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Presidential Race Livens Up on Both Sides
Enshrined as the Democratic front-runner by the media and by Republicans Hillary Clinton was on the defensive in last night's debate . John Edwards accused her of double-talk and representing the status quo. Barack Obama called her secretive—like George Bush. Will the predicted confrontations make a difference?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readEnshrined as the Democratic front-runner by the media and by Republicans Hillary Clinton was on the defensive in last night's debate. John Edwards accused her of double-talk and representing the status quo.Barack Obama called her secretive—like George Bush. Will the predicted confrontations make a difference? Is Clinton's lead really all that solid? On the Republican side, can born-again conservative Mike Huckabee make a run at Rudy Giuliani? In a little over eight weeks, voters in Iowa and New Hampshire will finally be heard from. Is either party speaking to the anger of voters two months before they start going to the polls?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Lynn Sweet
Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun-Times
Walter Shapiro
Roll Call / Yale University
Ana Iparraguirre
Senior Associate, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner
The full episode
2 of 3Presidential Politics: Eight Weeks from the Starting Line- 1:29Suspects in Madrid Subway Bombing Sentenced
- 7:22Presidential Race Livens Up on Both SidesYou’re reading this
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