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The news of the week began on the presidential campaign trail, where Democrats tried to rough up Hillary Clinton and knock her off her front-runner game. It ended with President Bush calling Senate Democrats unfair over their doubts about Michael Mukasey’s views on torture.

Meanwhile, a year before the general election, a new poll shows a discontented nation. Also, The Dow takes a nose dive. Asian markets plummet. And are the Red Sox really champions if nobody saw them win?

This hour, On Point: our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

-Anthony Brooks

Guests:

William McKenzie, editorial page columnist for the Dallas Morning News.

Eleanor Clift, contributing editor at Newsweek magazine.

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly.

 

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