Veteran Reporter Offers First-Hand Account of the 2008 U.S. Election Campaign
January 24, 2008.
Jerry Hagstrom, editor of the National Journal and a veteran reporter of U.S. elections, presented an update of the primary elections at a public program in Bonn on January 24. Drawing on his experiences as an on-site observer at the first primaries, Hagstrom sketched the profiles of the leading candidates and their prospects for the nomination. Hagstrom also reviewed the genesis of the American primary system as an effort to make the nomination process more transparent and participatory. CG Matt Boyse moderated the discussion which was attended by over 100 guests and a joint venture of the U.S. Consulate, InWent and the German Atlantic Association.