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10:00Democratic Presidential Nomination

Efforts to conduct new primaries in Florida and Michigan have collapsed. Our guests discuss how the Democratic Party is going to resolve this issue, plus a new proposal that would get superdelegates to vote in their own primary ahead of this summer's Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Guests

Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of the Rothenberg Political Report

Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-TN), Gov. Bredesen is serving his second term as Tennessee's governor.

Tad Devine, political consultant; senior strategist to the 2004 Kerry campaign and to the 2000 Gore campaign; director of delegate selection in the 1988 Dukakis campaign.

11:00Home Schooling

A California appeals court ruled that parents must be certified teachers in order to home school their children. The decision has sent a chill through the nation's growing home schooling community. We'll look at trends in home schooling and new attempts to regulate it.

Guests

Mike Donnelly, staff attorney, Home School Legal Defense Association

Rob Reich, associate professor of political science and ethics in society, Stanford University

Gretchen Roe, home schooling parent for the past 14 years; part-time home schooling community liaison for Calvert School

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