To the Point
The Showdown in Simi Valley
At the Ronald Reagan Library near Los Angeles last night, CNN moderators were determined to generate conflict. Eleven Republican candidates for president responded with almost three hours of political theater. The big question: could anybody lay a hand on front-runner Donald Trump? What's changed in a campaign that's still just getting started?
By Warren Olney • • 34m ListenAt the Ronald Reagan Library near Los Angeles last night, CNN moderators were determined to generate conflict. Eleven Republican candidates for president responded with almost three hours of political theater. The big question: could anybody lay a hand on front-runner Donald Trump? What's changed in a campaign that's still just getting started? We hear a range of opinions.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Benjamin Gottlieb
Reporter, Fill-in Host
Christine Detz
Producer, 'To the Point'
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Matthew Dowd
ABC News
Molly Ball
senior political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Douglas Heye
Harvard Institute of Politics
The full episode
2 of 3Trump Gets Jumped at GOP Debate- 1:33The Fed Makes a Decision on Interest Rates
- 8:18The Showdown in Simi ValleyYou’re reading this
- 42:38Burkina Faso on the Brink