if you could have Obama interviewed by 1 progressive, who would it be?

[LeftyAndProud60]

I'd like to see Maher interview him

[xchrom]

1. chomsky. nt

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. Someone who didn't already know the answers to the questions...

...which rules out Chomksy.

[oxymoron]

3. David Sirota (nt)

[laruemtt]

4. Ed Shultz. n/t

[hollowdweller]

5. Ralph Nader

[Jackpine Radical]

6. John Nichols

or maybe Katrina VandenHeuvel.

[Armstead]

7. Bernie Sanders

[MissDeeds]

27. Yep. He'd get my vote.

Love Bernie!

[tularetom]

8. Maddow or Tom Hartmann

Probably Rachel -she can make her point without the interviewee even realizing it and she kinda suspects where the bodies are buried.

[Armstead]

9. Much as I like Maddow, Tom Hartmann would likely really focus on the Big Picture

[Very_Boring_Name]

38. Maddow would be far too soft on him

I like Rachel, but she's just not blunt enough.

[Zoeisright]

10. Alan Grayson.

[alsame]

11. Amy Goodman nt

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Wanda Sykes

Sorry if you wanted a professional political type, but my second choice would be Anna Devier Smith, whose name I might have spelled incorrectly.

[brightertomorrow]

13. Keith n/t

[Vinca]

14. Michael Moore . . . with film crew in tow.

[Exultant Democracy]

15. Cenk Uygur

[PassingFair]

55. +1

He would be my choice as well.

[ellie]

16. I'll do it

I am very progressive and, since I am not a celebrity, I won't have an agenda and worry that I won't be invited to any cocktail parties because of my questions.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. I like that idea

:thumbsup:

[vroomvroom]

26. +1

[Pisces]

17. He has been interviewed twice by Rachel Maddow. I's call her progressive.

[saras]

19. I suppose 'progressive' rules out Lynndie England..

or any of our WHINSEC graduates.

So I guess I'd have to settle for a "pure entertainment" interview with Noam Chomsky, as long as he has the right to subpoena witnesses and documentary evidence.

[WiffenPoof]

20. Thomm Hartman n/t

[LWolf]

21. I'd rather see him interviewed by a traditional liberal,

or a leftist, than a progressive.

Any of the following would be interesting:


Glen Ford
Chomsky
Frank Llewellyn
Sirota
Patricia Hill
David Swanson
Michael Moore
Ezra Klein
Glen Greenwald
Krugman

[Mimosa]

22. Michael Moore ( David Corn a close 2nd )

How odd that the un-reccers have hit this topic. *jawdrop*

[Onlooker]

23. Bernie Sanders n/t

[BlueIris]

24. Terry Gross.

Though I wouldn't characterize her as "progressive," Terry Gross pulls no punches in interviews. She would eat the president for breakfast and then have cake. Yes, in the morning. Even if it ruined her lunch.

[vroomvroom]

25. Obama of 2008 Campaign-Mode

[JitterbugPerfume]

28. Thom Hartmann

or Rachel Maddow

or

Howard Zinn if he were still alive

[Ramulux]

29. Thom Hartmann

with Cenk Uygur as a close second.

[JI7]

30. Dan Rather and/or Bill Moyers

[ClarkUSA]

31. Gov. Mitt Romney circa 1994 ("I'm more liberal than Ted Kennedy!)

http://massresistance.org/romney/

[harun]

32. Cenk

[polichick]

33. Me. nt

[PurityOfEssence]

34. Robert Scheer or Jim Hightower

Sigh.

[ChazII]

35. Moore or Hartman. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

36. Jane Hamsher .... without QUESTION....

... I'd ask off of work and make snacks for the event.

[Kalun D]

37. Doesn't Matter

who would interview the two faced predatory corporatist

he would lie just like he did in the campaign

[LeftyAndProud60]

39. I was thinking for a fundraiser, he should have a Hollywood Town Hall meeting

Have famous people ask him questions and film it. Is that legal?

[Very_Boring_Name]

40. Bill Maher, hands down no question. He doesn't get starstruck, he will ask blunt questions without

fear. I don't think Rachel or Keith or even Jon Stewart are the same. They might ask a tough question, but if Obama dodges it they will move on, Maher wont.

[Blue_Tires]

41. Someone from DU...Autorank or Octafish or somebody...

[Habibi]

42. Bill Moyers.

[Badfish]

43. Maher isn't a progressive.

his dream president is Powell.

[ljm2002]

44. Amy Goodman, hands down...

...she never shrinks from asking the tough questions, and always maintains a journalistic demeanor.

[tomm2thumbs]

52. +1

[Jeroen]

45. Thom Hartmann n/t

[bluethruandthru]

46. Thom Hartman n/t

[LoZoccolo]

47. Rahm Emanuel n/t

[EndElectoral]

48. Lots of good names...I'll say Glen Greenwald

[Agent William]

49. Cenk

[LisaM]

50. Ed Shultz

He's not as progressive as some, but he also would focus a lot more on working man issues.

If not him, Michael Moore.

[SkyDaddy7]

51. I don't think it would go over as many here would hope!

I would love to see it just to read the next morning how it should have been someone else interviewing Obama.

[AtomicKitten]

53. Rachel Maddow.

again

[TheKentuckian]

54. Amy Goodman or Cenk or better both.

[craigmatic]

56. Howard Dean

[boston bean]

57. me

[Jefferson23]

58. I am selfish here and will take the liberty of listing two. Joseph Stiglitz

and then Scott Horton.

I would like very much to hear Obama explain his choice of Geithner and Summers to Stiglitz and the
ensuing wreckage of their advice.

With Scott Horton I would like Obama to explain his looking forward on human rights issues, and the Bush agenda
being a no prosecute zone.

[LaydeeBug]

59. Rachel Maddow. nt