This Week (5.20.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, another political showdown could be brewing in Washington where President Obama and Democrats in congress are negotiating with Republicans over budget priorities. Republicans are calling for all debt limit increases to be matched dollar-for-dollar by spending cuts, and Democrats are pushing back. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos spoke with Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi about the national debt debate. Finally, at the political roundtable, political contributor George Will, political commentator Donna Brazile, Matthew Dowd, radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom discussed the debt debate and the latest in the race for the White House.

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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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