Another Debate between Obama and Clinton
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2008
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Last night's debate covered familiar ground on character issues. Policy questions weren't raised until 50 minutes into the program. Did the so-called "gotcha" questions reveal anything new? Did the debate change the momentum for Tuesday's Pennsylvania election? On Reporter's Notebook, did polygamy lead to child abuse at the Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas?
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.7 | Another debate between Obama and Clinton. |
| 0:13.7 | Hello again, I'm on the only, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:16.4 | From Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues. Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.5 | Debate number 22 came less than a week before the Pennsylvania primary. |
| 0:24.5 | 50 minutes went by before any policy question was asked. |
| 0:28.4 | Up to then, it was all about personal gaffs, past associations, and who could withstand the inevitable assault from the Republicans. |
| 0:35.8 | On to the point, did anything happen to change the momentum |
| 0:38.3 | in Pennsylvania? Are voters around the country better informed? What about the superdelegates |
| 0:43.6 | who are likely to make the final decision? On reporter's notebook later on, does polygamy lead to |
| 0:49.5 | child abuse at places like yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas. |
| 0:54.9 | First here's the news. |
| 0:56.9 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio |
| 1:02.5 | International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John |
| 1:07.2 | D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. |
| 1:09.5 | Hello again, Warren and I'mney, back with To the Point. |
| 1:11.8 | Last night's debate covered familiar ground on character issues. |
| 1:15.4 | Policy questions weren't raised until 50 minutes into the program. |
| 1:18.9 | On To the Point, did the so-called gotcha questions reveal anything new? |
| 1:22.7 | Did the debate change the momentum for Tuesday's Pennsylvania election? |
| 1:26.5 | On reporter's notebook, as a West Texas judge |
| 1:28.8 | decides the futures of 416 children are polygamous sects havens for child abuse. Well, Paul show |
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