This Week (5.27.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta answers the question of whether or not Afghanistan can stand on its own after the American combat mission in the country ends.  President Obama attacks the Romney campaign with his record in Bain Capital saying the former executive has more experience generating profit than creating jobs. Fox Anchor, Liz Claman, editorial director Ron Brownstein, political reporter Nia Malika Henderson, and former Michigan governor and TV host Jennifer Granholm discuss how the campaign affects both presidential candidates.

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This Week (5.6.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, ABC’s Jake Tapper speaks with President Obama’s Chief Campaign Strategist David Axelrod about the president’s bid for a second term in the White House amid new numbers that show a slower-than-expected economic recovery. Former presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, attacks the President’s record and policies toward Iran, Iraq, and Israel. Then, at the roundtable, panelists discuss an Obama ad that some say politicizes the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Political commentator George Will, Mitt Romney Adviser Bay Buchanan, Radio and television host Tavis Smiley, Former Obama Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee, and Fox News Anchor Greta Van Susteren weigh in on the new jobs numbers, the overall economic picture, and what it means for the election.

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This Week (4.22.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos sits down with Maine Senator Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee and New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney from the House Oversight Committee to discuss the recent government scandals. Is unethical behavior in the agency assigned to protect the president casting a shadow over government?

Next, George Will, Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, and Keith Olbermann on ABC’s “This Week” sit down to discuss what the scandals within the Secret Service and General Services Administration mean for the political race.

The panelists discuss who is to blame and whether or not the president can be held responsible.

Meanwhile, the race between Mitt Romney and President Obama is tightening with the latest polls showing a dead-heat less than seven months before Election Day.

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