Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The disparate elements of a divided Republican Party are frantic to stop the looming takeover by Donald Trump. It doesn't help that potential alternatives Rubio, Kasich and Cruz have all agreed to support him if he wins the nomination -- and there's not much time left.
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| 0:32.7 | this is To the Point. Desperate Times call for desperate measures by unhappy Republicans. |
| 0:42.8 | Hello again, I'm Aronalmi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:46.6 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:49.2 | Robocalls for one of several Stop Trump campaigns are using a voice familiar to Republican voters. |
| 0:54.5 | Hello, this is Mitt Romney, and I'm calling on behalf of Marco Rubio for president. |
| 0:59.6 | Hello, this is Mitt Romney calling, and I'm calling on behalf of Kasich for America. |
| 1:05.1 | And if Rubio, Kasich, or Ted Cruz together could stop Trump's nomination, Romney says he would accept the choice of a so-called |
| 1:12.8 | brokered convention. We'll hear more about that scheme and others as time is running out for |
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| 1:57.6 | Hello again, Warren-Aulney, back with To the Point. |
| 1:59.5 | The disparate elements of a divided |
| 2:01.2 | Republican Party are frantic to stop the looming takeover by Donald Trump. It doesn't help that |
| 2:06.9 | potential alternatives, Rubio, Kasich, and Cruz have all agreed to support Trump if he wins |
| 2:12.2 | the nomination. There's not much time left. We'll hear about efforts to stop him. Today's |
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