GOP Identity Crisis: Is There a New Elephant in the Room?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2009
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The Grand Old Party is going through a bit of an identity crisis,
trying to position itself for the years ahead. Should the GOP lean to
the center? Lean to the right? There's certainly a lot of fighting
going on, especially for a party which holds Unity as a cherished party
value. Guest host Sara Terry asks whether whether Republicans
are heading for a split. Also, with consumer confidence up, have we finally bottomed out? Plus, it's been bedlam in the playoffs. Why
haven't things gone according to plan in the NBA games?
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.0 | Smack in the middle of an identity crisis. What's next for the GOP? |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:25.2 | Out of favor and out of power, the Republican Party is undertaking an historic self-examination. |
| 0:31.5 | Has the party gone too far right or not far enough? |
| 0:34.8 | Who speaks for Republicans and who's defining party values? |
| 0:38.9 | How can Republicans leave the Bush years behind when Dick Cheney keeps stirring things up? |
| 0:43.8 | What message does the party need to craft to win back young people and minorities? |
| 0:49.0 | On Reporter's Notebook, we check out the hoops with the NBA. |
| 0:53.1 | Two big playoff games coming up on Sunday. |
| 0:56.0 | First, the news. |
| 0:59.6 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica |
| 1:04.0 | and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, |
| 1:07.1 | whose contributors include the Ford Foundation, |
| 1:09.6 | the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, |
| 1:12.1 | and the Skoll Foundation, supporting social entrepreneurs around the world, |
| 1:16.6 | uncommon heroes dedicated to the common good. |
| 1:19.3 | Learn more at scole.org. |
| 1:21.4 | I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren Olney, back with To the Point from PRI. |
| 1:26.0 | We'll be talking today about the grand old party and how it's |
| 1:29.6 | trying to position itself for the years ahead. Lean to the center. Lean to the right. There's |
| 1:34.9 | certainly a lot of fighting going on. Unity has always been a cherished party value. Are Republicans |
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