BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: First a look at today's "CNN 20." Back after this.</s>FRANK SESNO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to be known as the place to go for political coverage. We want to be known as the place to go for political perspective and information.</s>SESNO: In many ways, the most important...</s>SESNO: ... were you surprised what he did today?</s>SESNO: ... the women in this election...</s>SESNO: ... battleground state?</s>SESNO: It is fundamentally dangerous.</s>JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SR. ANALYST: It may be that the public doesn't feel...</s>GREENFIELD: My entire goal in covering a debate, an election, a convention, is to try to communicate the meaning of what's going on. Why is this significant? It is one thing to say that Jones has beaten Smith for the Senate seat in Michigan. But so what? Is it significant because it represents a gain or a loss for one of the parties? Is there some amusing about this campaign? Did something bizarre happen? So it is really an attempt to, while you are on the fly, be in touch enough with the data bank that is somewhere stuck in the back of your mind is to be able to communicate this stuff and make the viewer understand why this matters.</s>SESNO: When you finish watching CNN, we want you to be able to turn off your television and say: I'm a little bit smarter now than I was before I started watching. I understand this issue, whether it is taxes or Medicare or Social Security, a little bit better than before I watched.
CNN 20: Covering Politics, Gaining Political Perspective