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Barack Obama
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 10:00 am

McCain and Obama appeal to the undecided. We’ll score their second debate as they enter the campaign home stretch.

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Friday, October 3, 2008 at 10:00 am

Bailout maneuvers, market swings. Palin versus Biden. And Obama inches up in the polls. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 10:00 am

The presidential election and the U.S. Supreme Court. Top legal thinkers on what an Obama Court or a McCain Court would mean for the country.

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Monday, September 29, 2008 at 11:00 am

Five weeks to Election Day. We’ll look at the Obama and McCain campaigns and strategies, in the midst of crisis.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 10:00 am

Former Bush Treasury official John Taylor, now advising McCain, and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, now advising Obama, on the way out of this financial crisis.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 10:00 am

Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect and a leading progressive voice on economics, calls for a transformative response to America’s economic crisis. We’ll hear his case.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 10:00 am

Forget lipstick. We’re talking issues. This time: education, and what Barack Obama and John McCain would offer the country at school.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Our coverage from Denver continues live from Invesco Field, the big stadium where Barack Obama makes his convention appeal to the nation.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our coverage of the Democratic National Convention continues from Denver with top international journalists and a closer look at Obama on the world stage.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 10:00 am

With Senator Obama in Middle East, we look at what a President Obama’s real options would be in the tough terrain from Israel to Islamabad.

 
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 11:00 am

This week’s New Yorker Obama cover sparked an uproar of controversy. We take a closer look.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 10:00 am

Barack Obama is tacking too far right, say backers on the left. So, is the candidate betraying his base, playing smart politics, “refining” his message?

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On Point Today
Hour 2
Peter Matthiessen
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 PETER MATTHIESSEN

Renowned author and nature writer Peter Matthiessen on the 30th anniversary of his landmark travel tale, “The Snow Leopard.”

 
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The Second Debate
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Obama 2008

McCain and Obama appeal to the undecided. We’ll score their second debate as they enter the campaign home stretch.

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On Point Blog
On the issues
By Wen Stephenson

A note here, and a question or two for listeners, about On Point’s campaign coverage. You may have noticed recent shows with the phrase “Issues ‘08″ in the title.

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Denver to St. Paul…
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Hurricane Gustav makes a heck of a segue from Democratic to Republican conventions, but even through the roar of the storm the shift in political cultures hits you like a balloon drop…

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