Sat 18 Mar 2006
Well.. I’m back from vacation. Sorry for the silence. Hopefully this will make up for it:
Last Saturday Democratic candidate for Ohio Attorney General Subodh Chandra sat down with the your humble Ohio 2nd Blog editor, members of Drinking Liberally Cincinnati (they’ve posted a good overview of the event), and Warren County Democrats at the Democratic Party HQ in Loveland.
Here’s selected audio from the blogger interview and the stump speech he gave afterwards for a meet and greet event hosted in his honor. I have cut it up like this because the people at drinking liberally asked me to remove the audio of them asking questions. One thing great about Meet the Bloggers is that they’ve already dealt with all of those issues that go with providing an open method for interviewing candidates.
This interview has some pretty hard hitting stuff including candid discussion of the behind the scenes endorsement process within the ODP.
Why are you running for Attorney General?
 | chandra_interview_3-11-06_01-why_run.mp3 |
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_02-why_run_followup.mp3 |
If you were AG, what would you be doing right now?
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_03-what_would_you_do_now.mp3 |
How do you answer the charge that you don’t have the political experience to be Attorney General?
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_04-experience.mp3 |
At this cliffhanger point he was asked why he thought the ODP didn’t endorse his candidacy. Luckily he would come back to the topic.
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_05-why_ODP_not_endorse.mp3 |
The ODP process
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_06-ODP_process.mp3 |
Are you following the Eliot Spitzer model for AG and how do you respond to charges that he is using his office to enforce national issues and to further his own political career?
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_07-eliot_spitzer.mp3 |
Tell us about your family.
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_08-family.mp3 |
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_09-his_wife.mp3 |
Do pharmacists have the right to refuse to provide drugs to patients when they object on ethical groups?
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_10-drugs_ethics.mp3 |
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_11-drugs_ethics-follow_up.mp3 |
His views on parental notification and abortions.
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_12-abortion.mp3 |
Political strategy
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_13-strategy.mp3 |
On the Senate race
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_14-on_the_senate_race.mp3 |
The phantom forth
| chandra_interview_3-11-06_99-phantom_forth.mp3 |
Afterwards Chandra gave a speech at a meet and greet hosted by the Warren County Democrats.
| chandra_stump_3-11-06.mp3 |
Wednesday the Warren County Democratic Party endorsed Subudh Chandra for Attorney General.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Having heard this guy for the fourth time, I am still impressed every time he speaks. Ohio doesn’t deserve him. I think ODP missed a great opportunity for supporting a winner when they endorsed the other guy. Here’s hoping the grassroots will pick up the ball and show the ODP how wrong they were. We have less than 8 weeks to get out and let the public know about a candidate who has real qualifications and experience in being an attorney for the people. Kudos to Warren County for endorsing him. Chandra! Chandra! Chandra!