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ABC’s “This Week”

(The guests include New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.)

Bloomberg’s “Political Capital”

(Sen. James Webb, D-Va., chastises Sen. John McCain, R-Va., for impugning the patriotism of Iraq war foes.)

CNN’s “Race To ‘08″

(What do Americans think of Congress?)

C-SPAN’s “The Communicators”

(Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., discusses her legislation to combat secretly installed computer “spyware.”)

CQ Radio

(Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters starts his tenure as the political director of BlogTalkRadio by interviewing Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a 2008 presidential candidate.)

The New York Times’ “Washington Report”

(President Bush gives a fresh warning to congressional Democrats about emergency military spending.)

The Washington Post’s “P3: Post Politics Podcast”

(Get the latest polling on gun control in the wake of a mass shooting at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg)

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Money matters in presidential politics — and to the journalists who cover it. That much was evident in this week’s multiple audio and video reports on the first-quarter 2007 fundraising numbers for the 2008 presidential candidates.

Here’s a roundup of the coverage:

CNN’s “Race To ‘08″

Heading Left

(Democratic campaign strategist Joe Trippi was the show’s guest at BlogTalkRadio)

MSNBC’s “Hardball”

National Public Radio

(”It’s All Politics”)

P3: Post Politics Podcast

(Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.)

(Republican candidates)

Money in presidential politics isn’t the only subject on journalists’ minds, though, so here are some more reports for your balanced online audio diet:

C-SPAN

(”Newsmakers”: House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., speaks with reporters)

(”Road To The White House”: Sen. Sam Brownback in Iowa and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., in New Hampshire)

P3: Post Politics Podcast

(The MySpace primary)

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Bloomberg

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., expects Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign amid the controversies swirling around the Justice Department.

CNN
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack endorses Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., for president.

The marriage status of presidential candidates — should it matter?

C-SPAN

“Newsmakers”: House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks with reporters from The Politico and The Washington Times.

“The Communicators”: Lee Rainie, who heads the Pew Internet & American Life Project, discusses the role of blogs and online video in presidential politics.

“Road to the White House”: Sen. John McCain in Lebanon, N.H., and Sen. Barack Obama in Claremont, N.H., and Muscatine, Iowa.

National Public Radio

“It’s All Politics”

“Talk of the Nation”: What’s the country saying about Gonzales?

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Podcasts, video blogs, YouTube freebies — you name it and the online innovators of mainstream media have it. Now you don’t have to go looking for it. Starting today, AirCongress is instituting a new feature called the Monster Media MashUp[tm].

I’ll keep tabs on the latest policy- and politics-related audio and video produced by outlets like Bloomberg, C-SPAN, the major television networks and more, and pull them together in recurring entries like this one. If I’m missing content that you think should be in the roundup, shoot me an e-mail.

So without further ado, here’s the first episode of the AirCongress Monster Media MashUp[tm]:

ABC

(Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. and John Cornyn, R-Texas, on the firings of U.S. attorneys)

Bloomberg


(Firings of U.S. attorneys)

(Defaults on subprime mortgage loans and changes to the 2002 accounting law known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)

CBS

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on the firings of U.S. attorneys)

C-SPAN

(Viacom’s $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google over content on its YouTube video-sharing site)

(White House adviser Karl Rove at Troy University)

(Interview with SCOTUSblog reporter Lyle Denniston)

National Public Radio

(”It’s All Politics”)

The New York Times

(”Washington Report”)

The Washington Post

(John Edwards continues campaign despite wife’s cancer)

(The Hill hears about global warming from former Vice President Al Gore)

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