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Watch book tv all weekend, every weekend weekend on cspan2, television for serious readers. Next on book tv afterwards program, Washington Post columnist talks to williams of fox news about republican politics. Host the author of why the right went wrong, from goldwater to the tea party and beyond, ej, thank you for doing this. You are a much a steam columnist for the Washington Post but people think of you as a liberal columnist. Is this book intended for liberals, conservatives, or both . Gues...

In your book about al gore and the gridiron dinner. What was it . In the last year of the clinton presidency, bill clinton, the president , decided he would bag the gridiron dinner, where the president usually goes to speak. And he didnt like it much. It was the second time he didnt. And taking his place was al gore. I got a phone call just a few days before the dinner, wondering if id help in Vice President gores speech. I got a call from my friend, bob shrum, who was a media guy for gore. And ...

Convince these kids that i was an actual my has an being with real feel skpeugz cared just as much as they did and further more the solutions i had in mind did actual real good and theirs didnt. Who is the real compassionate person here. If you feel good about something that does harm and i does something that does good that may not be attractive politically who is the real person . Who has got the real virtue . Once you Start Talking to people they think maybe there is something to this after a...

Where did all that money go . It disappeared in the air. All the warehouses are down, people are not getting paid. They are 120 days behind getting their money back for doing services. Everything in this whole administration has been a smokescreen of lies. You have a Bloomberg News thing every day about the fake unemployment number. Why dont they tell us how many people have been dropping out of work . Guest longterm unemployment is a major problem that is not captured in the unemployment number...

This week on press pass, how the 1988 president ial election rewrote the ground rules of modern politics revealing the stories behind the strategic missteps in do youukakis campaign. Its in above the fray. Robbie joins me now. Welcome to press pass. Thank you for having me. Ive known you for a long time. Youve been obsessed with this moment that there are different moments that sort of change the trajectory of how we fight political campaigns. The moment you were trying to capture here is what ....

Tax cut extension. And if republicans and here to that position, it is very likely they would then be taking us over the cliff. The keys to the car are now in their hands on this particular issue. You might be able to put off the spending cuts and then fight about the taxes . I am not sure yet. I think theres broad agreement that the acrosstheboard sequester cuts are bad for the country. Democrats to not like the cut to the fence and nondefense. We are together on the fact that would be bad for ...

So he and friends hitchhiked to a service station to get it fixed. As they approached the outskirts of the city, they ran out of gas. So they pushed the car up the hill, coasting into town just before the deadline. Tom went on to win the race by a resounding 54 votes. There is no question there may have been some luck of the irish operating when it came to tom foley, as well as incredible stamina. What led him to make history as the first speaker of the house from west of the rockies was not luc...

Good evening on this sunday night from boca raton, florida, where the president ial candidates will hold their final debate, right here tomorrow night. And a new poll tonight shows just how high takes this final debate will be. Well get to that in a moment. But were going to begin here with that mass shooting in wisconsin. That left three people dead and four more injured. This is the scene tonight, outside that spa near a crowded shopping ball. Police and First Responders flooding the area, put...

History. Later if it is monday morning, time for the weekly look at all the nfl action. We will tell you how our picks and yours did. Week seven. Week seven already. Flying by. First, president obama and governor romney have battled to a draw. Thats right. A new poll of likely voters shows the president ial race is an absolute dead heat. A nail biter. One mistake can make all the difference. Candidates are preparing feverishly for tonights final debate. Abcs david kerley reports on the debate wi...

The goal for todays event was to raise awareness about safety in the neighborhood, and to raise funds for the maslin family to the tune of 20,000. This is not only the greatest city in the world, this is the greatest neighborhood in america. Reporter d. C. Councilman tommy wells hosting the festival. Fun and games, information booths, a beer garden and bake sale with proceeds benefiting the maslin family. On august 18th, a young husband and father tc maslin was robbed, attacked and left for dead...