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Campaign 2008

President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952. Iraq continues to dominate political debate in the U.S., and now that Democrats are in control of Congress, a key will be how far down the ballot the influence of the Iraq war extends.

A UBS Forum audience drove the discussion at an event Monday night designed to hear what issues are most important Minnesotans in the presidential race. (MPR Photo/Linda Fantin)

The issues driving presidential politics

Broadcast: Midday, 02/05/2008, 11:00 a.m.

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Midday broadcasts an event at Minnesota Public Radio's UBS Forum with audience discussion about the issues they care about in the presidential campaign.

Guests

Steven Smith: Professor of political science and director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University.

For most of Minnesota's 150 years, transportation had emissions much more tangible, and pungent, than greenhouse gasses. A wagon train is celebrating that history. (1:53 p.m.)