Martha Montelongo Myers was the political commentator and host for Straight Talk with Martha, on News Talk 1460 KION-AM radio for two years from January of 02 to November of 2004. Her most impressive media credentials include publication in The Washington Post, CalNews.com, La Opinion, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Orange County Register, CaliforniaRepublic.org, and the Monterey Herald Tribune.
More on Martha, a regular on KION-AM's and Mark Carbonaro's Wake Up, Monterey "Free-for-All Fridays," can be found at her web site: http://marthamontelongo.com/index.html.
Update of August 28, 2008—No Longer an Obama Rout, It's a Real Horse Race Shaping Up Since initially issuing our study in early July 2008, significant shifts in voter sentiment occurred in the race between Barack Obama and John McCain at the period in time coinciding with the two major parties' conventions. We had originally gauged the gap separating the candidates at 10 million popular votes and 100 electoral votes—what looked at the time to be an upcoming rout for Senator Obama. As is always the case in politics, things can change in a short period of time. At the close of August 2008 our model narrowed the gap between the two men at between one and two million votes, or slightly more than one percentage point in the popular tally estimate separating the contestants. The Electoral College gap has closed as well, and may be as thin as six electoral votes. Here are the events we saw at convention time as having had a contributory bearing on these changes since our first cut at the 2008 study: - Obama’s trip to Europe and the Middle East
- Radical shakeups in the McCain campaign organization (including new advertising)
- The faith forum at the Saddleback Church in Orange County, California
- The McCain “multiple residence” imbroglio
- DNC/Biden selection/Obama acceptance speech coverage
Significantly, what is usually a convention bounce amounted to more of a convention crater for Obama, although a positive effect is anticipated as the convention winds up its proceedings. Here’s what our popular vote estimates looked like as of this writing, August 28, 2008: McCain Obama Margin 59,769,296 61,272,363 1,503,067 49.38% 50.62% 1.24% |
Mark Carbonaro graciously invited Reid for a return visit to his Wake Up, Monterey program on 1460 KION-AM on August 28, 2008. Originally scheduled for a half-hour segment, Mark extended Reid’s stay for a total of 90 minutes, which is why the MP3 rendition of this interview had to be divided into two segments on this site.
During this wide-ranging discussion Reid was joined by Roger P. Pasquier, a noted business figure, public activist and broadcasting icon in the Monterey County, California, area. Since 1982 Roger Pasquier has been President of CRP Associates, Inc. a broadcast consulting company. His involvement in broadcasting spans 35 years working with both Radio and TV companies to grow revenues and expand profit margins. Mr. Pasquier’s areas of expertise include ownership, general and sales management, planning, engineering and programming, construction, valuation and acquisition. He is considered an expert in both federal and state courts and by FCC authorities. Mr. Pasquier is well known for his work in turnaround, problem and start-up broadcast properties. He has either consulted, conducted due diligence, negotiated or directed the purchase and re-financing in over 150 broadcast property transactions. CRP Associates, Inc. has been a member of the NAB for 25 years. More on Roger's business activities available by visiting http://www.broadcastconsultants.com.
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Reid returned again to Wake Up, Monterey on September 8, 2008, to speak with Mark about the significant shift in the polls in Senator McCain's favor since the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the Senator's vice-presidential running mate. Because this interview coincided with the announcement of the federal government's bailout plan for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Reid and Mark discussed that issue as well.
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On September 12, 2008, the morning after the seventh anniversary of 9.11, Mark invited Reid back to Wake Up, Monterey to discuss the financial market turmoil, the energy markets, Senators McCain's and Obama's joint visit to Ground Zero, and their subsequent "face-off" at Columbia University, as well as Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's interview the same evening with Charles Gibson of ABC News.
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On September 19, 2008, Mark bestowed the high honor of inviting Reid to join Wake Up, Monterey's "Free-for-All Friday" panel, along with regulars Martha Montelongo and Tony Andrade. A number of listeners also called in to voice their views and raise questions. The topic of discussion: the presidential election. But the focus soon turned to tumult in the financial markets, the failure of large financial institutions such as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG, and associated government bailouts and intervention.
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On September 24, 2008, Mark invited Reid back to Wake Up, Monterey to join with regulars Roger Pasquier and Tony Andrade, along with special guest Andrew M. Langer, President, The Institute for Liberty. The discussion centered on the continuing debate (in a congress mostly distracted by the campaign season) over the ongoing crisis in the financial sector regarding the threat to financial institutions posed by exposure to the CDO and SIV mortgage-derivatives market, and whether there should be a $700 billion+ taxpayer-financed bailout along the lines supported by President Bush and Treasury Secretary Paulson.
