OCT. 31, 2018 | Days after the horrific murder of 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, people continued to mourn, offering flowers, candles, hand-written signs and more.
Month: October 2018
Hawker on U.S. radio: Trump is the story
OCT. 31, 2018 | Australian political strategist Bruce Hawker spoke to PRI’s The World radio host Marco Werman about the division impacting America during the midterm elections in this national show aired today.
DAY 20: Peaceful protest in Pittsburgh
OCT. 30, 2018 | More than 3,000 people in Pittsburgh marched this afternoon in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood to protest a visit by President Donald Trump after a Saturday massacre of 11 worshipers at a prominent synagogue.
DAY 19: A vice president’s hometown
OCT. 29, 2018 | The crew spent the day conducting “man on the street” interviews with people in Columbus, Ind., hometown of Vice President Mike Pence. Columbus, a prosperous city of about 44,000 people, is the headquarters of Cummins, an American Fortune 500 manufacturer of engines.
DAY 18: Headed to Indiana
OCT. 28, 2018 | The sun rose as the crew left Cedar Falls, Iowa, on a hard road (yes, we said it) trip to Indiana to meet with a biographer of Vice President Mike Pence. Along the way, the terrain was familiar: flat, flat land that was tan with corn, wheat and other crops.
DAY 17: Fall market and a presidential candidate
OCT. 27, 2018 | Bruce Hawker and Iowa state Sen. Jeff Danielson, D-Cedar Falls, shared a laugh at Cup of Joe, a great little coffee shop in Cedar Falls.
DAY 16: Lanesboro livestock auction
OCT. 26, 2018 | After a tour of the Kaehler family cattle farm near St. Charles, Minn., the crew headed to view a livestock auction in nearby Lanesboro. A hearty breakfast at the Lanesboro Sales Commission auction house preceded sheep and cattle put to auction attended by more than two dozen area farmers.
DAY 15: From political ads to the farm
OCT. 25, 2018 | Two dozen students rubbed sleep from their eyes early Thursday at the University of Minnesota to learn about political advertising from veteran journalism professors Chris Terry and Chris Ison. They said the 2018 Minnesota political campaigns were on track to spend a record $100 million in television advertising, about a third by candidates and the rest from advocacy groups.
Hawker on ABC Australia: America is divided
Australian strategist Bruce Hawker spoke by satellite this week to ABC Australia’s Stan Grant on the Oct. 24 broadcast of Matter of Fact. He describes what he’s learning about America as it heads toward midterm elections on Nov. 6.
DAY 14: Politics and happy hour
OCT. 24, 2018 | Autumn colors filled the University of Minnesota campus as the crew met with a local journalist who covers Washington politics, followed by a happy hour discussion about politics with a group of business people involved in the solar energy industry.