Road to the Whitehouse 2012 Discussion with Narda Zacchino and Robert Scheer

Sept. 28, 2011: Road do the Whitehouse 2012 with Narda Zacchino and Robert Scheer Texas vs. California: Economic Myths and Reality The USC Annenberg School's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) presents a discussion on the 2012 elections featuring CCLP senior fellow Narda Zacchino, who is currently working on a book about California that focuses on the oft-made comparisons between California and Texas. Joining her will be Annenberg professor and Truthdig editor Robert Scheer. Zacchino has written that "the emergence of Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for president has invited invidious comparisons with Democratic-controlled California, as Texas, with its lower unemployment rate and job growth, appears to be in better economic shape than the Golden State. Perry supporters offer this as an argument for Republican leadership in Washington. But a closer examination of the facts renders a mixed verdict on the success and failings of both states and some surprising reasons why Texas has not suffered as much as California in the national recession." CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan will moderate the discussion. Road to the White House 2012: Politics, Media and Technology is a weekly series presented in partnership with the USC Dornsife College's Unruh Institute of Politics and the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development's Bedrosian Center on Governance and Public Enterprise. For more on Center on Communication Leadership and Policy: http://communicationleadership.usc.edu/ For more on Narda Zacchino: http://communicationleadership.usc.edu/people/senior_fellows/narda_zacchino.html For more on Robert Scheer: http://annenberg.usc.edu/Faculty/Communication%20and%20Journalism/ScheerR.aspx For more on Geoffrey Cowan: http://annenberg.usc.edu/Faculty/Communication%20and%20Journalism/CowanG.aspx For more on Unruh Institute of Politics: http://dornsife.usc.edu/unruh/ For more on Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise: http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/bedrosian/