Tom Brokaw Shouts Us Out (Again)
While Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? was at the Democratic National Convention, Tom Brokaw of NBC News spoke about Why Tuesday? and our efforts to make the state of America's voting system and issue our elected officials cannot afford to avoid.
Follow Jacob next week as he goes to the Republican National Convention in Minnesota.
For more:
http://whytuesday.org
Previously:
http://www.whytuesday.org/2008/05/08/tom-brokaw-on-why-tuesday/
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Keywords: tom brokaw why tuesday democratic convention jacob soboroff dnc08 rnc08 election reform
Added: August 29, 2008
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