Frontline: The Choice 2012 #1032184
PBS Special for Tuesday, Oct 09, 2012
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A broadcast of taped segments profiling Republican presidential candidate former Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, including:
Taped segment with Romney senior advisor Charley Manning, Andy Hiller of 7 News Boston, author Scott Helman, Sen. Ted Kennedy former advisor Bob Shrum, author Michael Kranish, David Brooks of "The New York Times", former Massachusetts Sen. Robert Travaglini, and Romney business associate Geoff Rehnert re: Romney's run for the US Senate against Sen. Kennedy.
Taped segment with Helman, author Jodi Kantor, Reverend Jesse Jackson, columnist Salim Muwakkil, Ryan Lizza of "The New Yorker", Deputy Obama Campaign Manager Will Burns, author David Mendell, and Janny Scott of "The New York Times" re: Obama's run for the Illinois legislature against Rep. Bobby Rush.
Taped segment with Romney friend Dane McBride, Romney's brother Scott Romney, Benjamin Wallace-Wells of "New York Magazine", Romney classmate Richard Moon, David Maraniss of "The Washington Post", then Michigan Governor George Romney, Kranish, and then Republican presidential candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater re: Romney's relationship with his father.
Taped segment with Scott, Maraniss, Obama classmates Kristen Caldwell and Tom Topolinski, and Obama friend Cassandra Butts re: Obama's childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia.
Taped segment with author Richard Bushman, Nicholas Lemann of "The New Yorker", Jason Horowitz of "The Washington Post", Brooks, McBride, Mormon historian Philip Barlow, Wallace-Wells, Kranish, Helman, and Scott Romney re: Romney's experience as a Mormon missionary in France.
Taped segment with college classmate Eric Moore, Maraniss, college classmates Louis Hook, Sohale Siddiqi, and Caroline Grauman-Boss, Helman, college rommmate Phil Boerner, Kantor, community organizer Gerald Kellman, Lizza, and community organizer Mike Kruglik re: Obama's college experiences at Occidental College and Columbia University, and his experience as a community organizer in Chicago.
Taped segment with Helman, Romney's wife Ann, author Claudia Lauper Bushman, Kranish, Lemann, Wallace-Wells, Horowitz, Staples founder Tom Stemberg, and Geoff Rehnert of Bain Capital re: Romney's marriage and business successes working for Bain Capital.
Taped segment with Harvard Law School classmates Bradford Berenson, Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe, classmate Christine Spurell, Obama, Butts, Obama friend Newton Minow, Jesse Jackson, and Maraniss re: Obama's experience at Harvard Law School and his marriage.
Taped segment with Richard Bushman, Romney friend Clayton Christensen, Helman, Mormon counselor Philip Barlow, Lemann, Claudia Lauper Bushman, Lisa Riley Roche of Deseret News, Romney advisor Charley Manning, Ann Romney, Romney's son Tagg, Romney, and 2002 Winter Olympics COO Fraser Bullock re: Romney's experience as a Mormon bishop and as head of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Taped segment with Obama, Dan Balz of "The Washington Post", author David Mendell, Obama advisor David Axelrod, former Sen. Tom Daschle, Lizza, Peter Baker of "The New York Times", Hillary Clinton campaign advisor Sidney Blumenthal, then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and James Fallows of "The Atlantic" re: Obama's political career culminating in his election as president of the United States.
Taped segment with Romney, Romney campaign Senior Advisor Rob Gray, Brooks, Wallace-Wells, Manning, former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Shannon O'Brien, Hiller, Travaglini, Romney Senior Advisor Eric Fehrnstrom, Lemann, Lizza, Massachusetts health reform advisor Jonathan Gruber, Shrum, and then Sen. Ted Kennedy re: Romney's term as governor of Massachsetts and the passage of his health care reform legislation.
Taped segment with Baker, Butts, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, Kantor, author Ceci Connolly, Obama, Axelrod, Gruber, Jeff Zeleny of "The New York Times", Maraniss, Balz, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and author Jonathan Alter re: Obama's first two years as president, including the passage of his health care reform legislation.
Taped segment with Romney, Kranish, Lizza, Brooks, Iowa Republican Douglas Gross, Fehrnstrom, and others re: Romney's 2008 run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Taped segment with Zeleny, Baker, CIA former General Counsel John Rizzo, author David Sanger, Obama, and Brooks re: the second half of Obama's first term as president.
Taped segment with Romney, Brooks, and others re: Romney's 2012 run for the Republican presidential nomination.
- Duration:
- 01:56:00
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