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With California Debates Over, It's Almost Time for Voting
Both parties have staged their last debates before Super Tuesday, which could be decisive for either Republicans or Democrats. We hear about last night's Democratic "conversation" in Hollywood and look at last-minute challenges and strategies. Also, Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo, and satire about the culture of Washington and "the strange and scary tribes that run our government."
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenBoth parties have staged their last debates before Super Tuesday, which could be decisive for either Republicans or Democrats. We hear about last night's Democratic "conversation" in Hollywood and look at last-minute challenges and strategies. Also, Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo, and how a satirist views the culture of Washington--from an anthropological point of view.
Barack Obama greets Hillary Clinton following last night's debate. Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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Microsoft has made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo in a takeover potentially worth almost $45 billion. The two combined would still trail Google in online advertising, but the Justice Department is already interested in the impact on competition.
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Last night in the heart of Hollywood, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had a kinder, gentler exchange than had been expected. Obama is working hard for Hispanics, who could make a difference in California, New Mexico and Arizona—even in Colorado, New York and New Jersey. It's conventional wisdom that Clinton has the advantage.
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All the candidates talk about changing Washington, but from an anthropologist's point of view that might easier said than done. America's capital city has a culture all its own, whoever's in charge.
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