Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Campaign spokesmen:
Rick Gorka, Regional Communications Director - John McCain for President – 2008
and
Jeff Giertz, Nevada Deputy Communications Director for the Obama campaign
Pundits: Elisa Maser, President & CEO of Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood Affiliates
Alison Gaulden, vice chair of the Democratic Party of Washoe County
Howard Rosenberg, NSHE Regent - (Nevada System of Higher Education)
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Dina Titus, ( D ) candidate for Congress
Pundits: (none)
Toni Harsh, Candidate for Washoe County Commissioner, District 1
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: candidates for Douglas County Commission district 5:
Nancy Epstein
and
Mike Olson
Pundits: All Transit issue pundit panel:
Greg Krause, Executive Director of the Regional Transportation Commission
Larry Harvey, HR director for John Ascuaga’s Nugget
Connie McMullen, Publisher, Senior Spectrum Newspaper
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Guests: Candidates for Washoe District Court, Dept 9:
Robert Perry, (incumbent)
and
Elliott Sattler, Deputy DA
Pundits: John Sande IV, Attorney, Jones Vargas
Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Candidates for Assembly District 40:
Bonnie Parnell ( D ) (incumbent)
Cheryl Lau ( R )
John Wagner (Independent American)
Pundits: Mylan Hawkins, Vice President, Interface Computer Associates
Larry Matheis, Executive Director, Nevada State Medical Association
Anjeanette Damon, political reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, RGJ
Guests: Larry Brown, Candidate for Clark County Commission, district C
Pundits: Ty Cobb, former Special Assistant to President Reagan
Liz MacMenamin, Director of G'vmt Affairs Retail Assoc. of Nevada
Michael Hackett, Alrus Consulting
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, political analyst
Guests: Jill Derby, ( D ) candidate for Congress
Pundits: Vinson Guthreau, Partner/Vice President j3 Strategies
Chris Barrett, President, IW Strategies
Pam duPre, Political Activist
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Guests: Ron McGinnis, ( R ) State Senate District 1 Clark County
Pundits: Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Chris Wicker, Chair, Washoe County Democratic Party
Anjeanette Damon, political reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Guests: John Ensign, US Senator ( R ) Nevada District # 2
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Guests: Pete Ernaut, Partner and President R&R Partners Public Affairs
Pundits: Ellie Lopez-Bowlan, Community Activist
Edward Vento, Political Strategist
Alison Gaulden, Vice chair of the Democratic Party of Washoe County
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, political analyst
Guests: from the Commission on Minority Affairs:
Lonnie L. Feemster, Chairman
Lucy Flores, Member
Leticia Bravo, Secretary and Ombudsman
Pundits: Chuck Muth, Chuck Muth's Nevada News & Views
Mary Lau, President/CEO of Retail Association of Nevada
Elisa Maser, President & CEO of Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood Affiliates
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, political analyst
Guests: Erich Pica - Director of the Economic Program at Friends of the Earth (FOE)
and
Gary Duarte - Director – US Nuclear Energy
Pundits: Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Martha Gould, political activist
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Guests: Candidates for Supreme Court
Deborah Schumacher, Washoe County District Court Judge (Second Judicial District)
and
Kris Pickering, Partner Morris Law Group
Pundits: Robert Uithoven, Political Consultant
John Griffin, Kummer Kaempfer
Amy Curtis-Weber, Executive Director, Washoe County Democratic Party
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: General John P. Abizaid (US Army, Retired) Former Commanding General of the U.S. Central Command
Pundits: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting
Bill Bilyeu, Former Speaker
Edward Vento, Political Strategist
Fred Lokken, Professor of Political Science at TMCC
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Candidates for Assembly Washoe #24:
David Bobzien (D) – Incumbent
and
John Gwaltney, ( R )
Pundits: Larry Matheis, Executive Director, Nevada State Medical Association
Joe Guild, attorney
Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations/Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: (postponed from an earlier date)
John McCain ( R ) Candidate for President - (taped interview from early last year May 7, 2007)
Pundits: Bill Brainard, Community Activist
Ernie Adler, Former State Senator
Howard Rosenberg, NSHE Regent - (Nevada System of Higher Education)
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