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Maz palace (applause) >> well, he is he one of the most controversial political figures of the century and pulls no punches in his new autobiography "courage and consequence", please welcome the architect, mr. karl rove (applause) >> greetings, carl. >> thank you, welcome to my humble abode. >> i love it youve got the texas state capital with texas flag right there. ♪ texas, our texas >> we can talk about texas, but no long horn stuff. i threw out one of our people-- arkansas will always playt...

Tangled up in filibusters and obstacles. that isnt going to create a job in america. >> congressman clyburn, senator durbin, thanks for being with us. well be watching over the next weeks for this vote on health care reform. up next a republican view from a controversial and key figure in the bush administration now author of the new book, "courage and consequence." karl rove gives us his take on the white house years and whats next for the gop. then insights and analysis from our roundtable, ne...

Obstacles. that isnt going to create a job in america. >> congressman clyburn, senator durbin, thanks for being with us. well be watching over the next weeks for this vote on health care reform. up next a republican view from a controversial and key figure in the bush administration now author of the new book, "courage and consequence." karl rove gives us his take on the white house years and whats next for the gop. then insights and analysis from our roundtable, new york times at northern trust...

>> isnt that amazing. were asking people of the house of representatives not to vote on the bill but to vote on a place holder in the final terms holder in the final terms of this huge measure affecting one/sixth of our economy, defined later perhaps in a bill in the senate designed to circumvent the normal order of bills. thats a remarkable way to pass legislation without bipartisan support. >> is there anything that can neutralize a republican attack on this, say a vast improvement on the jobs...

Move into clean energy technology which is going to create jobs across america. the only way we get it done in the senate is if some senators on the republican side have the courage to step up and join us. you talk about scott brown earlier. one of his first votes was to come across the aisle and help us move a jobs bill. senator snowe, senator collins, several have shown courage. we need more of them. with that bipartisan cooperation we can start to get this economy moving forward. without it w...

During the day when been able to see out the window occasionally fighter aircraft above or below. as we came into the national capital two f-16s took up station at the wing tip of air force one, giant bird upcoming f-16s, you can make out what the pilots features are. i took a picture, which is in the book, of the plane. then you realized i was sobering, they were not there for display. this was the last disparate defense of air force one. if something came towards the aircraft and they couldnt ...

>> chris: carl rove was the focus on intense interest during his years in the bush white house. now, he tells his side in his new book "courage and consequence" in which he admits mistakes, defends other action and takes shots at president obama. now, he joins us to talk about it. karl, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> chris: you write a little about barack obama and say not much is good and you describe his audacious hypocrisy and you say chicago politicians will always be chicago politics....

>> chris: carl rove was the focus on intense interest during his years in the bush white house. now, he tells his side in his new book "courage and consequence" in which he admits mistakes, defends other action and takes shots at president obama. now, he joins us to talk about it. karl, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> chris: you write a little about barack obama and say not much is good and you describe his audacious hypocrisy and you say chicago politicians will always be chicago politics....

>> mike: hes one of the most controversial political figures of the century and he pulls no punches in his new autobiography, "courage and consequence." welcome the architect, mr. karl rove. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> mike: welcome. >> i love it you the texas state capital with the flag right there. >> mike: we can talk about texas but no longhorn stuff that is forbidden this studio. >> you are no longer in our same conference. >> i know but we still hate texas. >> we love playing you. >> mik...

>> here is what you write in "courage and consequence" the failure to find stock piles of wmd did great damage to the administrations credibility. our weak response in defense of the president and in setting the record straight is, i believe, one of the biggest mistakes of the bush years. with hindsight do you wish you had paid more close attention to the raw intelligence itself? >> the raw intelligence was carefully reviewed by democrats and republicans who came to the same conclusion. that he ...