Day Two for the Democrats: Where's the Red Meat?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2008
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Last night it was Teddy Kennedy and Michelle Obama. Tonight, the keynote speaker is Virginia's former Governor, Mark Warner. But the star of the show will be Hillary Clinton. From the Democratic Convention in Denver, how divided are the Democrats? Why haven't the delegates and television audience heard more about John McCain and George Bush? Also, humorist and political commentator Harry Shearer talks about politics and parties.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Day two for the Democrats. Where's the red meat? |
| 0:15.4 | Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:19.3 | A daily look at the issues. Americans care about most reporting today from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. |
| 0:25.0 | Last night, Teddy Kennedy passed the torch to a new generation and the Obamas were the |
| 0:29.0 | all-American family. |
| 0:30.5 | Tonight, Hillary Clinton will address the convention and the world will learn how serious |
| 0:34.6 | the split with Obama supporters really is. |
| 0:37.3 | On to the point, we'll talk with |
| 0:38.4 | delegates in both camps. Are the media fanning a controversy that's only skin deep? Keynote |
| 0:43.4 | Speaker Mark Warner says he's not an attack dog. Are the Democrats missing their chance for |
| 0:48.4 | an offensive against John McCain and George Bush? On reporter's notebook later on, humorist |
| 0:53.4 | Harry Scherer talks about politics and parties. |
| 0:57.0 | First, here's the news. |
| 0:58.8 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio |
| 1:04.5 | International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John |
| 1:09.2 | D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. |
| 1:12.0 | Hello again, Wamanalny, back with To the Point. Last night, it was Teddy Kennedy and Michelle Obama. |
| 1:16.1 | Tonight, the keynote speaker is Virginia's former Governor Mark Warner, but the star of the show will be Hillary Clinton. |
| 1:22.4 | How divided are the Democrats? Well, haven't the delegates and the audience on TV heard more about John McCain and |
| 1:28.7 | George Bush? On reporter's notebook, humorist, and political commentator Harry Scherer talks about |
| 1:33.8 | three simultaneous conventions going on before our very eyes. John Mercurio is executive editor |
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