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The Roundtable

Congressional Corner with Tim Vercellotti

By Alan Chartock

Published July 29, 2022 at 10:50 AM EDT

Tim Vercellotti

If not Biden, then who?

In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science continues his interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

This conversation was recorded on July 21.

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Alan Chartock

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.

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