Kicking off the DNC - The New Republic August 26, 2008

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Join New Republic editors Frank Foer and Eve Fairbanks as they prepare to partner with FORA.tv to cover the events of this highly-anticipated Democratic National Convention.

Frank and Eve talk about what candidate-elect Barack Obama needs to accomplish during the course of this important week in order to be successful in his pursuit of the White House.

Every day, FORA.tv and The New Republic will be posting behind-the-scenes videos of important commentary on the events of the day. Stay tuned.

FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: http://fora.tv/topic/democratic_convention

The New Republic on FORA.tv: http://fora.tv/partner/new_republic

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Franklin Foer is an American political journalist and the editor of The New Republic. Foer graduated from Columbia in 1996. Before joining The New Republic, Foer was a frequent contributor to the online magazine Slate. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Spin, U.S. News & World Report, Lingua Franca, The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, New York and Foreign Policy. In 2004 he published his first book, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.

Eve Fairbanks is The New Republic's Associate Editor and congressional correspondent. A graduate of Yale, she joined The New Republic in 2005. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Details, and on NPR.