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

Politics and the economy in the midterm elections.

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

a daily look of the issues Americans care about most. Even Treasury

Secretary Henry Paulson concedes that many Americans simply are not feeling the benefits

of economic expansion. But President Bush says the economy is a Republican issue in next

month's elections. Some Democrats want to exploit the growing gap between rich Americans and everyone

else, but class warfare has not been a winner in past campaigns.

On to the point, is there a war against the middle class? Are President Bush's tax cuts part of the problem?

Or the solution? What about the cost of health care and the price of gasoline?

On reporter's notebook later on, America's first allegation of treason since World War II.

First, here's the news.

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D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again, Marman-A-Lony. Back with To the Point. The gap between the rich and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. The gap between the rich and the middle class is growing fast, but President Bush says the economy will help Republicans in next month's elections. On To the Point, will health care costs and gasoline prices make a difference? Do voters resent the wealthy or want to be like them? Under Porter's notebook, an American

citizen from Orange County, California, turned spokesman for al-Qaeda. We'll hear about his indictment

for treason. First, this news update, the UN Security Council is debating possible sanctions against

North Korea after its apparent nuclear test on Sunday. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton is impatient with the pace of the action.

We're certainly very much in favor of keeping all the diplomatic channels open, but we also want swift action.

And we shouldn't allow meetings and more meetings and more meetings to be an excuse for inaction.

John Bolton today at the United Nations, where Mark Turner is correspondent for the Financial Times.

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