At this early point in the 2008 presidential campaign, South Carolina's African-American voters get special attention from the Democratic presidential contenders. Churches, hair salons and barber shops are sure venues to stump for votes. NPR's Audie Cornish has this report.
President Bush’s popularity is still low in New Hampshire. According to the latest poll from the UNH Survey Center, only 29 percent of NH adults says they approve of the job the President is doing. How those numbers will translate into support for Republicans in the upcoming election is unclear. But a recent Wall Street Journal poll shows GOP backing within the business
community is eroding. And as New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman reports, many Republican business people in the Granite State are not happy with their choices.
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I found this to be an interesting piece. Wow. Before listening to this story, I knew nothing of New Hampshire. Since reading the story, I now know that the citizens of that state are very unhappy with what Republicans have been doing. There is alot of concern and tension especially by business owners because they aren't benefiting from business or being statisfied with the business. I think the reporter asked very important questions to hear the personal perspectives of actual business owners. The best piece of this story was the ending because residents of New Hampshire are so fed up that they're planning to vote for their opponent, the Democrats. That's amazing because it said they couldn't see themselves voting for Democrats so to get fulfillment I'm assuming they will register as independent to vote for Democrat. Great news piece
Choosing to register as independents so they can vote for democrats...that is DEFINITELY a noteworthy piece for this story. It truly sums up the level of disgust that these voters are feeling about the Republican party and issues in their area.
I also enjoyed the soundbites from the business owners/voters because you could hear their concern and emphathize with them about the changes they need and the issues they are having.
I liked this piece. Looking back at the questions for the listening sheet we got last week, one of the questions is are there scenes in this piece (visuals) and I have to say there are. David Darman tells us right at the beginning of the piece where it is taking place (at a network meeting sponosored by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerece), and you visualize the meeting and how the room looks. I was very shocked towards the end of the piece when Darman said that some republicans were thinking of registering as independents so they could at least vote for a democrat. When I heard this, I had to rewind and play it back, because I was like that can't be right. I can't believe "die-hard" republicans are so mad at the republican party that they would consider voting for the other side. I found that very interesting and the republican candidates are going to have to change their ways if they want to get back in good favor with some of these people.
I found this piece to be very interesting. For the most part it answered the questions on the listening sheet.
There appears to be a high level of dissatisfaction in the NH business community with the republican party. That fact that some would even consider voting for the democrats is the major talking point.
The people interviewed brought up some interesting topics and talking points. All were related to business which makes sense. None mentioned the war, the war on terror, women's issues, education, and/or taxes.
There were no women interviewed. It would have been interesting to hear a female business owner's perspective on the election.
Dave Clarke
This story was a good one in my opinion. I felt like it was simple and got to the point, good sound bites from a variety of people. I had no idea that Republicans in NH were so unhappy about the candidates, makes me wonder if that is true in many other states. This piece is certainly written for the ear, we can hear the frustration and disapointment in peoples voices when they speak about issues like healthcare and energy problems. The background in this was a little to noisey for my taste, but not distracting enough to make it a problem. It may have been more balanced if we were to hear from the candidates, but that could be a whole seperate story.
The piece did a good job presenting a variety of issues rather than just focusing on one. I was initially somewhat skeptical when the guy in the first sound bite sounded generally displeased, rather than being able to name one specific issue that he was upset about. But the rest of the piece got into specific and various reasons as to why NH republicans were upset.
In terms of making us care, I think it was successful because New Hampshire is an important state in the election, and people on both sides are invested in how NH votes.
My only criticism is that it was somewhat boring...but I think a lot of that had to do with the voices involved, and there's not much they can do about that.
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