E-mail a friendOctober 7, 2008
In a live broadcast, Tavis's guest panel—Rep. Maxine Waters, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, Slate columnist Mickey Kaus and L.A. Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez—reacts to and analyzes the second presidential debate and assesses its impact on the rest of the campaign.
Rep. Maxine Waters
Rep. Maxine Waters
Panelists discuss whether the town hall format helped or hurt Sens. McCain and Obama in their second presidential debate. (1:54)
Full interview. (22:12)
Rep. Maxine Waters' district includes a large part of South Central L.A.—an area that caught the nation's attention during the '92 riots. A member of Congress since '91, she tackles difficult and often controversial issues with a no-nonsense, no-holds-barred style. Enjoying a broad cross section of support from diverse communities, Waters is praised by African American entrepreneurs for her work to expand procurement opportunities, is active in the women's movement and supportive of the hip-hop music community.
Mickey Kaus
Mickey Kaus
Panelists discuss whether the town hall format helped or hurt Sens. McCain and Obama in their second presidential debate. (1:54)
Full interview. (22:12)
Journalist Mickey Kause writes the "Kausfiles" blog featured on the online magazine, Slate. He previously worked for The New Republic as a senior editor and Washington Monthly, where he remains a contributing editor. He was politics editor of Harper's and covered the '88 presidential election for Newsweek. His book, The End of Equality, was a co-winner of the '92 Washington Monthly Political Book Award. Kaus is also a co-founder of BloggingHeads.tv, a video weblog dialog focusing on political current events.
Gregory Rodriguez
Gregory Rodriguez
Panelists discuss whether the town hall format helped or hurt Sens. McCain and Obama in their second presidential debate. (1:54)
Full interview. (22:12)
Gregory Rodriguez is an op-ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times and director of the California Fellows Program at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank. He writes on numerous issues, including race relations and assimilation. The Economist has praised him for "decisively changing the understanding of the Latino experience" in the U.S. Rodriquez is also author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds, which addresses how contemporary Mexican immigration will change the way Americans view race.