Slate's Swingers: Missouri, the 'Show Me' State

By Madeleine Brand

Published June 17, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Day to Day and Slate debut an occasional series of profiles of so-called "swing states" in the 2004 presidential election -- states that are not strongly leaning to either candidate or political party. Slate writer Chris Suellentrop talks with NPR's Madeleine Brand about the first featured state, Missouri.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).