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

Residential politics, eight weeks from the starting line.

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

That daily look at the issues issues Americans care about most.

Enshrined as the Democratic frontrunner by the media and by Republicans, Hillary Clinton

was on the defensive in last night's debate.

John Edwards accused her of double talk and representing the status quo.

Barack Obama called her secretive, like George Bush.

On To the Point, will the predicted confrontations make any difference?

Is Clinton's lead really all that solid?

On the Republican side, can born-again conservative Mike Huckabee make a run at Rudy Giuliani?

Is either party speaking to the anger of voters two months before they start to the polls?

On reporter's notebook later on, the Fed and the

interest rate. First, here's the news. 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. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again.

Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. Last night's Democratic presidential debate was the liveliest yet,

was Hillary Clinton damaged? Is Mike Huckabee making strides on the Republican side? On To the Point,

is either party telling angry voters what they want to hear? On reporter's notebook, we'll hear what the

Federal Reserve did

today about interest rates. First, this news update. Three years ago, four terrorist bombs killed

191 people on the Madrid subway. Today, after four and a half months of testimony from 300

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