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Authors, sign in!Keith Olbermann, popular TV newscaster, has been selected to serve as moderator for the August 7 AFL-CIO Presidential Forum in Chicago.
There has been a tremendous response to the forum. Four years ago, the AFL-CIO forum was attended by 2,000. This year a crowd of about 5,000 was expected and it was originally planned to hold the forum at the McCormick Place convention center. But more than 12,000 union members wanted to attend so it has been moved to Solider Field, an open-air stadium that's home to the NFL's Chicago Bears, to ensure there's enough room.
The forum will be broadcast in full for the public on MSNBC from 6-7:30 p.m. CDT (7-8:30 p.m. EST). Union groups across the country are hosting a "watch parties" to see and discuss the forum and critical issues in the 2008 election.
So far, union members have submitted more than 1,200 questions to the Working Families Vote 2008 "Ask the Candidates" contest. Health care is the biggest issue. Other questions focus on education, the war in Iraq, immigration, jobs and wages and campaign finance.
To vote on questions, go to www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/contest
The top vote-getters will be asked at the forum.
Confirmed candidates for the forum are: Sens. Joe Biden, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chris Dodd and Barack Obama, former Sen. John Edwards, Rep. Dennis Kucinich and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
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Comments (1)
I've marked my calendar for August 7th!
Posted by Nora Thomason
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July 29, 2007 8:11 AM
Posted on July 29, 2007 08:11