The Wheelhouse Only Watches TV for the Political Ads

Connecticut Public Radio | By Tucker Ives,

Catie Talarski, Colin McEnroe

Published July 16, 2014 at 9:00 AM EDT

Connecticut is fully engulfed in campaign ad season and candidates are already spending big money to get the message out to voters. What's the message? "Like me! The other guy, not so much." On our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse, Colin McEnroe guest hosts a conversation with a panel of reporters and political analysts to catch you up on the week’s news.

GUESTS:

Kevin Rennie - Hartford Courant columnist, lawyer, and a former Republican state legislator
Daniela Altimari - Statehouse reporter for The Hartford Courant
Gerry Brooks - Anchor at NBC Connecticut and co-host of "Decision 2014"
David Collins - Columnist for The Day

Tucker Ives

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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Catie Talarski

Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.

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Colin McEnroe

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.

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