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To the Point
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Wall Street, Home Foreclosures and the Presidential Campaign

Hosted by Warren Olney Mar. 28, 2008 National
With a crisis on Wall Street and home foreclosures soaring, does the US economy need more government or less? Recent statements make Obama and Clinton seem far from McCain. Does the rhetoric reflect the reality? We talk with all three campaigns.  Also, President Bush says Iraq has
reached a "defining moment."

With a crisis on Wall Street and home foreclosures soaring, does the US economy need more government or less? Recent statements make Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton seem far from John McCain. Does the rhetoric reflect the reality? We talk with all three campaigns. Also, President Bush says Iraq has reached a "defining moment."  Air strikes in Basra and ground forces in Baghdad show increased US involvement.

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The Presidential Candidates on the Economy

A front-page headline in today's New York Times says, " Parties Differ on Whom Economic Aid Should Help ." But the story goes on to say that when a presidential campaign...

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Warren Olney

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