BTL:Kerry Campaign Works to Hold On to Progressive Voters~

~Nader fails to move Democrats to the left ~Interview with David Moberg, senior editor, In These Times, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris <!--break--> Kerry Campaign Works to Hold On to Progressive Voters Nader fails to move Democrats to the left Interview with David Moberg, senior editor, In These Times, conducted by Scott Harris Sen. John Kerry's choice of John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate, has excited many in the Democratic party who had backed the North Carolina Senator's primary campaign for the nomination. But polls indicate that his presence on the ticket hasn't made much of a difference in the close race between Kerry and President Bush. The Democrats, who will gather in Boston for their nominating convention from July 26 - 29, will need to take advantage of their prime time exposure to better define what Kerry and Edwards stand for. Both candidates supported the congressional resolution authorizing Bush's war with Iraq and offer only minor differences with White House policy on the war. Although Ralph Nader did not win the Green party endorsement, the anti-war presidential candidate is running on the Reform Party slate and is struggling to overcome challenges by Democratic activists to get on other state ballots. Press reports indicate that a number of Republican Party funders are now contributing to Nader's campaign, a move Democrats assert is designed to draw votes away from Kerry. Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with David Moberg, senior editor with the Chicago-based weekly "In These Times," who assesses the Kerry campaign's strengths and weaknesses and how it's relating to progressive voters. Read David Moberg's columns online www.inthesetimes.org "Between The Lines" is a half-hour syndicated radio news magazine that each week features a summary of under-reported news stories and interviews with activists and journalists who offer progressive perspectives on international, national and regional political, economic and social issues. Because "Between The Lines" is independent of all publications, media networks or political parties, we are able to bring a diversity of voices to the airwaves generally ignored or marginalized by the major media. For more information on this week's topics and to check out our text archive listing topics and guests presented in previous programs visit: http://www.btlonline.org * "Between the Lines," WPKN 89.5 FM's weekly radio news magazine can be heard Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. ET; Wednesdays at 8 a.m. ET and Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET (Wednesday's show airs at 7:30 a.m. ET during fundraising months of April and October). * For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Weekly Summary" which features a RealAudio link to the week's program for Between The Lines, send an email to btlsummary-subscribe@lists.riseup.net * For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Q&A" which features a RealAudio link and weekly transcript to one of the interviews featured on Between The Lines, send an email to btlqa-subscribe@lists.riseup.net * betweenthelines@snet.net * http://www.squeakywheel.net/ * Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc. (c)2004 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

<p>~Nader fails to move Democrats to the left ~Interview with David Moberg, senior editor, In These Times, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris</p> <!--break--><p>Kerry Campaign Works to Hold On to Progressive Voters</p> <p>Nader fails to move Democrats to the left</p> <p>Interview with David Moberg, senior editor, In These Times, conducted by Scott Harris</p> <p>Sen. John Kerry's choice of John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate, has excited many in the Democratic party who had backed the North Carolina Senator's primary campaign for the nomination. But polls indicate that his presence on the ticket hasn't made much of a difference in the close race between Kerry and President Bush.</p> <p>The Democrats, who will gather in Boston for their nominating convention from July 26 - 29, will need to take advantage of their prime time exposure to better define what Kerry and Edwards stand for. Both candidates supported the congressional resolution authorizing Bush's war with Iraq and offer only minor differences with White House policy on the war. Although Ralph Nader did not win the Green party endorsement, the anti-war presidential candidate is running on the Reform Party slate and is struggling to overcome challenges by Democratic activists to get on other state ballots. Press reports indicate that a number of Republican Party funders are now contributing to Nader's campaign, a move Democrats assert is designed to draw votes away from Kerry.</p> <p>Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with David Moberg, senior editor with the Chicago-based weekly "In These Times," who assesses the Kerry campaign's strengths and weaknesses and how it's relating to progressive voters.</p> <p>Read David Moberg's columns online <a href="http://www.inthesetimes.org">www.inthesetimes.org</a></p> <p>"Between The Lines" is a half-hour syndicated radio news magazine that each week features a summary of under-reported news stories and interviews with activists and journalists who offer progressive perspectives on international, national and regional political, economic and social issues. Because "Between The Lines" is independent of all publications, media networks or political parties, we are able to bring a diversity of voices to the airwaves generally ignored or marginalized by the major media. For more information on this week's topics and to check out our text archive listing topics and guests presented in previous programs visit: <a href="http://www.btlonline.org">http://www.btlonline.org</a><br /> *<br /> "Between the Lines," WPKN 89.5 FM's weekly radio news magazine can be heard Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. ET; Wednesdays at 8 a.m. ET and Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET (Wednesday's show airs at 7:30 a.m. ET during fundraising months of April and October).<br /> *<br /> For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Weekly Summary" which features a RealAudio link to the week's program for Between The Lines, send an email to <a href="mailto:btlsummary-subscribe@lists.riseup.net">btlsummary-subscribe@lists.riseup.net</a><br /> *<br /> For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Q&amp;A" which features a RealAudio link and weekly transcript to one of the interviews featured on Between The Lines, send an email to <a href="mailto:btlqa-subscribe@lists.riseup.net">btlqa-subscribe@lists.riseup.net</a><br /> *<br /> <a href="mailto:betweenthelines@snet.net">betweenthelines@snet.net</a><br /> *<br /> <a href="http://www.squeakywheel.net/">http://www.squeakywheel.net/</a><br /> *<br /> Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.<br /> (c)2004 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>