The Gathering Storm and the Campaign for the White House
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2012
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
A storm of historic proportions could have historic political consequences as well -- on the presidential campaigns of both political parties.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.8 | The gathering storm in the campaign for the White House. |
| 0:14.5 | Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.5 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.0 | Disaster response is already underway as tens of millions of Americans are hunkered down for the |
| 0:25.9 | full impact of Hurricane Sandy late this evening. From the White House, President Obama said |
| 0:30.5 | federal agencies are coordinating with states and localities to cope with winds and floods and power outages. |
| 0:36.6 | Both he and Mitt Romney have reduced their |
| 0:38.3 | campaign schedules and pundits say is still too close to call. With just eight days remaining, |
| 0:44.5 | what's the potential impact on the ground game so crucial in Ohio and other swing states that could |
| 0:49.9 | decide the election? On reporter's notebook later on, Hurricane Sandy will be bad for business, but that's not the whole story. First, here's the news. On reporter's notebook later on Hurricane Sandy will be bad for business, |
| 0:54.9 | but that's not the whole story. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from the |
| 0:59.9 | members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, Warren |
| 1:05.1 | Alney, back with To the Point. Some 80 million Americans are waiting for Hurricane Sandy to strike |
| 1:09.9 | at high tide this evening. |
| 1:11.4 | In the meantime, we'll look at what it could mean for early voting and the crucial ground games of the president and Mitt Romney between now and election day. |
| 1:18.8 | On reporters' notebook, the New York stock market is closed today and maybe tomorrow as well, but Hurricane Sandy may ultimately have a mixed impact on business. |
| 1:26.9 | We'll hear about that. First, his news update. |
| 1:29.3 | President Obama has canceled campaign appearances and returned to the White House. This afternoon, |
| 1:34.1 | he said that the storm has fatal potential, and he warned those in its path to pay attention. |
| 1:41.6 | Because of the nature of this storm, we are certain that this is going to be a |
| 1:47.0 | slow-moving process through a wide swath of the country, and millions of people are going to be |
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