Dems debate outside ads & strategy for 2012. Author Bjorn Lomborg's new film about alternative solutions to global warming - "Cool It." TGI-Filmweek! Morning Glory, Unstoppable, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, Cool It and more!
Dems debate outside ads & strategy for 2012
Democratic donors and operatives are wasting no time figuring out how to avoid a repeat “shellacking” in 2012. About 150 key players are scheduled to meet next week in Washington at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The Democratic Party is split in two camps: one advocates pushing on long-term intellectual battles via think-tanks such as the Center for American Progress. That strategy says shape the agenda in the national psyche so, come election day, Americans are already more inclined towards Democratic views. The other: save up those election dollars, build up the advertising armory, and hit the airwaves hard in the build-up to election day. Which strategy is likely to work? And what types of campaign finance reform efforts might change the game plan over the next two years?
Guest:
Kenneth Vogel, POLITICO Reporter
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
Global warming is real. But climate activist Bjorn Lomborg says it’s not so bad and Al Gore is an inconvenient truth-stretcher. Yes, we need to do something about it--but will manufacturing millions of compact fluorescent bulbs really help? How about trashing our conventional cars in favor of Priuses? Not really. Lomborg’s controversial perspective is featured in a new documentary, Cool It, by award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner. The film makes the point that fear of global catastrophe has distorted the climate change debate and driven political leaders into an environmental frenzy. As a result, says Lomborg, our policies are out of whack. But does the documentary really provide the answers, or just cloud the issue?
Guest:
Bjorn Lomborg, co-writer on the film “Cool It” based on his book by the same name.
FilmWeek: Morning Glory, Unstoppable, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, and more
KPCC film critics Wade Major and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Morning Glory, Unstoppable, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, Cool It, The Taqwacores, and The Kids Grow Up, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Wade Major, film critic, KPCC and boxoffice.com Tim Cogshell, film critic, KPCC and Box Office Magazine
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