Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 10, 2008: Interview with Ryan Lizza; Interview with David Kirkpatrick.

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(1.) Journalist RYAN LIZZA ("LIZ-ah"). He's the Washington correspondent for The New Yorker Magazine. He followed the Obama campaign. In the upcoming issue of The New Yorker he writes about the winning organization of the Obama campaign. Lizza was previously senior editor of The New Republic and has contributed to many other publications. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) DAVID KIRKPATRICK is a correspondent in the Washington bureau for The New York Times. Throughout the presidential campaign he profiled John McCain in a series of articles for the paper . He'll discuss the campaign now that the election is over, and the future of the Republican party. During the 2004 election, KIRKPATRICK covered the conservative Christian movement. (INTERVIEW BY DAVE DAVIES).