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* Everything in moderation. As moderate Republicans take center stage
in New York, NOW goes inside the battle attempting to push them out of
the party in BREAKING WITH CONVENTION.
* Analyze this. Bill Moyers talks to NOW's media analyst Kathleen Hall
Jamieson about the Republican message.
* Bringing out the big guns. NOW's Michele Mitchell goes inside the
industry-sponsored convention parties that may be shaping our nation's
defense policies in WAR PARTIES.
* Inside Iraq. Bill Moyers gets the view on the ground from journalist
Phillip Robertson, reporting from the frontlines in Iraq via satellite.
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BREAKING WITH CONVENTION
The Republicans have put on a moderate face in New York, but where is
the soul of the party? NOW with Bill Moyers takes the pulse of the
convention hall to see what Christian Conservatives, Log Cabin
Republicans, and moderates are saying about a behind-the-scenes battle
to push centrist voices out of the GOP.
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KATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON
And, while convention speakers are pounding the drums of Republican
leadership in wartime, is the message in step with reality? NOW's media
expert Kathleen Hall Jamieson analyzes President Bush's acceptance
speech and the week's messages about leadership and war, ownership and
freedom.
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WAR PARTIES
At the conventions, big money is shelled out for high-priced parties to
buy face time with lawmakers. NOW's Michele Mitchell goes inside these
lavish parties for an inside looks at the festive efforts of the defense
industry to influence America's defense policies. Bill Hartung, a
senior research fellow at the World Policy Institute and expert on the
lobbying of the defense industry provides context. "I think people
don't realize how much it costs them in terms of distorting the budget,
in terms of wasting tax money," he says.
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PHILLIP ROBERTSON
Republican speakers have made a case for war in many of this week's
speeches. But, few people could give us better insight into the war in
Iraq than journalist Phillip Robertson, who has been on the frontlines
since April. Just a couple of weeks ago, Robertson was one of the first
Western journalists to make it into Najaf during heavy fighting between
the insurgent forces of Moktada al-Sadr and the U.S. Bill Moyers
interviews Robertson via satellite to get the view from Baghdad and find
out what he's been experiencing on the ground.
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