Election 2008: How Race, Gender and Age Are Reshaping American Politics
Monday, October 6, 2008

Elisabeth Bumiller

A Washington reporter for The New York Times, Elisabeth Bumiller writes about politics and policy in the nation's capital and has been covering Senator John McCain in this year's presidential campaign. She also recently authored a biography of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Bumiller was the Times City Hall Bureau chief from 1999 to 2001, during which she covered Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and his Senate race against Hillary Rodham Clinton. From 2001 to 2006, she was a Times White House correspondent and also wrote a weekly column, White House Letter, and in 2006 and 2007 she was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.

Larry Wilmore

As a cultural commentator, Larry Wilmore opens the door to a conversation about race and diversity in our country. As "The Senior Black Correspondent" on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he adds his own unique comic perspective to the reality-based look at news and politics.
Wilmore began his career as an actor and stand-up comic before transitioning to television writing and producing in the early 90s. The Daily Show marked a return to performing, and he is currently developing a sitcom for himself at HBO. He is writing his first book, I'd Rather We Got Casinos and Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore, and he has been nominated and received many awards, including an Emmy and a TV Critics Award.

John Zogby

President and CEO of Zogby International, John Zogby remains by all accounts the hottest pollster in the United States today. In 1996 The Washington Post proclaimed, "All hail Zogby, the maverick predictor who beat us all," when he alone called that election within one-tenth of 1 percent of the presidential result.

Zogby regularly appears on all three nightly network news programs, as well as The Today Show and Good Morning America, is a frequent guest for Fox News and MSNBC specials, and is also a regular political commentator for the Canadian and British Broadcasting Corporations.