What's up the polls in California? A new study shows that all those anti-Proposition 8 advertising is working: people are supporting the initiative to ban gay marriage in California by 47% to 42%. Jake Stevens, the Deputy Mayor of West Hollywood, stops by to talk Proposition 8 and what is...

Boooring. Yawn. Anything new? "That one?" That's the big controversy of the night? Did the candidates, either the War Hero-McExpress or the Hopemonger, say anything new? Did we not appreciate what we had in the VP debate? Do we miss Sarah Palin so soon?

For tonight's special edition of...

On this special post-debate installment of Wilshire & Washington, Ted, Maegan and Teresa tackle the one and only debate between Vice Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, along with special guest, political blogger Andy Sparrow. Who won? Who lost? Did experience trump lipstick? Did troopergate rear its ugly head?...

So if the financial market doesn't implode first, the media may just explode in anticipation before Thursday's VP debate. Are expectations so low at this point that Sarah Palin wins just by showing up and sounding intelligent? How much are those, um, interesting interviews with Katie Couric (or Tina Fey's...

It's Debate Night at Wilshire & Washington! In the first real face-off between Obama and McCain, Ari Melber from The Nation and the Washington Independent drops in for tonight's special Friday episode. How did the debate go? Who won? Who lost? Who had the best tie? Melber joins our hosts...

In today's Wilshire & Washington, is it really all about the kids? Campaigns are focusing huge resources on turning out the youth vote, but this segment of the population always lags behind in voter percentages. Will this year be any different? And will all the negative campaigning turn off first-time...

So, sorry, Ms. Palin, but something happened on Wall Street to bump you off the front page. A little major market crash, that's all. Now, the candidates are scrambling to respond to Black Monday and the financial crisis; who's up to snuff on their economic policy? Hosts Ted, Maegan, and...

So, um, lipstick? Yes, lipstick is the main story of the day; but why? Is it sexist? Is it a diversion? Is it just... lipstick? In today's Wilshire & Washington, hosts Ted, Teresa, and Maegan take on the overflowing Palin-spectacular, and ponder other important questions of the day: Can Biden...

So what's going to go wrong at the ballot box this year? What ever happened to those good ol' punch cards and Diebold electronic voting machines? Will any system work right? And will we get any real solutions when we have partisan election officials?

Rich Hasen, professor of law at...

Yes, Obama is everywhere, and we know the Democratic National Convention is going to be huge. But what about that other convention with, you know, the Republicans? That party that has run the country for the last eight years? With such a lack of enthusiasm about the Republican Convention, what...

Uh oh... Does Paris Hilton's energy "plan" put the rest of the candidates to shame? Is Paris showing her smarts? And how about her for president? On this week's Wilshire & Washington, Ted, Teresa, and Maegan talk Paris' response to McCain's "Celeb" tv spot, and how this could affect the...

On this week's show, Brett Horvath, creator of the new Facebook app Your Revolution, stops by to discuss the possibilities of online voter registration. His app allows voters in Washington and Arizona to register to vote online in less than three minutes, and even invite friends -- who aren't registered,...

Do reporters like John McCain better? Can Captain Straight Talk Express even complain? And should Obama sidestep his rep as the Anointed One? Plus, Teresa talks Jordanian blogs looking to paint Obama into Israel's camp...

On this week's W&W show, Greg Mitchell, author of the new book So Wrong for...

In this week's Wilshire & Washington show, Dr. Karen North, Director of the Annenberg Program on Online Communities at the University of Southern California, stops by to talk about online engagement in this election and how the user-made anti-FISA group on My.BarackObama.com is the way of the future. The day's...

Wilshire & Washington, the weekly Blog Talk Radio program that explores the intersection of politics, entertainment, and new media, launched this morning with co-hosts Ted Johnson, Managing Editor of Variety; conservative blogger Teresa Valdez Klein, and liberal blogger Maegan Carberry. The show airs every Wednesday at 7:30am PST on...