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2008 Republican Convention
Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:00 am

John McCain’s moment. Sarah Palin’s national debut. The GOP’s message. Who’s got momentum now? Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Our live coverage continues from the GOP Convention. We’ll be there as McCain prepares to step up for his big speech to the nation.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our live coverage from St. Paul continues. We’ll dig into John McCain’s biography, POW and beyond, for clues as to what kind of president he might be.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Sarah Palin speaks. We’ll look closely at the VP pick that has the whole country talking.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our live coverage continues from St. Paul and the RNC with a close look at John McCain and the religious right.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Our live coverage continues from St Paul. We’ll sit down with Republican delegates from the frontlines of the McCain-Obama contest.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our in-depth coverage from the Republican Convention in St Paul continues with a look at the party faithful and their fight over what the GOP stands for, post-George Bush.

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Monday, September 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Live from St. Paul, where President Bush was scheduled to speak to the party faithful until Hurricane Gustav intervened. We’ll get the latest, and look at what this moment means for Bush, McCain, and the GOP.

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Monday, September 1, 2008 at 10:00 am

Live from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Hurricane Gustav has crashed the party. We’ll hear an update on the storm, and political analysis from top observers.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 10:00 am

Never count a determined man out. John McCain was down for the count last summer. Broke and written off and flying coach. Now he’s taken Florida, and the Republican race to Super Tuesday has a whole new complexion.
Giuliani is headed for the sidelines. Mike Huckabee hanging in, maybe for a VP seat with Florida’s winner. [...]

 
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 10:00 am

So, Michigan has spoken — to Republicans at least — and the word is Romney.
Mitt Romney needed it bad. And he got it. Michiganders went for the man who promised their jobs back, and not John McCain, who said some were gone for good.
But this Republican race is still a free-for-all. Next stop South Carolina, [...]

 
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 10:00 am

Hey, stop the presses. New Hampshire has written its own headline. Upset! Comeback! It’s Clinton over Obama — never mind Iowa and the polls and the magic. It’s McCain over Romney — never mind, again, the money of the man who was governor right next door.
Hillary Clinton never quit and nearly cried and pulled it [...]

 
On Point Today
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Judging Andrew Jackson
Friday, November 21, 2008 American Lion

Newsweek’s Jon Meacham talks about his new biography of President “Number 7,” Andrew Jackson, who broke down the doors of Washington for the common man.

 
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Week in the News
Friday, November 21, 2008 Executive Officer Alan Mulally, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2008, before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the automotive industry bailout.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

All eyes on Obama’s emerging cabinet. The Big Three go begging. Markets keep tumbling. Our news roundtable goes behind this week’s headlines.


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Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Outliers’
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Malcolm Gladwell

The “Tipping Point” master Malcolm Gladwell talks about the ecology of success and where the super-successful get their edge.

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Unemployment Survival
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Jobseekers look for employment opportunities and work on resumes at WorkSource California in Los Angeles Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Unemployment is rising fast, and America’s social safety net isn’t what it used to be. We talk about surviving the new economic reality.

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On Point Blog
The Party of Obama…
By Jack Beatty

Speaking to Tom in today’s second hour, Stanford historian David Kennedy noted that few would have predicted that the Democrats would nominate the nation’s first African-American president. The Democrats only “came over” on civil rights in the 1960s.

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Listening back on the ‘08 campaign…
By Wen Stephenson

As you count down the hours to the end of this long, long election campaign, if you’re tired of staring at the endless polls and projection maps, here’s an excuse to give your eyeballs a rest and just use your ears for a while.

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Enemies Within…
By Wen Stephenson

Sure, there’s a Halloween sound to our second hour today — a conversation with historian John Demos about his new book, “The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World.”

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