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September 29, 2008, turned out to be an historic day in the world financial markets, as the debate on the Wall Street bailout plan spearheaded by President Bush and Treasury Secretary Paulson raged on--the Congress having failed to reach agreement over the previous weekend as originally expected. In this interview with Mark Carbonaro, Reid squared off with Roger Pasquier to discuss the plan's pros and cons. Later in the day, the plan failed to muster the necessary votes needed for approval in the House. The Dow closed off more than 777 points, its largest nominal drop ever--but only the 17th largest decline in percentage terms.
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On October 3, 2008, Reid returned to 1460 KION-AM for the weekly "Free-for-All Friday," joined by Tony Andrade, Martha Montelongo, Roger Pasquier, Barbra Alexander and, of course, host Mark Carbonaro. The topic: the previous evening's vice-presidential debate featuring Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin. While exchanging views on that topic, the Wall Street bailout package, already passed by the Senate, neared what later the same day turned out to be an approval vote in the House of Representatives, as well as President Bush's signature, so the conversation also included events in the financial markets, the economy and the question of whether economic developments were eclipsing the campaigns themselves in their effect on the election.
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On October 13, 2008 (the Columbus Day holiday), Mark Carbonaro invited Reid Holloway back to KION-AM 1460's Wake Up, Monterey morning program to discuss the historic activity in the financial markets of the preceding week, including the sharp selloff in the price of crude oil.
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On October 16, 2008, Mark invited Reid back to KION-AM 1460's Wake Up, Monterey to enjoy the signal honor of sharing an interview with libertarian economist and author Richard Ebeling. The previous evening, Senators McCain and Obama faced off in their third and final debate hosted by Hofstra University on Long Island. Most of what Mark, Richard and Reid discussed on the air, however, pertained to the financial-system bailout and related events and consequences.
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On October 22, 2008, Reid returned to Wake Up, Monterey in response to Mark's request to discuss the liquidity crisis and the government's bailout policies. Thanks to Reid's getting a bit too technical on arcane subjects such as the LIBOR rate and the TED spread, Mark asked Reid to take a deep breath and attempt to explain to listeners how to become educated on basic economics. Reid named two of his favorite texts and explained a couple of rudimentary financial concepts. At the close of the interview, Reid agreed to return the following morning to discuss his outlook for runaway inflation. The same day the stock market experienced a greater than 500-point loss on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the S&P 500 closed at a five-and-a-half-year low.
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On October 23, 2008 Reid did return to the show for the inflation discussion with Mark, joined by ClearChannel sister station KTOM's Jim Pearson and economist David R. Henderson.
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On the morning of November 5, 2008, the dust was still settling from the general election returns of the previous night, the historic election of America's 44th and first black president, along with significant pickups in the already Democrat controlled congress in both houses. Mark and Jim quizzed Reid regarding the accuracy of his July 7, 2008, Electoral College forecast (a "clickable" PDF version of this study is available for perusal at the top of this page), and all three opined on on matters ranging from "What will Obama do?" to "Who is the Republican Party?"
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On November 29, 2008, Mark Carbonaro filled in for Barbra Alexander on the Moneydots on Main Street Network program (Barbra is a regular on Mark's "Free-For-All Friday" on KION-AM 1460). Reid joined Mark on this one-hour program, and the discussion topics included President-elect Obama's emerging cabinet appointments; the massive expansions in the federal bailout programs for the financial and other industries; concepts about central banks' influences on economic growth; determining and understanding the valuation of stocks, and the functions of capital markets.
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On December 5, 2008, Mark asked Reid to share his thoughts on how to understand the current tough times, and the steps individuals can take to improve their standing as workers and consumers. This segment is being aired on KION-AM 1460, and on all of the other sister ClearChannel stations in the Monterey County region, as a public service announcement.
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On December 11, 2008, Reid was invited back to the Mark and Jim Show on KION-AM 1460 to discuss the ever developing story known as the auto bailout. President-elect Barack Obama, having just announced his Energy Secretary and "climate change" policy designates, inspired Reid to connect emerging trends in environmental and energy policy under the prospective Obama Administration with the future of an auto industry beholden to the federal government, along with its pitfalls and prospects for investors.
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