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Info: Our guest is presidential historian Rick Shenkman. He is the author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter." Shenkman contends that today's voters are more and more susceptible to campaign slogans and easy solutions because they don't take the time to know enough about the issues and the candidates. Shenkman says voters have more power than they've ever had in the past. Yet at the same time they are not exercising that power because they aren't taking the time to educate themselves. Rick Shenkman book's have included "Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of American History" and "President Ambition." He is the editor and founder of the History News Network (www.hnn.us). He blogs about the 2008 election at http://howstupidblog.com.
