Ari Kagan and Jehangir Khattak on Barack Obama

Summary:

Doubts about Obama

Website:

http://www.feetin2worlds.org

Additional Credits and Funding:

Jehangir Khattak is a writer for Pakistan News and Defence Journal. He spoke with Ari Kagan senior editor of the Russian newspaper Vecherniy New York. This interview was produced by Feet in Two Worlds, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, linking ethnic media and public radio, and reporting on immigrant communities.

Tones:

Opinionated, Political, Thoughtful

Language:

English

Description:

Despite Senator Barack Obama's recent string of primary and caucus victories there is deep unease about his candidacy in some immigrant communities. Obama's positions on Pakistan, Iraq, and the Middle East could cost him votes and campaign contributions from Russian and Pakistani immigrants.
 
Two journalists, Ari Kagan (ah-ree kah-ghan), senior editor of the Russian newspaper Vecherniy (ve-chair-knee) New York and Jehangir Khattak (juh-haan-jeer kah-taak) a writer for Pakistan News and Defence Journal, discuss the challenges facing the Democratic senator from Illinois in his presidential campaign along with the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

Ari Kagan says Obama is getting ahead of himself by focusing on the Republican frontrunner John McCain.
 

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