreign policy credentials on an overseas strip that began with a series of missteps. We’ll discuss the candidates’ foreign policy plans with top Romney campaign surrogate Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL).
Plus, the air wars are underway. We’ll look at the barrage of negative ads and how they are shaping voters’ impressions of the campaign. We’ll talk to Ken Goldstein, President of Kantar Media/CMAG, Ron Brownstein, CNN’s Senior Political Analyst and Michael Scherer of Time Magazine.
And we’ll have live coverage of Mitt Romney’s speech in Jerusalem.
Tune in Sunday at 9 a.m. & NOON ET.
SOTU Sneak Peek
There is no shortage of stories dominating the news this week, but what will be leading the headlines on Sunday morning? These are some of the stories in the news this week.
Romney’s Foreign Tour: GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrived in London on Wednesday to kick off his three country foreign policy tour. Team Romney says that his trip abroad will boost the governor’s foreign policy plans and serve as more of a “listen and learn.” “We don’t anticipate that this is an opportunity for the governor to make any specific policy pronouncement,” said Romney’s campaign foreign policy director Lanhee Chen. On Tuesday, Romney addressed a crowd at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention stating that American exceptionalism and nationalism would lead his foreign policy. “I am an unapologetic believer in the greatness of this country. I am not ashamed of American power,” said Romney. His six day tour will also include stops in Poland and Israel.
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