Off The Beat

This week’s episode is a special preview of the presidential primary elections happening in Rhode Island tomorrow. Host Victoria Chao gives us a summary of the race thus far. Dave Walker follows with a profile of the campaign of Senator Barack Obama (D- Ill.) and John McGarry reports on Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign (D- NY).

This week’s show was produced by John McGarry and Dave Walker.

Music on this week’s show: “As We Proceed” by Travis Morrison, “I Slept with Bonhomme at CBC” by Broken Social Scene, “You Are a Wolf” by Sea Wolf, and “Guilty Cubicles” by Broken Social Scene.

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[Editors' Note: There is a slight error at the end of the Clinton piece.  To clarify the point of Ansumana Sirleaf, the canvasser, the Rhode Island primary is not a fully open primary. Voters registered for either party can only vote in that party's primary. But independent voters can vote in one of the party's primaries without needing to become affiliated with the party.]