From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW, Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Health care reform, the economy, and the Obama agenda.

Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Recent reports on the progress of health care reform have portrayed a president battling his own party in Congress, while his popularity ratings decline.

Republicans and some Democrats say he's moving too fast toward what some call a government takeover and a step toward socialism.

Last night, the president had some catchwords of his own,

pushing what he called an affordable plan for quality care,

not financed on the backs of middle-class families.

Which messages appeal to the American voters?

Is a familiar debate being reframed in the age of the Internet.

On reporter's notebook later on, America's first

black president talks about race relations and the police. First, the news.

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International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D.

and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. President Obama is going all out for health care reform.

Some say it's crucial to the rest of his agenda. How did he do but last night's news conference?

Have the new media changed the nature of a familiar debate?

On reporter's notebook, the president, the Harvard Scholar, and the Cambridge

policeman. First, this news update, federal agents rained down in New Jersey today, arresting

44 people charged with public corruption and high volume international money laundering. Among

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