E-mail a friendJanuary 25, 2007
Tavis talks with economist William Spriggs and former Iowa governor, now Democratic presidential candidate, Tom Vilsack.
William Spriggs
William Spriggs
Dr. William Spriggs is chair of Howard University's Economics Department and a senior fellow with the Economic Policy Institute. He's done research on labor relations, the minimum wage and international labor standards. During the Clinton Administration, he worked in various agencies, including Commerce and the SBA. Before going to Washington, Spriggs taught at Norfolk State University and North Carolina A&T State (Greensboro). He's a former president of the National Economics Association.
Gov. Tom Vilsack
Gov. Tom Vilsack
Tom Vilsack talks about carving out a space for his presidential campaign among Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Iowa's Tom Vilsack is the state's first Democratic governor elected in more than 30 years and his party's senior governor in the nation. He also chairs the centrist-leaning Democratic Leadership Council, a position once held by former President Clinton. Vilsack was previously a state senator, served three terms as the mayor of Mt. Pleasant and managed a private law practice. He has said he will not seek re-election and hasn't ruled out the possibility of seeking his party's nod for the '08 presidential race.