Tuesday, Mar 21, 2000 07:17 PST

Salon's Politics2000 launch party

 
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The Salon.com launch party for its politics and election portal, Politics2000, in Washington, D.C. February 16 featured a reception followed by a lively discussion by four of today's most thought-provoking and controversial political commentators.

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  • Joe Conason The political editor of the New York Observer and co-author of "The Hunting of the President"

  • Stanley Crouch An essayist, poet and jazz critic, is best known for his provocative and fearless opinions on the state of race and culture in the United States.

  • David Horowitz President of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture. A bestselling author and editor, Horowitz may be best known for his lifelong intellectual and political journey.

  • Arianna Huffington Author of "How to Overthrow the Government", lecturer and broadcaster.

    The discussion was hosted by Michael Feldman from PRI's "Whad'ya Know?" show and focused on the role of race in the presidential election, poverty, the issue of the Confederate battle flag flying over South Carolina's statehouse and more.

    During the cocktail hour Salon.com's key partner, SpeakOut.com -- a leading interactive platform for users to debate, comment and communicate with government, political and business leaders -- displayed their political portal and facilitated many lustrous conversations among the evening's guests.

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