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10:00African American Voters

John Kerry's presidential campaign has targeted African American voters with a $2 million dollar ad campaign. Last week President Bush addressed the Urban League and made his own appeal to the black community. Diane and her guests talk about each party's strategy to garner African American votes.

Guests

Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP board of directors and professor at the University of Virginia and American University

Armstrong Williams, nationally syndicated columnist and conservative commentator

Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back On Track"

11:00Robert Reich: "Reason" (Knopf)

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains what liberals can do to reclaim political power and how the conservative agenda is driven by radicals.

Guests

Robert Reich, secretary of labor under President Clinton, is a Professor at Brandeis University.

John Fund, columnist, Wall Street Journal and OpinionJournal.com

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