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

If you don't like the Congress, wait till next year.

Hello again, I'm Armin Aulney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues. Americans care about most. When the Democrats

took over Congress 18 months ago, there were expectations of major change, but it hasn't happened,

partly because a lot of the new Democrats are blue dogs, almost as conservative as the Republicans

they defeated. Between angry progressive Democrats and Republicans, Congress now has the lowest

approval ratings in the history

of the Gallup poll. On to the point, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says if Democrats increase their

majorities next year, change finally will come. Do progressives believe it? Since Republicans

have been getting pretty much what they wanted, what are they complaining about? On a reporter's

notebook later on, America's largest cash crop, marijuana.

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

D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Warren Alney back with To the Point. Polls show George W. Bush is the most

unpopular president in American history, but Congress is more unpopular still. On To the Point,

even though their party took over a year and a half ago, progressive Democrats say the White

House is getting whatever it wants. So what's the problem

for the Republicans? We'll hear both sides. On reporter's notebook, marijuana, medically legal in 12

states, has surpassed corn as America's leading cash crop. We'll hear about the industry in California.

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