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To the Point

Hillary Clinton Just Won't Quit

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2008

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail, even though former nominee George McGovern says publicly it's time for her to quit. We update last night's results and today's developments.  Also, relief is slow to reach Myanmar, and Vadimir Putin steps down...or does he?

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0:00.0

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

0:07.8

Hillary Clinton just won't quit.

0:13.7

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point.

0:16.4

From Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

0:20.4

It was barely

0:21.0

a split decision, with Obama winning by 14 points in North Carolina and Clinton by less

0:26.2

than two points in Indiana. Today, her campaign conceded that even Florida and Michigan

0:31.5

might not provide the delegates she needs. George McGovern has told her to quit, but she's

0:36.4

been loaning her campaign more money,

0:38.2

and today she made an appearance in West Virginia. On to the point, is race the best argument for

0:43.4

Clinton's electability? Would Obama need a new kind of coalition to win in November?

0:49.7

On reporter's notebook later on, political change in Russia, the appearance and the reality. First, here's the news.

0:57.6

Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D.

1:08.3

and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. Warrman, I'll

1:11.1

be back with To the Point. Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail, even though former nominee

1:15.6

George McGovern says publicly it's time for her to quit. On To the Point, we'll update last

1:20.4

night's results in today's developments. What about Michigan, Florida, and the role of race

1:25.1

in American politics? On reporter's notebook, Vladimir Putin steps down,

1:29.8

or does he? We'll hear about Russia's transfer of power. First, this news update in Myanmar,

1:35.0

formerly Burma, corpses are floating in the floodwaters in the aftermath of Saturday's cyclone.

1:40.3

But a massive international aid effort, reportedly, is still being held back by the country's military rulers.

1:45.9

Elizabeth Beers speaks for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.

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