December 2008 Engage - Politics in Central Texas

What does the outcome of the 2008 Presidential Race mean to Central Texas, and how might it impact Austin’s upcoming elections? If all politics is local - as former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill auggested - how do national issues such as the Wall Street bailout, the War in Iraq, and immigration filter into Austin’s pressing topics of infrastructure and transit systems, alternative energy development, and a healthy social and cultural economy?

Wayne Slater and David Butts

Speakers:

• David Butts – Political Consultant
• Wayne Slater – Senior Political Writer, Dallas Morning News
• Moderated by Jim Walker – Executive Director, Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project

References from the discussion:

• Wayne Slater columns at The Dallas Morning News
• Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project
• Map of electoral shifts between the 2004 and 2008 elections

Audio:

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