The Brave New World of Presidential Politics
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
After yesterday's Republican primary in Indiana, it's all over for the US Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz. It's all but certain that a real estate magnate and reality TV star who's never held political office will be this year's Republican nominee for the White House.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
| 0:06.4 | The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices. |
| 0:13.9 | Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues shaping the Beltway and the world. Find sheer |
| 0:23.7 | intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International, |
| 0:32.7 | this is To the Point. The brave new world of presidential politics. |
| 0:42.3 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:46.3 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:49.0 | It's all but certain that a real estate magnate and reality TV star who's never held |
| 0:53.4 | political office will |
| 0:54.4 | be this year's Republican nominee for the White House. |
| 0:57.5 | Ted Cruz has dropped out, John Kasich's campaign is over, and Donald Trump is the only |
| 1:02.1 | GOP candidate left standing. |
| 1:04.6 | Will the nominating convention be able to hold the party together this summer? |
| 1:09.3 | Yesterday Bernie Sanders won two. |
| 1:15.1 | He's still challenging Hillary Clinton on some of the same economic issues that are working for Trump. |
| 1:16.8 | Have the Democrats helped pave the road for Trump by ceasing to be the party of working |
| 1:22.1 | people? |
| 1:22.9 | First, here's the news. |
| 1:28.6 | Check out KCRW's all-news channel News 24, programming from KCRW, NPR, the BBC, and more 24 hours a day. |
| 1:37.7 | Go to KCRW.com slash News24, or you can listen on KCRW's app. |
| 1:55.3 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:56.4 | Hello again, Mormon Alney, back with To the Point. |
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