Slugger’s US Panel: The difference between Liberals and Conservatives?

Last night’s #MainStreamMatters was just me and Mel Dubnick, with contributions from others throughout the session… On the debate, we reckon Obama was playing to a slight strength, Romney to a slight weakness. Kellyanne Dignan wrote in: Slight edge obama. He had the presidential moment he needed. Romney still in it though! No lethal mishaps. One fun rumor… Romney allegedly spent all his prep time on style over substance… I think he was overcoached… Too many hand gestures from both …

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Slugger’s Digital lunch (2), on the eve of the London Olympics…

So at 1pm (BST) we’ll be ‘broadcasting live’ via YouTube (and here) our second Slugger’s Digital Lunch…  Last week, we had Lee Reynolds of the DUP (you can pick up the YouTube here).  I hope we will have even more voices this week. <iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ To participate, you must be on Google Plus. That may take a little of time and working out, but if you already use Skype you’ll have most of the hardware you need to make …

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Slugger online debate: What’s eating Ardoyne (take two)…

This is partly a reminder of tomorrow’s lunch time discussion, and partly an attempt to reset the thread that from the first comment actually went on to discuss a video taken outside St Patrick’s church in Donegall Street where (depending on who’s version of the truth you choose) a marching band chose play an old American classic, or The Famine Song. Either way, the video demonstrates just how intense the feelings are around this time of year (the ‘who’ of …

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