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>> dillon, can i ask you, conservatives have had an interesting relationship to the bush presidency. during his presidency, he was remarkably popular with conservatives. he became to be less so in the second term. he has been written out of history in a way, and his name is never uttered. this seems like a moment of remembrace for conservatives of george w. bush. is that how you understand the trajectory. >> first, chris, i will say i wish you could be here in dallas. its been a great day for th...

We took our country into war and lost over 4400 brave, young men and women. $800 billion, could be a trillion dollars. look whats happened to our country and our economy. i have to say, i worked with president bush on the global hiv initiative. im hoping in his library he has those documents. it was the congressional black caucus that met with president bush and we laid out what could be a magnificent robust response to save millions of lives. im proud of president bush that he moved forward wit...

New george w. bush library. lets bring in congresswoman barbara lee, and former special assistant to president george w. bush, dillon glenn and the managing editor. >> you made this remarkably difficult decision to vote against the authorization for the use of military force within just a few weeks after 9/11. you were the only member of congress in both houses to do so. i wonder what your reaction was to watching the celebration of the bush presidency today at the library and all this talk abou...

0 do-over, as he said. he made decisions based on the best information he had at the time. >> he had the courage to make decisions and they were presidential decisions. >> that is true. they were presidential decisions. he made decisions because he was president. that doesnt mean they were good decisions. but this strength about having made decisions regardless of the wisdom of those decisions is amazingly embodied in the george w. bush library itself called decision points theater, described as...

have used chemical weapons on its people. also, president obama spoke at the memorial in west, texas for those killed in the explosion of a fertilizer plant. well tell you what role then senator obama played seven years ago trying to prevent explosions exactly like that one in texas and why he couldnt. lets start in dallas, texas, where it was a day of perform and circumstance and above all, bipartisan civility at the dedication of george w. bushs library and museum on the campus of so...

Goldberg, dillon glenn, michael, thank you for joining us this morning. nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglus on equality after this.

Michelle, dillon glenn, former special assistant to president george w. bush, now a managing director of gugenheim partners. start with the thesis, do you buy the basic thing that weve seen as a shift in the institutional behavior in the republican party? >> did you see the story in the "new york times" today about karl roves new pact thats basically devoted to fighting the tea party. that to me shows you at least see a big institutional shift among the republican establishment or the republican...

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the racial firestorm surrounding senate majority leader harry read tonig reed tonight. well bring it to you in a moment. ill talk bonuses and bailouts with suze orman. we start with the match-up. we watch it all so you dont have to. a new book is all the buzz today. you may have heard a thing for two. the headline is what harry reid said during the 2008 presidential campaign, that obama could succeed as a black candidate because hes, quote, light skinned and speaks with no negro dialec...