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To your last comment. secondly the people have read that the president is trying to get judges appointed to the district of columbia srkt circuit court. thats the court to which all cases challenging federal laws go. the filibuster has been used to keep president obama from appointing judges there. so you have the agencies in a double bind. first they dont get enough money, not because theyre trying to save money, but because theyre trying to cripple the regulation. secondly this very conservati...

She does deal with the fact that women are often criticized for doing exactly what men do. take that on. >> thats right. thats one reason we use the cover line we did. dont hate her because shes successful. the same qualities that when men use them make them more popular, when women do, make them less popular, and its something of a double bind. what it taez to be successful are the same behaviors that work against you, its a little more understandable by why women would be reluctant to throw th...

How to deal with this. it is true. theres no running start for women. you have to be prepared from day one. you have to communicate qualifications, confidence, knowledge. you cannot ramp up your campaign. the second thing thats true is if you make a mistake, we have very interesting strategies about how to deal with that mistake. a lot of women -- you saw it in the last campaigns. they try to explain their ways out of mistakes. one of the nicest, best things to do is change the topic and get end...

Dartmouth assessing the double bind. she finds no evidence of a harmful double bind to female politicians. tough behavior appears to help women because of the expectancy violation theory that individuals who outperform below expectations get disproportionately rewarded for exceeding the examinations. and she talks about hillary and pelosi and condoleezza who are known as tough who are telling people, hey, its okay to be tough. the lack of expectation that women will be tough, they are rewarded f...

Necessary to do to more directly address the issues of african american people? >> im fully aware that he is in a double bind, he is working in a nasty environment, but theres something that we have to pay attention to, theres always going to be people out there, they are always periods in history where the right wing, where conservative forces have opposed racial reform. i think we need to recognize that there are issues that need to be raised in black communities, no matter who is in the white...

Director of english studies. knowing what obama is up against, the president is up against, in terms of the racial climate, that makes it very curious for him to raise a racial issue, what in that climate do you think was necessary to do to more directly address the issues of african american people? >> im fully aware that he is in a double bind, he is working in a nasty environment, but theres something that we have to pay attention to, theres always going to be people out there, they are alway...

African american studies and director of english studies. knowing what obama is up against, the president is up against, in terms of the racial climate, that makes it very curious for him to raise a racial issue, what in that climate do you think was necessary to do to more directly address the issues of african american people? >> im fully aware that he is in a double bind, he is working in a nasty environment, but theres something that we have to pay attention to, theres always going to be peo...

a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". theyll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moodys today put americas credit rating on review hinting at a possible rating drop. ben bernanke says defaulting on the debt would be catastrophic. jessica yellin is at the white house with what her sources are telling her. what have you heard from these differing a...

sitting here? ive reached my limit. this may bring down my presidency but i will not yield on this. congressman cantor says he says dont call my bluff, im going to the american people on this. finally cantor says he pushed back from the table and left. a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". theyll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moodys today p...

jessica yellin is at the white house tonight with what her sources are telling her. jessica, what have you heard from these differing accounts? >> reporter: anderson, democratic sources say that bottom line is that the president was schooling the crowd in the room when eric cantor changed his position. all along eric cantor as you have said, the house majority leader, had endorsed doing a deal that did reduce the deficit. and that had some of these vary krause components we talked abou...